Example case studies

Theme Current Situation 2015-2020 2020-2025 2025+

A strategy for Mass Transit

Bus lanes deal partially with tidal flows but generally only good for one direction, and only on radial routes.

Buses held in congestion on inner ring-road resulting in poor journey times and makes route unattractive.

Road space management initialised to reduce conflict points and improve congestion.

Traffic signal upgrades to give full bus priority.

Super Premium Route Line 3 formalised – Bus route to serve the key destinations (hospitals etc).

Access to Headington Phase 1 junction improvements complete.

Partial route consolidation achieved through bus strategy

Fully electric vehicles on Super Premium Route Lines 1 and 2.

Access to Headington Phase 2 junction improvements complete.

Delivery of reversible bus lanes on sections of radials.

Lodge Hill Park & Ride established and linked to Super Premium Route Line 3

Fully consolidated bus network. Extensions to Super Premium Routes Lines 1&2 effectively managed to link seamlessly with new Park and Ride sites and potential future growth.

Fully electric vehicles on Super Premium Route Line 3 long-distance routes. Zero emission city.

Higher capacity vehicles introduced on Super Premium Route Lines.

Managing traffic and

travel demand

Significant free work place parking throughout Eastern Arc.

Significant congestion on ring road and B4495.

Parking and loading rationalised on corridors to remove pinch points.

Out-of-hour delivery ban introduced on corridors.

High quality and future-proofed inter-change and stops introduced on Super Premium Transit Routes.

Bus gate on Hollow Way to aid Inner Ring Road bus movements.

Reductions in supply of Eastern Arc public car parks

Workplace Parking Levy covering whole city

A34 widening and technology improvements

South Oxfordshire Park & Ride sites established.

Future growth built on concept of low car ownership.

Active Travel

Piecemeal and variable non-continuous cycle infrastructure on radials throughout the Eastern Arc.

Severance between the areas on either side of the ring road caused by lack of high quality crossing facilities.

Pedestrian schemes implemented in Headington however volumes of traffic and buses created severance.

Cycle parking well used and fails to meet demand in secondary centres and at large workplaces.

Park and cycle facilities at Thornhill upgraded.

Headington Cycle hire area extended.

Iffley Road Cycle Super Premium Route begun.

Iffley Road Cycle Super Premium Route complete linking continuously from ring road to city centre.

Cycle hire scheme extended to Cowley and the business park and science parks.

Barton Park delivered with provision of links to the ring road. New ring road junctions to be designed with high quality cycle crossing.

Super Premium Cycle Routes and

segregated feeder routes provided

within design of new growth sites.

Grade separated crossings of the ring

road.

Implementation Plan

Oxford Transport Strategy

EASTERN ARC

Example integrated treatment—Lewes

Soft segregation —Salford

Strict kerbside control —London

BRT mini-interchange —Nevada

HEADINGTON

BLACKBIRD LEYS

THORNHILL

P&R

SANDFORD

P&R

LINE 1

LINE 3

LINE 3

LINE 2

Super Premium Transit Route Premium Transit Route Connector Transit Route Super Premium Cycle Route Premium Cycle Route Connector Cycle Route Strategic Highway Improvements City Centre Options Traffic Restriction / Control Point Park & Ride

KEY

Kidlington to Blackbird Leys Cumnor P&R to Thornhill P&R Eynsham P&R to Lodge Hill P&R

LINE 3

LINE 1

LINE 2

Super Premium Transit Lines

http://http//www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/parking-and-travel/travel-transport-and-road-safety/lewes-road-transport-improvements

http://www.urbanvision.org.uk/news/armadillos-arrive-in-salford/

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