Phil NobleSenior Professional Officer

Strategic Planning (Transport)

20 August 2012

Active Travel Action Plan

Briefing

The strategic framework

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Edinburgh Partnership Vision & Priorities

"The Edinburgh Partnership is committed to developing a

thriving, successful and sustainable

capital city, in which all forms of

deprivation and inequality are

reduced."

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Building on strong foundations

• 35% of trips by Edinburgh residents are made on foot (next highest, Inverclyde, 28%)

• 7.3% of employed adults cycle as their usual means of getting to work (next highest, 4.7%, Moray)

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Investing in cycle-friendly infrastructure

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Cycle use vs. cycle facilities

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Safety in Numbers - EdinburghCycle Casualties per 100,000 Cycle Journeys to Work

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Walking to work 1981 to 2006

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Note: Walking share of all trips is significantly higher

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Walking infrastructure

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The Active Travel Action PlanA ten year plan to increase cycling and walking:

•Improved networks

•Better maintenance

•More and better marketing

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Actions - The ‘family’ network

• Early priority = filling gaps

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Joint Actions : 20mph

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Our partners...

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The Cycle Forum• Cycle Forum comprises reps from

Spokes, CTC, Transport, Roads and Planning…

• …discusses cycling at a policy level – good communication channel.

• Opportunity to remodel this forum as an Active Travel Forum, with Living Streets?

• Could have an increased role in steering ATAP and feeding into the proposed Transport Forum.

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ATAP Management Groups

School cycle training

Network management

Marketing and communications

Network development

Steering Group

Monitoring

Cycle (Active Travel?) forum

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5% - How should we spend it?

Capital• Family network implementation – faster and higher quality

• Cycle Friendly city – new and upgraded cycle lanes, cycle

friendly junction improvements, potential on road cycle track(s)

• Potential for increased match funding from Sustrans - £425K

in 2012/13

Revenue• Improved maintenance - on and off road

• Marketing, Publicity, Training, Monitoring

Impact - significantly improved chance of meeting ATAP commitments and targets

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Major Projects underway• Cycle Friendly City - Quality Bike Corridor linking

the UoE’s King’s Buildings and George IV Bridge (September 2012).

• Family Network - Leith Links to Portobello path enhancement (January 2013) will benefit pedestrians and cyclists

• Reprioritisation of footway maintenance to better target high use pedestrian areas

• New Council street design guidance

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Staff resources to deliver ATAP

• ‘Cycling Officer’ – in post

• Sustrans officer seconded for 5 years, another 3 years to run.

• Sustrans to employ a 3 year Family Network signage officer – part-funded by CEC

• New ‘Walking Officer’ 18 month post - funded by CEC and Paths for All

• CEC cycle staff resources being reviewed – report to September TIE Committee

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Critical review

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Spokes and CTC feedback

• Strong support for ATAP, for its strategic approach, for 5% and the annual 1% increase

• Increased cycle-specific staffing needed to address delays –more important in context of increased budget.

• Keen to see progress on upgrading existing facilities on main roads

• Segregated cycleways – want serious consideration and would like to see a pilot project

• Can Council consult on, then implement, cycle and pedestrian friendly city centre?

• Public cycle counter (Meadows?)

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Segregated cycle paths v cycle/bus lanes

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Shared paths and spaces

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• Clear delineation

• Shared-use signs

• Pedestrian and cyclist symbols marked on ground

• Courtesy signs

Signing and marking

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• ATAP action to trial cycle signal priority

• UK DfT authorisation required

• Benefit/cost ratio?

Cycle priority at signal junctions

• Delays to other vehicles?

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Looking forward

• Planning to ensure 5% (+1% pa) cycle spend• Reviewing staffing – report to September TIE

Committee• Continue to work with partners• Review progress every 2 years (report to TIE

Committee due late 2012/early 2013)

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What would success look like?

• Healthier city• Cleaner and quieter city• More liveable city - especially

for children and older people• Reduced congestion and

improved reliability for other road users

In short - better quality of life!

It can be done…. – cycling in Edinburgh has increased 300% in past 20 years

More people cycling and walking more often

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Active Travel Action Plan

www.edinburgh.gov.uk/activetravel