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Stirling’s Local Transport Strategy2017/27

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Stirling Council

Stirling’s Local Transport Strategy

stirling.gov.uk phone 01786 404040

2017/27

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Contents

Executive Summary 1

Part A: The Strategy 11

1. Issues shaping our Local Transport Strategy 11

2. Our objectives and how we will achieve them 21

3. Delivering our strategy 26

4. Measuring progress: indicators and targets 29

Part B: Delivery Plans 39

Road Asset Management Plan 39

Road Safety Plan 43

City Area Transport Plan 47

Parking Strategy 61

Connected Communities 64

Towns, Villages and Rural Area Transport Plan 67

Walking and Cycling to a Healthier Stirling 72

Ensuring a Realistic Choice of Access to New Development 78

Regional Transport Strategy 80

Appendices 87

A. LTS Indicators 87

B. Supporting documents 94


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Executive Summary

PURPOSE OF STIRLING’S LOCAL TRANSPORT STRATEGY

This Local Transport Strategy (LTS) sets out how we will help people and

goods move around Stirling safely over the next 10 years, from 2017 to

2027. We have also taken into account what might be needed in the ten

years after that, up to 2037.

The Council and the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority have both adopted Local Development Plans which set out how we want the Stirling area to grow and prosper. We expect big changes in Stirling over the next 10 years with more businesses coming here and more houses needed in the city and in the rural communities. Stirling and Clackmannanshire Councils are also negotiating with the Scottish and UK governments about a City Region Deal which will bring in funding for ambitious projects and lead to more than 3000 new jobs over the next five years.

All of this will mean more people and goods needing to move around for work, education and leisure.

This LTS sets out how we will help people and goods move around as efficiently and as sustainably as possible.

WHY EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL IS IMPORTANT FOR STIRLING

Travel is a means to an end. We want this LTS to support the economic, social and environmental objectives the Council and our partners have set.

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Transport improvements support:

• Economic objectives: by enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of businesses and ensuring locations are attractive for investment by cutting journey times, improving access to markets, and supporting tourism

• Environmental objectives: by reducing the impacts of transport on local air and noise quality, reducing carbon emissions and preventing habitat fragmentation

• Social objectives: by ensuring that people have access to jobs, services and opportunities; helping people live healthy lifestyles and that everyone is able to use transport networks as safely, securely and independently as possible improves people’s lives.

ISSUES SHAPING OUR LOCAL TRANSPORT STRATEGY

The accessibility of Stirling City: More than half of Scotland’s population live less than an hour’s travel by car from Stirling city.1 In addition, there are frequent trains to all of Scotland’s cities from Stirling Rail Station. These facts make the city attractive for businesses. We need to make sure that businesses can reach those customers, and that those people can get to Stirling for work or leisure.

1 Stirling’s Economic Strategy, 2014

Getting to and from Stirling

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Rural accessibility: The Scottish Indices of Multiple Deprivation identify that 22% of Stirling census areas are within the 15% most access deprived areas across Scotland.2 ‘Access deprived’ means that for people in those areas, travelling to reach basic services (shops, doctors, banks etc.) is more expensive, takes longer and is more inconvenient. Even in our rural areas as many as 1 in 5 households3 do not have access to a car. We need to make sure people living in our rural communities can travel where and when they need to.

Travel to work: More people travel into Stirling for work or study than travel out. The main flows in are from Clackmannanshire and Falkirk, whilst the main flows out are to Falkirk and Glasgow.

Figure 1: Numbers travelling and from work in Stirling

2 Scottish Indices of Multiple Deprivation 20123 2011 Census4 Sustrans Hands Up Scotland Survey5 2011 Census

Travel to school: Just under half of Stirling’s school children walk to school, whilst approximately 1 in 5 are driven, and 1 in 10 travel by bus.4

Car ownership: 22%5 of households across the Stirling area do not have access to a car and rely on public transport, especially buses.

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Councils have limited ability and resources to provide public transport and most is provided by commercial businesses.

Visitors: Stirling City, our towns and villages and the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park attract large numbers of visitors bringing higher levels of traffic (and parking demand) in particular places at certain times of year.

Accommodating growth in Stirling City: By 2037 we expect to have increased the number of homes in and around the City by 24%. That is likely to increase traffic levels by 22% at the busiest times. There are a limited number of roads into Stirling city and they come together at a handful of junctions which are already busy. To stop more congestion making the city less attractive we will need to encourage more people to walk, cycle and use public transport. As the traffic grows we will eventually have to make more space by building new roads.

Increasing traffic will eventually mean new roads.


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WHAT YOU TOLD US

In developing this LTS you told us that the main problems with transport and getting around are:

• road safety• road maintenance• ease of access to jobs and opportunities by public transport• the quality of the street environment• opportunities to walk and cycle• the impact of traffic on health and the environment• journey times• the lack of travel options to, within and beyond Stirling

Road maintenance: Stirling Council maintains:

• 1014km of carriageways• 612 km footways, footpaths & cycleways • 352 road bridges, 12 footbridges & 189 culverts

Making sure the condition of our roads improves rather than declines is an expensive task.

Access to public transport is important to residents.

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WHAT KIND OF STIRLING DO WE WANT?

Our ambition for the transport network in Stirling is that it allows people and goods to get where they need to be safely and efficiently in ways that improve health and don’t damage the environment.

We therefore want the Local Transport Strategy to help build:

• A safer Stirling with fewer accidents and casualties

• A connected Stirling with better journey times and travel options to, within and beyond Stirling

• An active and sustainable Stirling where walking, cycling and public transport trips are encouraged and enabled

• An inclusive Stirling where the transport network enables everyone to access jobs, services and opportunities

• A quality place where our streets enhance the quality of Stirling and add to peoples’ experience of it

• A quality transport network which is well maintained, managed and integrated

Proposals for Port Street as part of a more active and sustainable city centre.


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DELIVERING STIRLING’S LOCAL TRANSPORT STRATEGY

Delivery plans

We have eight delivery plans setting out of how we will deliver the Local Transport Strategy objectives.

Local Transport Strategy Delivery Plans

Delivery Plan Key themes

Road Asset Management Plan

Maintain the safety, maximise the utility, and minimise the whole life costs through maintaining:• Roads, paths and pavements• Street lighting• Bridges and structures

Road Safety Plan Reduce the numbers of both accidents and casualties through• Protecting vulnerable groups• Discouraging unsafe behaviours• Making roads safer

City Area Transport Plan

• Maintain and improve strategic transport links between Stirling, its key employment areas, and Scotland’s other Cities

• Encourage and enable more trips to be made by walking, cycling and public transport

• Maximise the attractiveness of Stirling City Centre

Towns, Villages and Rural Area Transport Plan

• Reduce the impact of traffic on communities• Improve access to jobs, services and opportunities,

including improve transport links between the City and Stirling’s rural towns and villages

• Improve the opportunities to walk and cycle

Active Travel Plan

Encourage and enable walking and cycling as the choices for short trips through• School Travel Planning• Walkable Stirling• Cycling in Stirling• Travel plans and promotions

Connected Communities

Support access to jobs, services and opportunities through:• Commercial/supported bus services• Demand Responsive Transport/Community Transport/

car clubs/car share etc• Council education and social services fleet vehicles

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Local Transport Strategy Delivery Plans

Delivery Plan Key themes

Parking Strategy Ensure our centres are accessible and attractive through the supply, management and enforcement of:• On and off street parking in the City• On and off street parking in other centres• Park & Ride/Park & Choose

LDP Guidance ‘Ensuring a Choice of Access for New Development’

Ensure that new development is accessible by all and plays its role in meeting modal shift targets by ensuring access by walking, cycling and public transport.

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In addition, the Tayside and Central Scotland Regional Transport Strategy (TACTRAN RTS) identifies, progresses and monitors activity which addresses the objectives of Stirling’s LTS but which may be undertaken by our regional or national partners.

Working in partnership

We will work with local communities to make these changes together. We will also need to work with the government through Transport Scotland, public transport organisations such as Network Rail and Scotrail, bus operators and businesses.

Resources

The Council has a limited budget so we need to make choices about what we do. We will make the roads and footpaths we already have work better but we will also need to make bigger improvements to cope with the numbers of people and businesses we expect to come here. We will continue to look for other sources of funding to add to what we can do. We will also explore ways we can use new technology to help us manage our roads more efficiently.

Monitoring and review

We will report every year on how we are doing. These annual reports will be available on the Council website.


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We will also check what has actually happened against the predictions we have made to see if we can delay some work or have to do some things sooner.

After five years we will look at the LTS again to make sure we are still on track. We will publish this mid-term report on the council website.

In 2026 we will start the process again and publish a new LTS in 2027.

This is our second Local Transport Strategy. You can read the previous LTS, the annual reports and the mid-term review on the council’s website.

The council is working in partnership with Scotrail on proposals to improve the front of the rail station.

https://my.stirling.gov.uk/services/transport-and-streets/transport-policy


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PART A The Strategy

1. ISSUES SHAPING OUR LOCAL TRANSPORT STRATEGY

Travel and communication are essential to our lives. They are essential to

help us access jobs, customers, education, shops, local facilities and leisure

opportunities. The transport networks in Stirling need to:

• support the economy by cutting journey times to minimise business costs,

improving access to markets, and supporting tourism

• support society by being safe to use, promoting healthy lifestyles, and helping everyone to access jobs and opportunities

• reduce any harmful impacts on the environment by minimising carbon emissions, cutting air and noise pollutants and preventing habitat fragmentation

This LTS sets out how we will help people and goods move around as efficiently and as sustainably as possible and is based on:

• local and national social, economic and environmental objectives• key issues• what you have told us

SUPPORTING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES

The policies and strategies that have guided development of this Strategy and which it aims to support include:

• Stirling Community Planning Partnership Single Outcome Agreement and Local Improvement Outcome Plan

• Stirling Council’s key priorities• Stirling’s Local Development Plan• Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority’s Partnership Plan and

Local Development Plan• Stirling’s Economic Strategy• Scotland’s National Transport Strategy

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• TACTRAN6 Regional Transport Strategy• Stirling University Masterplan• Scottish Government Priorities

The LTS is also shaped by the Scottish Government National Indicators:

• Reduce traffic congestion• Reduce deaths on Scotland’s roads• Improve people’s perceptions of the quality of public services• Improve people’s perceptions of their neighbourhood• Improve access to local greenspace• Reduce Scotland’s carbon footprint• Increase the proportion of journeys to work made by public or active transport• Increase physical activity• Increase the proportion of healthy weight children• Increase the proportion of young people in learning, training or work

STIRLING'S AMBITIONS FOR GROWTH

Significant investment and development is expected for Stirling over the next 10 years, so it is critical that the Council has an effective transport strategy to support this growth. Such a strategy needs to maximise opportunities for Stirling, improve connectivity within and between our communities, and result in a transport network that is as sustainable as possible.

This Local Transport Strategy has been developed to support two key plans which outline Stirling’s ambitions for the future:

• Stirling Local Development Plan sets out the amount of business land (192ha) and number of houses (7699) needed to meet growth projections between 2017 and 2037. That’s an increase in homes of approximately 24% in and around the City. A transport appraisal following Transport Scotland guidance was carried out to inform both the Local Development Plan and this Local Transport Strategy.

• The City Region Deal Masterplan sets out a programme of signature projects to bring about a step change in the economic performance of the City and its hinterland, and hence provide more opportunities and a fairer society for all. Delivery of the CRCM is expected to bring an additional 3,000 jobs to Stirling.

6 TACTRAN are the Tayside and Central Scotland Regional Transport Partnership

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Stirling Local Development Plan: Proposed Plan

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In the City these proposals are expected to increase traffic levels by 22% at the busiest times. There are a limited number of roads into Stirling City and they come together at a handful of junctions which are already busy (see Figure A1). To stop congestion which will affect the efficiency of trips both in and through the City as well as national networks, we will need to encourage more people to walk, cycle and use public transport. As the traffic grows we will eventually have to make more space by building new roads.

Figure 2: Key roads into and through Stirling City

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7 Stirling’s Economic Strategy, 2014

The accessibility of Stirling City: Approximately 60% of Scotland’s population live less than an hour’s travel by car from Stirling city.7 In addition, there are frequent trains to all of Scotland’s cities from Stirling Rail Station. These facts make the City attractive for businesses. We need to make sure that businesses can reach those customers, and that those people can get to Stirling for work or leisure. In addition, around 35,000 vehicles pass through Stirling every day on the M9.

Figure 3: One hour’s drive from Stirling

1hr travel time1:1,750,000


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Where people travel to work: Census data shows there is significant daily movement between Stirling, Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Glasgow,8 with net daily in-migration to Stirling (around 45,000 people work in Stirling, yet only 37,980 are residents).

Figure 4: Travel from and to Stirling for work

8 Census 2011

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Rural accessibility: The Scottish Indices of Multiple Deprivation identify that 22% of the census output areas in Stirling are within the 15% most access deprived areas across Scotland.9 ‘Access deprived’ means that for people in those areas, travelling to reach basic services (shops, doctors, banks etc.) is more expensive, takes longer and is more inconvenient.

Figure 5: Rural access issues

9 Scottish Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2012


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Car ownership: Approximately 22% of households across the Stirling area do not have access to a car and rely on public transport, especially buses. Councils have limited ability and resources to provide public transport and most is provided by commercial businesses.

Figure A5: Car ownership per household 201110

Stirling Scotland

No car or van 22.3% 30.5%

1 car or van 41.6% 42.2%

2 cars or vans 28.3% 21.6%

3 or more cars or vans 7.8% 5.6%

Even in our rural areas as many as 1 in 5 households do not have access to a car. We need to make sure people living in our rural communities can travel where and when they need to.

Figure A6: Availability of car or van in rural areas 201110

Rural Areas % No car or van

Killearn 6%

Thornhill 8%

Strathblane 9%

Kippen 13%

Balfron 14%

Drymen 14%

Doune and Deanston 16%

Buchlyvie 19%

10 2011 Census Data

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How people travel to work

Figure 6: Stirling Council Travel to Work Mode Share 2011 (Census)

How children travel to school

Figure 7: Stirling Travel to School (all schools) Survey (Sustrans) 2016

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Access for people with mobility difficulties: Our streets and car parks as well as public transport, can present a barrier to people with mobility difficulties – which is likely to be the vast majority of us at some point in our lives, whether temporarily or permanently. In 2011 6.1% of Stirling residents had a physical disability that may cause difficulties for getting around.11

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Cycle (1.2%)

Walk (18.9%)

Car/Van (Driver) (41.6%)

Taxi/Minicab (0.4%)

Bus (11.3%)

Car/Van (Passenger) (8.5%)

Other (0.7%)

Train (3.4%)

Motorcycle (0.1%)

Work or study from home (13.9%)

Driven (21.8%)

Walk (46%)

Other (0.4%)

Taxi (1.9%)

Bus (8.6%)

Park & Stride (11.9%)

Scooter/skate (4.5%)

Cycle (5%)


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The attractiveness of where we live: Our streets are our principal areas of public realm in our settlements, and the Scottish Government’s national policy ‘Designing Streets’ recognises the important contribution streets make to the quality of places.

Road safety: While road accidents and casualties continue to decline, we must strive to eliminate all accidents across Stirling. In addition, the perception of road safety can discourage people from walking or cycling.

Visitors: Stirling City, our attractive towns and villages and the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park attract large numbers of visitors bringing higher levels of traffic (and parking demand) in particular places at certain times of year.

Air Quality: Between 2011 and 2016 there appears to have been a general decline in both NO2 (monitored at 12 sites across Stirling) and PM10 (monitored at Craigs roundabout), albeit with some minor fluctuations.12

Road maintenance: Stirling Council maintains:

• 1014km of carriageways• 612 km footways, footpaths & cycleways • 352 road bridges, 12 footbridges & 189 culverts

Making sure the condition of our roads improves rather than declines is an expensive task.

Proposals for work to be funded through Community Links Plus to make it easier for everyone to get around Cowane Street.

12 Stirling Council Annual Air Quality Monitoring Reports

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OPPORTUNITIES

Stirling as a Smart City: Technology continues to develop rapidly, providing opportunities to manage travel demands (including reducing the need to travel), better inform travel choices, and manage transport networks in an efficient and effective manner. The Council will explore new technologies to support delivery of the LTS and address the issues it raises.

A monitoring and information sharing platform will be developed to inform LTS programme phasing and better inform and target work programmes and proposals.

National priorities: The Government is promoting walking and cycling as well as seeking to provide more capacity and more reliable and faster journey times on our motorway and rail networks. The funding they offer to support projects gives us the opportunity to carry out more ambitious improvements. The City Region Deal for instance could enable the Council to bring forward major interventions sooner rather than later to encourage economic growth.

Compact Stirling: The city centre is compact and attractive. Many trips could be made by walking and cycling

Community action: Many communities are keen to improve their neighbourhoods and make it easier for everyone to walk and cycle.

WHAT YOU TOLD US

An extensive public consultation exercise, combined with information collected from community planning, charettes, and other consultation exercises held over recent years, have helped to inform this Strategy.

These showed that the main transport and access issues affecting daily life in Stirling are:

• Road safety, including how safe streets feel to walk and cycle along, especially for children;

• Road maintenance;• Ease of access to jobs, services and other opportunities by public transport;• Quality of the street environment;• Opportunities to walk and cycle;• Traffic impacts on health and the environment; and• Journey times and travel options to, within and beyond Stirling.

The LTS Consultation Report is available online.

https://my.stirling.gov.uk/services/transport-and-streets/transport-policy/local-transport-strategy-consultation


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2. OUR OBJECTIVES AND HOW WE WILL ACHIEVE THEM OUR AMBITION

The purpose of a transport network is to allow people and goods to move

around safely and efficiently whether by foot, bike, public transport, lorry

or car.

Our ambition for the transport network in Stirling is that it allows people and goods to get where they need to be safely and efficiently in ways that improve their health and don’t damage the environment.

OUR OBJECTIVES AND HOW WE WILL ACHIEVE THEM

Our objectives to achieve this ambition bring together feedback from consultation and what we know from past work, and support local and national objectives and targets. For each objective we set out the activities we will undertake to achieve that objective.

Improvements to the cycle network support the Bikeability training going on in schools.

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1. A safer Stirling

We want to:

• Reduce the numbers of both accidents and casualties• Ensure that our transport networks and streets feel safe and secure for all users

This will be achieved through:

• Road Safety Education programmes• Accident remedial programmes which treat accident blackspots, improve routes,

undertake area wide treatments and address common accident factors• Making our residential streets safe and accessible by all including reducing the

speed of traffic on our residential streets• Enforcing speed limits• Minimising confusion through clear lining and signing• Safety audits of all projects

2. A connected Stirling

We want to:

• Maintain and improve strategic road and rail transport links between Stirling and Scotland’s other cities, and beyond

• Maintain and improve transport links into Stirling City and its key employment areas

• Maintain and improve transport links between the City and Stirling’s rural towns and villages


• Improving the strategic road and rail networks• Increasing the opportunities to access the strategic road and rail networks

(e.g. new motorway junctions or new stations)• Minimising congestion on local and strategic networks by:

– Maximising the number of trips made by walking, cycling and public transport – Maximising the efficiency of the existing road network – Adding additional capacity to our network through new links


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3. An active and sustainable Stirling

We want to:

• Encourage and enable more trips to be made by walking, cycling and public transport

• Ensure sustainable travel choices are at the heart of an integrated transport network

• Minimise carbon emissions from transport


• School travel planning and safer routes to school• Walkable Stirling: street environments and path links which:

– Remove barriers to pedestrian movement – Give priority to people in the city centre, and town centres and residential

streets, where possible– Reduce impact of severance caused by traffic

• City and rural cycle networks• Improving the accessibility of public transport, through improved passenger

and interchange facilities for public transport users, at bus stops and main interchange locations

• More park and ride facilities• Promoting sustainable travel options, including via workplace travel plans

and promoting an active travel culture • Locating development so that it minimises travel and can be safely and

realistically accessed by a choice of modes• Utilising emerging technologies and interventions which enable transport’s

carbon emissions to be reduced

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4. An inclusive Stirling

We want:

• To ensure that jobs, services and opportunities can be accessed by a choice of means of travel

• Transport networks, including our streets, that are usable by all, including people with mobility difficulties


• Undertaking Strategic Needs Assessments with our communities to assess needs and identify opportunities to bring forward socially necessary transport solutions

• Making local facilities accessible by all, including people with mobility difficulties• Maintaining and improving the street environment, and other facilities such as

parking and interchange facilities and reducing the impact of indiscriminate parking on access for those with mobility difficulties

• Ensuring a safe and realistic choice of access to all new development

5. A quality place

We want to:

• Ensure that our street environments, as the principal public space in our settlements, enhance the quality of Stirling’s urban and rural environments

• Ensure that our street environments are safe, pleasant, easily navigable and connected for all users

• Continually seek to improve air quality and reduce noise pollution arising from traffic


• Designing our streets to ensure that their movement requirements complement and enhance, rather than dominate, the place

• Reducing traffic’s adverse impacts on local air quality and noise through promoting sustainable forms of travel and utilising emerging technologies and interventions

• The use of appropriate, good quality, and sustainable materials and landscaping


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6. A quality transport network

We want to:

• Maximise the efficiency of our existing transport networks to support the other LTS objectives

• Maintain the safety, maximise the utility, and minimise the whole life costs of our transport networks through maintenance programmes


• Maximising capacity at road junctions• Parking strategy that supports LTS objectives• Managing and improving the flow of traffic along strategic routes• Maintaining the local road and path networks• Maintaining and improving structures such as bridges• Maintaining and improving street lighting

Public transport is important for everyone.

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3. DELIVERING OUR STRATEGY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP

We can only achieve our objectives by working in partnership with the

residents of Stirling, the government, other public sector agencies and private

sector providers. Together we can solve problems and provide the most

appropriate solutions, which may not be ‘traditional’ transport solutions.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AWARENESS

The delivery programmes outlined in the LTS are based on discussions with our communities and our partners. To make sure communities understand and inform investment proposals and programmes, we will:

• Share our two year delivery programmes with community councils;• In Year 1, work with communities to identify issues and opportunities relating

to all schemes, prior to delivery in Year 2. For some schemes, especially the larger ones, implementation may go beyond Year 2 of the cycle; and

• Keep communities informed of progress before, after and while delivering schemes, including via 6 monthly updates on the Council’s transport policy website.

FUNDING AND PRIORITISATION

We don’t have the resources to deliver everything we want to. We need to prioritise. We will work with all partners and our communities to identify the best way to deliver the most appropriate solutions ensuring we achieve as much as possible, as efficiently and effectively as possible. The following hierarchy will inform how we prioritise spend:

1. We will maintain and safely operate our transport networks, including:• Maximising co-ordination between maintenance and improvement works; and• Ensuring a proportionate road safety programme.

2. We will make best use of existing capacity, including:• Managing traffic through smarter technology; • Reducing car trips through promoting walking, cycling and public transport; • Understanding how to get the greatest benefit for communities from funds

normally allocated to public and community transport services• Maximising existing road capacity through junction and corridor improvements.



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3. Finally we will target new infrastructure, including relieving bottlenecks which cannot otherwise be tackled. Changes such as new roads, will be needed to:• Redistribute traffic to allow improvements to the quality of the public realm,

or road space reallocation for walking and cycling routes; and• Open up new links, not just for motor vehicles, but for pedestrians, cyclists

and public transport.

We will also secure funding from all available sources, including the City Region Deal, any match funding opportunities, and by requiring a proportionate contribution from all new developments in the City towards measures to reduce the overall impact of all new development.

The City Region Deal proposal for a new Civic Quarter by the river.

GOVERNANCE

Delivery of Stirling’s Local Transport Strategy is the responsibility of a number of teams across the Council. A Local Transport Strategy Delivery Board will prioritise and co-ordinate annual work programmes, in line with LTS priorities. LTS delivery programmes will be approved annually by the Environment and Housing Committee.

COMMUNICATIONS AND BRANDING

Improvements from delivering the LTS are often seen in isolation by communities and rarely seen as contributing to a co-ordinated whole. The branding of all relevant schemes and promotions will help our communities and businesses understand that the activities are part of a co-ordinated package of measures.

We will tell people what we are going to do and when, and listen to what they tell us about our proposals.

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DELIVERY PLANS

The details for delivering the LTS are set out in a suite of Delivery Plans, set out in full in Part B of this LTS. A mid-term review, of both the Strategy and Delivery Plans, will be conducted after five years, with a full strategy review after 10 years. These reviews will be aligned with Local Development Plan reviews.

If the work programme or targets are not on track then an earlier review may be carried out. Each Delivery Plan sets out the proposed approach and includes a brief commentary on potential alternative approaches and why they were rejected.13

13 Scottish Executive ‘Guidance on Local Transport Strategies’ 2005 para1.26

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4. MEASURING PROGRESS: INDICATORS AND TARGETS

We have identified indicators which we will use to measure and report

how effective we are in delivering the LTS. This will also show whether

delivery plans need to be reviewed and help us develop future policy

and programmes.

The most important indicators include targets. Progress towards these targets will be vital for determining when delivery plans are reviewed.

Figures A11 and A12 lists the targets for monitoring LTS delivery, while Figure A13 lists a wider set of core indicators that will be used to inform future policy and programme reviews.

MONITORING TRENDS TO INFORM DELIVERY PRIORITIES

Our most immediate priority is to get people walking, cycling, using Park & Ride (and Park & Choose), car sharing or using public transport. This will meet the objectives we have set ourselves and help to reduce congestion on our roads.

Many factors affecting traffic growth and congestion are outside the Council’s control. We will put in place a monitoring framework which will show whether congestion and the proportion of people walking, cycling and using Park & Ride, are in line with our forecasts. If congestion doesn’t grow at the rate predicted, we can delay proposals to increase road capacity. On the other hand, if congestion increases faster than predicted, we will need to take additional measures to increase the proportion of people walking, cycling or using public transport, otherwise additional road capacity measures will have to be considered.

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TARGETS: STIRLING COUNCIL AREA

Subject Indicator Baseline Targets

A safer Stirling: Road safety

People killed

2004–08 av 2010–14 av National Target: 40% reduction against 2004–2008 baseline by 2020

7.2 5.0

People seriously injured

81.0 59.2 National Target: 55% reduction against 2004–2008 baseline by 2020

Children (<16yrs) killed

0 0 National Target: 40% reduction against 2004–2008 baseline by 2020

Children (<16yrs) seriously injured


Slight Casualties


An active and sustainable Stirling: School travel planning

% schools with ‘live’ travel plan in line with Council guidance

2016: 18% submitted By June 2017, all schools to have a ‘live’ school travel plan in line with Council guidance

A quality transport network: Road Maintenance

% of road network resurfaced annually

2014/15: 3.65% 4%

Road condition index14

2014: 43.1% Bring Stirling Council’s road condition Index in line with the Scottish average (37% in 2014/15)

14 Road condition index shows the percentage of road in Stirling classed as ‘in good repair’, ‘some deterioration’ or ‘poor overall condition’.


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A quality place: Air Quality

Vehicle emissions: Levels of NO2 and PM10 at monitoring sites in the City area

202215

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Not to be at risk of exceeding National Air Quality Targets

A connected Stirling: Traffic growth

Average pm peak period (15.00–19.00) traffic levels16

2017 Not to exceed 7.4% increase compared to 2017 levels

Not to exceed 20.3% increase compared to 2017 levels

Journey Time

Average pm peak period (15.00–19.00) journey times on identified routes

Causewayhead RdSouthbound Northbound

Kerse RdWestbound Eastbound

Glasgow RdSouthboundNorthbound

Back O' Hill RdWestbound Eastbound

3:13 mins3:21 mins

3:37 mins3:40 mins

3:57 mins3:50 mins

2:26 mins3:04 mins

Network average: Not to exceed 45.0% increase compared to 2017 levels

Network average: Not to exceed 28.7% increase compared to 2017 levels

15 A year is given for guidance purposes only: the actual targets ‘dates’ are when 38% or 75% of houses proposed in the local development plan have been built.

16 The Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997 sets a requirement for local authorities to report on and set a target for reducing traffic. Given the levels of development expected during the LTS period, it is suggested that road traffic reduction within the Stirling City area will be impossible. Nonetheless, the targets relating to traffic growth and modal shift above, seek to reduce the proportion of trips made by private vehicles.

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An active and sustainable Stirling: Mode share

Car modal share Trend data derived from (i) census (ii) modal

share cordon count

Car modal share to decrease by 5% compared to 2017 levels

Car modal share to decrease by 10% compared to 2017 levels

% of children being driven to school

2016 21.8% driven; 11.9% park & stride

16% 14%

Walking Proportion of people accessing Stirling City Centre on foot

2017 = 14.6%17 4% increase compared to 2017 levels

10% increase compared to 2017 levels

Cycling % increase of annual average daily total of cyclists on monitored routes

2017 20% increase compared to 2017 levels

50% increase compared to 2017 levels

Park and Ride

Weekday average number of cars using Stirling’s Park and Ride sites

2016 = 325 65018 850

Car Share Number of people car sharing

Liftshare usage 2016 = 903

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17 Stirling Council modal share cordon count18 2022 = full occupancy of Castleview and Springkerse, plus 200 at Southern P&R;

2027 = 2022 = full occupancy of Castleview and Springkerse, plus 400 at Southern P&R

Another national target which is relevant is included in Transport Scotland’s Cycling Action Plan for Scotland which aspires by 2020 for 10% of all everyday trips to be made by bike.


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PART B Delivery Plans


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ROAD ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN (RAMP)

Maintaining Stirling’s road and path networks are central to the ability

to provide transport networks that are able to meet current and future

challenges.

Surveys indicate that the quality of roads and paths are a high priority for residents. The quality of the road network can also affect visitors impressions of the City, surrounding area, and Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. The state of our roads and footways are also an important safety consideration for all users.

When the condition of our transport networks deteriorate, the risk of accidents increases, the risk of insurance claims increase, perceptions of the area decrease, and the long term cost of repairing the asset increases.

The ‘spiky’ bridge next to Stirling Station give walking and cylcing access to the riverside.

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At the start of 2017, the Council maintained:

• 1014 km of carriageways (not including the trunk roads of M9, M80, A84, A9 north of Keir, A85 and A82)

• 612 km footways, footpaths & cycleways • 352 road bridges, 12 footbridges & 189 culverts • 14,766 lighting columns and lighting points • 46 signalised junctions and pedestrian crossings • Approximately 38,038 items of street furniture

In 2014, 43.1% of the road network was in need of treatment1, with the Council being ranked 27th out of 32 Scottish local authorities for the percentage of the road network requiring maintenance.

It is a huge task maintaining the length of carriageway under Council control to an appropriate condition. A sustained long-term programme of investment to maintain all elements of the network is crucial to avoid disproportionate future maintenance costs.

To manage this task, the Council have prepared and continue to monitor and review this Road Asset Management Plan (RAMP). The RAMP ensure that available funding is efficiently spent using current best practice road maintenance techniques. It has been developed based on discussions with all of the Scottish and Welsh Local Authorities. The RAMP is a five year delivery plan and currently spans 2016 to 2020. It is reviewed on an ongoing basis to incorporate evolving best practice.

ROAD MAINTENANCE

Using national guidelines, a hierarchy of the road network has been established to determine how often safety surveys are carried out to identify notable defects and prioritise maintenance repairs. A Scottish National Condition Survey is also carried out annually on Stirling’s roads, to indicate underlying as well as visible defects, and this targets funding to areas of greatest need.

FOOTWAY MAINTENANCE

We are in the process of completing a condition survey of all the Council’s footways, scheduled to be completed by 2018, which will be used to prioritise footways for maintenance work.

1 Stirling Council, Road Asset Management Plan, (RAMP), 2016–2020


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WINTER MAINTENANCE

Routes are prioritised into four categories following the winter maintenance policy, with traffic volume the main determining factor. All the Council’s equipment for treating carriageways is fitted with software to determine gritting routes and rate and direction of salt spread. This maximises efficient use of salt to protect the environment whilst also minimising cost.

MOTORWAY AND TRUNK ROAD NETWORK

The M9, M80, A84, A9 north of Keir Roundabout, A85, and A82 are all trunk roads managed and maintained by Transport Scotland under their prioritising and maintaining policies.

ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES

As part of the LTS process we have considered alternative strategies. Figure 8 highlights that, if investment stays the same, the proportion of roads requiring maintenance (i.e. categorised as red or amber) will increase from 43% to more than 60% in 20 years. This would increase the long-term costs for the authority while also increasing safety risks for all road users.

The approach of maximising available expenditure on roads is therefore recommended compared with the alternative of decreasing investment. The Council will meanwhile continue to work with other local authorities and Transport Scotland to identify opportunities for more efficient means of maintaining our roads.

A fleet of lorries and gritters keep the roads open in winter weather

https://my.stirling.gov.uk/services/community-life-and-leisure/winter

https://www.transport.gov.scot/transport-network/roads/maintenance/

https://www.transport.gov.scot/transport-network/roads/maintenance/

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ROAD ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN

Roads, paths and pavements maintenance

Maximise road resurfacing from available budgets whilst considering the requirement to keep the overall roads network safe

Maximise paths and pavement resurfacing from available budgets whilst considering the requirement to keep the overall roads network safe

All resurfacing works will be prioritised using a matrix that considers network condition, traffic volume, skid resistance and residual life

Street lighting replacement programme

Lamp replacement to modern efficiency LED lighting to reduce energy costs and ongoing maintenance costs

Column replacement where columns have reached or are close to reach the end of their expected service life or where their condition is such that they could be a danger to the public

Figure 8: Road Maintenance Profile

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ROAD SAFETY PLAN

Accidents on our roads are rare and often random events. Figure 9 shows

all casualties from reported road traffic accidents in the Stirling Council

area between 1998 and 2014.2 Rates of casualty reduction for most users

and age groups are lower than national averages,2 with average number of

casualties falling by around 27% between 2004–08 and 2010–14.3 Almost

twice as many people were injured on our rural roads compared with our

urban roads between 2010 and 2014.

Although road accidents and casualties continue to decline, we aim to eliminate all accidents across Stirling. In addition, the perception of roads being unsafe can discourage people from walking or cycling.

To meet our statutory responsibilities, action to reduce road accidents focuses on those user groups and behaviours at greatest risk of involvement in accidents that may result in serious or fatal injury. Such actions may not align directly with national action plans, but any resultant casualty reductions will contribute to achieving the national targets.

2 Five-year averages are used for comparison to reduce the impact of random events and give a clearer illustration of actual accident and casualty patterns.

3 Stirling Council Road Safety Plan 2011–2015, Update 2015/16

Figure 9: Stirling Road Casualties

Stirling: all casualties by year and severity. Data source: Police Service of Scotland

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Vulnerable road users identified as being at higher risk of involvement in accidents or of suffering serious injuries include:

• Children• Mobility impaired• Young drivers (especially male)• Foreign drivers• Older people• Pedestrians• Cyclists• Motorcyclists

The problems that these groups experience are explored under the vulnerable group theme.

Certain road user behaviours may also increase the risk of involvement in accidents or increase the risk of suffering injury for any road user. The Road Safety Plan and Scotland’s Road Safety Framework identifies the behaviours, actions and conditions that increase risk on the road as:

• Rural roads• Impairment• Driving at work• Not using seatbelts• Distraction • Speed

School crossing patrol are a valued part of our road safety programme.


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ROAD SAFETY PLAN

Protect vulnerable groups Lead Partners

Identify vulnerable road user groups through analysis of accident data Stirling Council Scottish Local Authorities

Improve infrastructure or implement road safety engineering measures to reduce the number or risk of accidents involving vulnerable road users, where appropriate

Stirling Council

Implement or support the promotion of measures, initiatives or campaigns aimed at improving road safety for vulnerable road users

Police Scotland Stirling Council

Consider the needs of all road users, particularly vulnerable groups, before implementing any improvements to the road network or approving new developments

Stirling Council Transport Scotland

Discourage vulnerable behaviours

Identify road safety behaviours that elevate the risk of injury through analysis of accident data

Stirling Council Police Scotland

Implement or support the promotion of any measures, initiatives or campaigns aimed at improving road safety by reducing accidents arising from high risk road user behaviours

Stirling Council Transport Scotland Police Scotland

Safer roads

Engineering

Analyse accidents, carry out accident studies and make recommendations for treatment

Stirling Council

Improve infrastructure or implement accident remedial schemes to reduce the number or risk of accidents and reduce accident severity

Stirling Council

Carry out road safety audits to ensure that road design and engineering optimises road safety wherever possible

Stirling Council

Enforcement

Support the Police in the delivery of road traffic enforcement and awareness campaigns, where possible

Police Scotland

Continue to inform and contribute to the operation of the Scottish Safety Camera Programme

Stirling Council Police Scotland Clackmannanshire Council Falkirk Council

Education

Support delivery of Road Safety Scotland’s and Department for Transport THINK education resources in schools through the Curriculum for Excellence framework

Stirling Council

Support our partners in the delivery of initiatives aimed at improving active travel safety to and from schools

Stirling Council Schools

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ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES WE LOOKED AT

Local authorities have worked closely over many years to develop an evidence-based approach that identifies the factors affecting road safety and the most appropriate interventions to minimise risks. The approach of this Road Safety Plan is based on this work. Meanwhile, in the ongoing drive for greater road safety, the Council will continue to work with other authorities and Police Scotland to examine and test new and emerging approaches.


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CITY AREA TRANSPORT PLAN

The City area4 is the focus of the development proposals included in

Stirling’s Local Development Plan5 and the City Deal Masterplan, both

of which will bring significant additional travel demands to the City.

LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2017–2027

The Local Development Plan (LDP) proposes to increase housing in the City Area by 18% by 2027 and 24% by 2037. Proposals include major housing allocations at:

• Plean• Cowie• Fallin• South Stirling Gateway• Dureishill

To inform the LDP a transport appraisal was undertaken.6 The appraisal highlighted a range of existing and potential issues in relation to the proposed development, including where there are likely to be congestion issues and where there are gaps in the active travel network. These issues are summarised in figure B3 below.

In response to these issues the appraisal recommended to avoid congestion and its adverse consequences in the future we need to:

• Maximise the proportion of people walking, cycling and using public transport by 2022

• Maximise the capacity of the existing local road network by 2022• Add new roads to the local road network by 2027• Improve the capacity of existing motorway junctions by 2027• Consider additional interventions on the motorway and rail networks by 2037.

The appraisal also recommended that transport choices between existing and proposed developments in Plean, Cowie, Fallin, Throsk and Stirling City are limited and should be improved.

Please note: The dates when measures are proposed are dependent on traffic growth predictions being realised.

4 The City Area Transport Plan covers the core housing area identified in Stirling’s Local Development Plan.

5 Stirling’s Local Development Plan6 LDP Transport Appraisal

https://my.stirling.gov.uk/services/planning-and-the-environment/planning-and-building-standards/local-and-statutory-development-plans

https://my.stirling.gov.uk/services/planning-and-the-environment/planning-and-building-standards/local-and-statutory-development-plans/stirling-ldp-2-prposed-plan-2016

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Routes to Perth and beyond – 2% of workforce travel from Perth & Kinross

Routes to LLTNP, Callandar and beyond

Routes to LLTNP, Kippen and Strathblane

University growth

3% of population travel to Edinburgh for work

7% of population travel to Falkirk for work

12% of population travel from Clackmannanshire for work

Hotpots / journey time increases

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Figure 10: City area housing growth and transport pressures


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CITY DEAL MASTERPLAN

The City Deal Masterplan (CDM) seeks to bring about a step change in the economic performance of the City and its hinterland, and hence provide more opportunities and a fairer society for all

The CDM centres around the following projects:

Digital District including a Digital Hub involving conversion of a landmark historic building in the City Centre to create a dynamic environment for small business to co-locate with state of the art digital facilities combined with investment in a number of nearby buildings meeting demand for other complimentary businesses

Grow On Space State of the art business accommodation to meet an increasing demand for co-location of medium sized business in the heart of Stirling

Mercat Cross Regeneration Investment in a range of community, cultural and residential buildings, public realm and streets within the Historic City Centre

The Harbour A new Public Sector Hub directly adjacent to the Main Station defining a new landscape square and connecting the City Centre and numerous key heritage assets, partners and communities along the river

A City Region Deal proposal for a Digital Hub in the City Centre.

https://my.stirling.gov.uk/files/citydealmasterplan.pdf

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• Creating a world class active travel network and public realm to allow Stirling to operate as a truly sustainable and vibrant City which is attractive for business, residents and visitors

• Maintaining and enhancing strategic access through local and strategic network capacity improvements and park and ride to ensure the economic improvements sought by the CDF are not undermined by congestion

UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING

In a City with a population of approximately 43,000, Stirling University has a population of approximately 12,300 students and 1,400 staff so accounts for a significant proportion to trips to, from and within the City area.

The University has adopted a strategic plan and a masterplan which include not only academic ambitions, but also the ambition for the University to contribute to the local community by opening the campus to the wider community to allow skills development through exposure to art, sculpture, theatre, cinema, public lectures and sport.

Recognising and accommodating the University’s travel demands is a key issue for the City Area Transport Plan.

River Transformation of the river from a barrier in the city to a key asset

City Park A City Park in one of the most iconic locations in Scotland, creating a new gateway into Stirling and enormously enhancing Stirling as a key destination

The delivery of the CDM is anticipated to bring an additional 3,000 jobs to Stirling, as well as additional visitors. For example, the City Park is expected to attract more than 250,000 visitors a year.

To enable the CDM and ensure it’s potential is maximised, an enabling package of transport measures is proposed which focuses on:

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The University is an important community for Stirling.

CITY AREA TRANSPORT PLAN: THEMES

To support the social, economic and environmental priorities in the City area it is suggested that delivery is focused on certain themes.

We will maximise the attractiveness of Stirling City Centre by:

• Improving the public realm of the City Centre as a place for people• Extending the Park & Choose opportunities for onward travel around the City in

a sustainable manner• A complimentary parking strategy to facilitate short stay parking in the centre

and encourage long stay parking to use park and ride

We will promote modal shift and sustainable communities to maximise the ability of all of Stirling’s residents to walk, cycle and use public transport through:

• A world class active travel network• Safe residential streets• Streets for all which minimise the barriers for people with mobility difficulties• Safer routes to school• Bus priority and enhanced passenger facilities on key bus corridors

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We will maintain strategic access to minimise congestion and maintain reliable journey times by:

• Maximising capacity on existing road corridors• Introducing additional capacity via new road links and dualling of A91• Investigating enhancing the connectivity to motorway network• Investigating opportunities for rail and/or coach based strategic park and ride

Separate packages have been developed for the surrounding towns and villages of Bridge of Allan, Cowie, Dunblane, Fallin, Plean and Throsk.

PROGRAMME PRIORITIES

The traffic modelling undertaken to inform the City Area Transport Plan suggests that if we are to enable and accommodate the growth proposed by the Local Development Plan and the City Region Deal Masterplan we need to both:

• encourage more trips to be made by walking, cycling and public transport • provide additional road capacity

It is suggested that it is easier to maximise the numbers walking, cycling and using

8 Local road network: those roads for which Stirling Council are responsible9 Strategic transport network: the roads and railways for which Transport Scotland are responsible

public transport before road capcity is increased. The City Area Transport Plan therefore proposes that, in general, we prioritise work in the following order:

1. Seek to maximise the trips made by walking, cycling and public transport.2. Maximise capacity on the existing local road network.8 3. Introduce roads into the existing local network.4. Introduce new capacity into the strategic transport network.9


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Figure 11: Indicative Locations for City Area Transport Plan Improvements

Encouraging sustainable travel choices

Improving network efficiency

Local network interventions (New Road)

Local network interventions (Dualling)

Strategic Network Interventions

Additional strategic network interventions

New Park & Ride

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A RESPONSIVE PROGRAMME

The exact timing of these work streams will depend on how quickly congestion grows (and/or air quality targets being exceeded), which itself can be influenced by:

• the number of new trips generated (e.g. by the number of houses being built and/or the amount of jobs created and/or the numbers visiting our shops and visitors attractions)

• the numbers of people choosing to walk, cycle or use public transport (or work at home)

Hence, the timing of the workstreams will be informed by:

• Monitoring trends which affect congestion • Review programme priorities based on observed v predicted trends

If congestion isn’t growing at the rate predicted, proposals to increase road capacity could be delayed. If congestion increases faster than predicted, additional measures to increase the proportions walking, cycling or using public transport will need to be considered, or road capacity measures may need to be brought forward.

Nonetheless, the City Area Transport Plan is a package of measures. Most interventions seek to support a number of the LTS objectives. Hence it may be desirable to bring forward road capacity interventions to enable other objectives to be supported. For example:

• Viewforth Link redistributes traffic to enable city centre public realm and active travel network improvements.

• Kildean to Cornton Rd link not only redistributes traffic away from Clock roundabout and Back O’ Hill Rd, but also creates a significant active travel and public transport link between the Bridge of Allan, Cornton and Causewayhead communities and Forth Valley College, Castleview Business Park and the City Park.


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CITY AREA TRANSPORT PLAN: CITY OF STIRLING

Transport measures to support City Regional Deal Signature Projects Partners

City Park• A811/M9 Gateway• A811 re-alignment• Active travel routes (Castleview – Millennium Way – Albert Place/City Park

– Stirling Bridge)

Stirling Council,Transport Scotland

The Harbour and Grow on Space, Forthside• Access from Kerse Rd• Re-alignment of Forthside Way• Reviewing hierarchy of Forthside Way with associated traffic calming,

cycle and pedestrian, bus priority improvements

Stirling Council

The River• New pedestrian and cycle river crossings• Riverside active travel route• Links to River

Stirling Council

Walkable Stirling: City Centre pedestrian and public realm enhancements Maximise benefits for pedestrians and cyclists, reduce vehicle dominance, speeds and accidents whilst maintaining essential access in the City Centre• City South Public Realm (Albert Place/Dumbarton Rd/Port Street/

Upper Craigs/Wellgreen/Newhouse)• Stirling Station Gateway and Cowane Street

Stirling Council, ScotRail

Road hierarchy Road network improvements to enable enhancements to the City Centre, including Albert Place/Dumbarton Rd/Port Street/Upper Craigs/Wellgreen and Newhouse improvements• Viewforth Link Road

Stirling Council

Park and ride/Park and choose Extending our park and ride network in terms of both quantity and the opportunities for unward travel around the City in a sustainable manner• Introduce a southern park and ride site for local and strategic trips10 • Consider park and ride opportunities for traffic from Clackmannanshire

for both local (bus) and strategic (bus or rail) trips• Explore low carbon transport and travel hubs at park and choose sites

Stirling Council,Transport Scotland, TACTRAN,Developers

10 Stirling South Park and Ride STAG appraisal

http://www.tactran.gov.uk/projects_parkride.html

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Transport measures to support City Regional Deal Signature Projects Partners

Improving the attractiveness of public transport: Maximise the attractiveness of using public transport to access Stirling City centre and beyond, including:• Investigate bus priority on key commercial and park and ride routes,

including:– City Centre to University/Alloa– City Centre to Bannockburn/Plean– Castleview P&R to City Centre– Springkerse P&R to City Centre– Emerging P&R sites to City Centre (including southern P&R along

Glasgow Rd)• Improve integration of Stirling Bus and Rail Stations • Improve passenger waiting facilities (shelters/seating)

Stirling Council, Operators

Parking: Manage parking in the city centre and its vicinity to provide essential access and complement park and ride services:• Introduce decriminalised parking enforcement• Ensure provision of short-stay parking, prioritising car parking for short-

stay shopping to meet city centre commercial needs• Limit long stay parking within city centre, and relocating majority of long

stay parking to park and ride sites• Limit city centre parking overspilling into neighbouring residential areas • Investigate opportunities for coach parking• Ensure that 6% of public on and off-street parking is available for people

with moblility difficulties• Put in place the parking and traffic management measures required to

(i) improve road safety and reduce congestion & pollution (ii) facilitate access and movement by mobility impaired people, pedestrians, cyclists, public transport and its users, and motorcyclists

Stirling Council

Promoting modal shift and sustainable communities

Travel plans and promotions: to encourage walking, cycling, public transport and car sharing etc.• Working with the Stirling Cycle Hub• Marketing of new infrastructure, awareness campaigns and interventions• Working with local businesses to develop travel plans

Stirling Council, TACTRAN, Businesses, Cycle Hub, Interest groups

School travel planning: to encourage active lifestyle amongst Stirling’s young and reduce traffic around schools• Develop and maintain active school travel plans and associated safer

routes to schools

Stirling Council, Schools, Communities


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Promoting modal shift and sustainable communities Partners

Active travel within city areaLinking CDF Projects: • the City Centre to and through City Park, The River (including River

Crossings), The Harbour and the Grow on Space• Bannockburn Heritage Centre, City Park, Stirling Castle, the River and the

Wallace MonumentCity area core pedestrian and cycle routes: Develop safe and direct links between residential areas, employment, shops, health, tourism and leisure facilities, based around core routes linking all areas to the City Centre, including• Bannockburn – Braehead – City Centre• Bridge of Allan – Cornton – City Centre• Cambusbarron – Kings Park – City Centre• Cultenhove – Torbrex – City Centre• Braehead – The Peak/Forthbank• Durieshill – South Stirling Gateway – Borestone – Community Hospital –

City Centre• Bannockburn – Borestone – Community Hospital• Craigforth – Raploch – City Centre• Raploch/Craigforth – City ParkWalkable Stirling/Pedestrian Network: Providing new and improved routes into the City Centre, including from:• Forthside and Sprinkerse • Mercat Cross• Riverside• River• Raploch• City Park • Kings Park• TorbrexWalkable Stirling/Local pedestrian network improvements: Local improvements to ensure pedestrian routes to local centres are accessible by all, including people with mobility difficulties; providing links from core cycle routes to local facilities• Access audit and improvement programme for all local centres including

Borestone, Bannockburn, Cambusbarron, Causewayhead, Cornton, RaplochWalkable Stirling/Residential streets for all: Maximising the attractiveness, safety and accessibility of residential streets for pedestrians, cyclists and people with mobility difficulties.

Stirling Council,SUSTRANS,Stirling Area Access Panel

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Promoting modal shift and sustainable communities Partners

Active travel connecting city to outlying settlementsNational Cycle Network: continue to provide and enhance the National Cycle Network to and through the City• NCN76 Cowie – Fallin – Forthside – Cambuskenneth – Manor Powis• NCN765 Riverside – Stirling University – Bridge of Allan – Dunblane

Stirling Council, SUSTRANS

City area core pedestrian and cycle route network: Develop safe and direct links between residential areas, employment, shops, health, tourism and leisure facilities, based around core routes linking all areas to the City Centre, including• Plean/Cowie – Bannockburn/City• Plean – Cowie – Fallin• Bridge of Allan – Dunblane• Kippen/Gargunnock to City• Fallin – Polmaise


Greener Motoring: Enabling and encouraging greener motoring, for example through supporting electric car charging, car clubs etc.• Introduce electric car charging facilities at council car parks and park

and ride sites

Stirling Council,Transport Scotland,Car park operators

Street Clutter: When undertaking works the Council will identify opportunities to reduce street clutter

Stirling Council

Maintaining strategic access

Corridor Improvements: Management and capacity improvements to maintain access to and from Stirling and in particular maintaining access key employment locations, whilst discouraging unnecessary traffic from passing through the City Centre or residential areas including:• Craigs Roundabout/Kerse Road• Bannockburn Road• Glasgow Road/Borestone Roundabout• Back O' Hill Road/Clock Roundabout/Junction of Causewayhead Road

& Cornton Road• Causewayhead Road• A9 Bannockburn to Plean corridor review

Stirling Council

Kildean to Bridge of Allan Corridor: to accommodate predicted traffic growth arising from LDP & CDF growth aspirations• Kildean to Cornton Rd Link• Cornton Rd to Airthrey Rd Link

Stirling Council

A91 Eastern Peripheral Route Improvements: to accommodate predicted traffic growth arising from LDP & CDF growth aspirations• A91 junction and widening improvements

Stirling Council, Developers


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Maintaining strategic access Partners

Durieshill and South Stirling Gateway Transport Package: Work with Transport Scotland to Maintain and enhance access to Stirling City via the trunk road network• Southern Park and Ride• Roads improvement packages for M9 Junction 9; A91; A872• Active travel connections

Developers, Transport Scotland, Stirling Council

Strategic road network: Work with Transport Scotland to Maintain and enhance access to Stirling City via the trunk road network investigating improvements on:• M9 Junction 10 Craigforth• M9 Junction 11 Keir11 • M9 A811 junctions

Transport Scotland, Stirling Council

Rail: Work with Transport Scotland, Network Rail and Scotrail to enhance access to rail services, and enhance access between Stirling and Scotland’s cities• Support extension of electrification of rail services from Glasgow/

Edinburgh to Dunblane and Dunblane to Perth• Investigate whether a new south Stirling and/or a relocated Bridge of

Allan Station support LTS objectives.• Support investigation of the re-introduction of Stirling to Alloa to

Dunfermline passenger services• Work with Network Rail on programmes to improve safety at level crossings

Network Rail, ScotRail,Transport Scotland, Stirling Council

Monitoring: Develop SMART movement information platform Stirling Council

City Area Transport Plan: Bridge of Allan/Cowie/Dunblane/Fallin/Plean/Throsk

School Travel Planning & Safer Routes to SchoolLocal centres access audit and access improvement programmeLocal pedestrian and cycle linksActive travel connections between settlements and to Stirling City • National Cycle Network• City Area core route networkReducing the impact of traffic on local centres: pedestrain, traffic calming and public realm enhancementsParking reviews

11 Grade seperation of M9 Junction11 Keir Roundabout included in Transport Scotland’s Strategic Transport Projects Review 2009

https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/26366/j11260a.pdf

https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/26366/j11260a.pdf

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The City Area Transport Plan is based on the transport appraisal of the Local Development Plan which was undertaken in accordance with Transport Scotland’s ’Development Planning and Management Transport Appraisal Guidance’. This guidance requires the appraisal to be an objective led process based on:

• Collation of an evidence base to inform issues and opportunities• Objective setting• Option generation, sifting and development of delivery packages• Appraisal of delivery packages

This work was undertaken by the Council in collaboration with Transport Scotland and TACTRAN (the Regional Transport Partnership). The option generation, sifting and development of delivery packages stages considered:

• Whether there were alternative spatial strategies to minimise/address transport issues arising from proposed development

• All potential transport interventions• The ability of the following packages of measures to accommodate the LDP

growth by the delivery packages based on the following combinations of interventions.


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PARKING STRATEGY

Within Stirling approximately 50% of trips are by car, many of these

originating from our rural areas where there is a decreasing bus service.

Accordingly car parking is essential for commuters, employees, workers, residents, shoppers, people with mobility difficulties, visitors and anyone else who chooses to travel by car to be confident of completing their journey. In addition, appropriate parking must be provided for other vehicles, including coaches, motor cycles, lorries and bicycles, and also for people with mobility difficulties.

Parking management is one of the most effective measures available to the Council to manage traffic, especially in Stirling City. Managing the number of parking spaces, the price of parking and the way in which these spaces are utilised can directly influence people to consider walking, cycling or using public transport for their journey.

To achieve the significant modal shift required by the Local Transport Strategy, complementary parking policies, especially in Stirling City Centre, are required to support measures which promote walking, cycling and public transport (including park & ride and park & choose measures).

The key aims of the parking strategy are to:

• Support economic development and social activities throughout the Stirling Council area

• Reduce the environmental impacts of private cars in congestion hotspots• Encourage the use of walking, cycling and public transport (including park & ride)

to enhance accessibility• Integrate parking with other transport initiatives to provide a holistic response

to the transport needs of our communities• Ensure appropriate parking opportunities, in terms of quantity and quality, for

people with mobility difficulties

PARK & RIDE (AND PARK & CHOOSE)

Park & Ride is one of the best transport tools to maintain access to and the viability of city centres whilst reducing congestion. The forecast increases in travel due to the growth of Stirling City and its economy will have to be provided for by a

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package of measures including park and ride sites. Linking the park and ride sites to pedestrian and cycle networks, and providing bike hire opportunities, will enable people to park and choose sustainable modes that will allow them to access other locations across Stirling City.

The LTS will seek to provide for long stay parking demands in the City Centre via Park & Ride and Park & Choose sites on the outskirts of the City.

The supply and cost of parking in the City Centre is fundamental to the success of Park & Ride/Park & Choose.

DECRIMINALISED PARKING ENFORCEMENT

By transferring the enforcement of all parking, waiting, loading and restrictions powers from the police to Stirling Council, Decriminalised Parking Enforcement (DPE) allows the Council to carry out on-street parking enforcement, including double yellow lines, single yellow lines, clearways, disabled bays (for blue badge

Park & Ride bus on its way to Castleforth Park & Ride site.


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holders), pay and display bays, loading bays, bus bays, taxi ranks, permit holder bays (i.e. residents and doctors), and school keep-clear zig-zags. DPE will help optimise traffic flows and enable the Council to better enforce existing local restrictions.

DPE will benefit all road users and pedestrians who may be inconvenienced by indiscriminate or illegally parked vehicles. DPE allows the Council to ensure the effective use of existing on-street and off-street pay-and-display parking facilities, and will improve access for residents, emergency services, and deliveries and will also increase safety for pedestrians and other vulnerable groups. DPE is also more locally accountable and adaptable to local needs.

PARKING STRATEGY REVIEW

It is the Council’s intention to review the current Parking Strategy in 2019, at least a year after implementation of Decriminalised Parking Enforcement (DPE) powers, to allow the effects of enforcement and available parking spaces to be assessed against the views and needs of communities, residents and businesses. It is anticipated that parking behaviour will have stabilised a year after the introduction of DPE to provide an accurate picture of how existing parking restrictions are meeting all user’s needs.

The review will also inform how parking supply and cost can best support the vitality of the Council area. This will include assessing the effect of parking policy on congestion and the accessibility of the City Centre, prioritising parking reviews for communities with the most pressing parking issues, and assessing parking provision to support tourists, visitors and people with mobility difficulties.

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CONNECTED COMMUNITIES

The ability to access jobs, services and opportunities is fundamental for

everyone who lives, works and visits Stirling. For those without access

to a car (which can be as high as 1 in 7 households even in our rural

communities12) and against the back-drop of diminishing public transport

services, this can limit life opportunities and increase costs.

The Council must consider how best to connect our communities to:

• Maintain all our communities as viable places to live and bring up families• Minimise the risks, and costs, of social exclusion for those without access

to a car• Give people the choice of not travelling by car• Support tourism in all our communities

A transport review13 was undertaken to consider how to improve transport opportunities for people who rely on public and community transport services to travel across Stirling to access jobs, services, leisure & recreation, and health & wellbeing opportunities. At the heart of our proposed approach is engagement and partnership, working with our communities and partners to identify priorities, opportunities and solutions.

The Council’s approach to supporting access to jobs, services and opportunities, particularly for people without access to a car, is based on the recommendations of this review and is focused around maximising opportunities, partnership working and locally focussed delivery.

We will maximise opportunities for a range of transport solutions, including car clubs, liftshare, community transport, commercial services, pooled-public fleet, supported services, education and social care services, taxicard, low carbon transport and travel hubs, accessing facilities by walking and cycling.

12 2011 Census: In the Teith and Trossachs ward 13.6% of households do not have access to a car or van.

13 ‘Transport Review: An Overview of Public Transport in Stirling’

http://minutes.stirling.gov.uk/pdfs/environment%20%26%20housing/Reports/EH20170209Item10Transport%20Review%20-%20201116.pdf


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We will increased partnership working and establishment of a cross agency multi-agency transport group to improve co-ordination, smarter use of data and information and implementation of recommendations and solutions. This will include:

• Better co-ordination of functions such as vehicles, fleet hires, bus/minibuses etc could potentially offer future partnership opportunities to share resources, booking systems etc.

• Implement routine collection and analysis of activity, cost and performance data to improve oversight, planning, and decision-making and delivery that results in efficient use of resources and potential cost savings

• Update and refresh resident survey reports and encourage Community Action Plans to incorporate and include transport.

We will develop locally focussed delivery arrangements by working with communities and partners to identify and bring forward solutions. Includes exploring social enterprise opportunities and low carbon transport and travel hubs.

CONNECTED COMMUNITIES PROGRAMME

Strategic Services Partners

• Develop and implement detailed usage data collection for new suppliers• Develop an integrated transport communications strategy, including:

– Online access that promotes existing national and regional travel planning sites

– The production of a market intelligence and risk analysis profile– Develop digital solutions that support online access and customer

needs ie online app or internet based booking system• Within the City area, investigate and bring forward bus priority measures

(see City Area Transport Plan)

Stirling Council

Supported Services

• Consider alternative delivery models and explore transport solutions for rural areas

Stirling Council

Demand Responsive Transport

• DRT detail on passenger demographic information could be expanded to include and further inform future planning for services

Stirling Council

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CONNECTED COMMUNITIES PROGRAMME

Community Transport Partners

• Establish Community Transport group to encourage active partner engagement and explore strategic transport issues on a regular basis

• Explore opportunities with voluntary sector and community organisations for co-location and shared transport resources

• Undertake a feasibility study to explore Social Enterprise opportunities• Consider alternative transport options such as Social Enterprises and/or

Locality Fleet Models

Stirling Council,CommunityTransport Operators,Voluntary Sector, Communities

Liftshare

• Promote and improve awareness and knowledge of Liftsharing schemes

Stirling Council, TACTRAN, Liftshare

Car Clubs

• Opportunity to expand Car Clubs into other areas in line with a locality based approach

Car clubs,Community Transport Operators,Stirling Council

Taxicard

• Review the current Taxicard scheme to explore opportunities for streamlining and enhancing processes and to realise potential efficiencies and savings

Stirling Council

Stirling Council Fleet

• Consider the potential to locate Fleet and its management within Public Transport, particularly if locality based fleet is deemed feasible. Centralised administration via the Public Transport Unit offers potential scheduling processes and cost savings

• Explore data systems/software that would allow for a full and informed analysis of usage i.e. better journey planning of journeys/car sharing to realise efficiencies/cost savings and reduce potential misuse

Stirling Council

Education and Social Services

• Conduct regular reviews of Transport Assessment needs, through community planning partners

• Explore alternative transport solutions for individuals that will deliver best value for the Council

Stirling Council

Passenger facilities

• Maintain, and where opportunities exist improve passenger waiting facilities. Including in conjunction with low carbon transport and travel hubs which provide interchange opportunities

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TOWNS, VILLAGES AND RURAL AREA TRANSPORT PLAN

The Towns, Villages and Rural Area (TVRA) Transport Plan sets out Council

and community aspirations to address the issues affecting our rural

communities. The issues affecting the rural area can be summarised under

the following four themes:

KEY ISSUES AFFECTING THE TOWNS, VILLAGES AND RURAL AREA

Impact of traffic on communities

• Traffic can cause safety as well as local air quality, noise and severance issues• The car remains the primary means of access in the rural area for residents and

visitors • Rural industries and tourism are vital to the local economy

– HGV traffic, including that generated by important rural industries such as timber, uses the strategic road network and hence often passes through settlements

– Tourism, both in the National Park and beyond, generates visitors and traffic. Tourist traffic can also create parking pressure in certain settlements

• The area is an increasingly attractive location for commuters, again increasing traffic volumes

Quality of streetscape, carriageways and road infrastructure

• Concern over road condition and lack of maintenance• Concern over the condition of the streetscape on appearance (hedges, verges,

footpaths, signage, etc) particularly in areas where tourism is important• Importance of the ‘journey experience’ on perceptions of the area

Ensuring access to jobs, services and opportunities

• Decreasing proportion of jobs, opportunities and services in rural area• Decreasing public transport services linking rural areas with main centres of

employment, health facilities, shopping and education. Concerns over links, frequencies, services and cost

• Public transport is predominately provided by commercial businesses with limited opportunities for the Council to support local transport services

• Even in our rural communities approximately 1 in 5 households can be without access to a car

• Elderly and low income households typically have low car ownership• Growing and ageing population

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KEY ISSUES AFFECTING THE TOWNS, VILLAGES AND RURAL AREA

Opportunities to walk and cycle

• Reliance on car contributes to poor health whilst walking and cycling remain healthy options for both leisure and functional trips

• Concern that increasing traffic volumes are restricting safe walking and cycling to local facilities

• Barriers in the street environment for those with mobility issues.• Limited safe and attractive walking and cycling routes in rural areas, such as

pavements • Communities regularly prioritise path and access improvements that recognise

the issues above

DELIVERY THEMES

The TVRA Transport Plan seeks to address these issues by:

• Reducing the impact of traffic on communities: recognising the traffic demands of our rural economies and managing that traffic to make our settlements safe and pleasant places.

• Improving access to jobs, services and opportunities: promoting the ability for all to access services and opportunities both within settlements themselves and beyond.

• Improving the opportunities to walk and cycle: promoting the ability for all to safely access local services via walking and cycling, and enhancing healthy leisure and tourism infrastructure.

• Improving the quality of place, including roads and the street environment: recognising how our roads and streetscape affect both the quality of our settlements, and the image of our area to visitors.

The TVRA programme includes packages of measures for settlements and corridors. Measures are prioritised by taking account of the needs of communities to improve access to jobs, services and opportunities, support tourism, improve health, and address the adverse impacts of traffic.


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Improving access to jobs, services and opportunities Partners

Walkable Stirling routes for all: • Access audit and improvement programme for key settlements to

ensure pedestrian routes to local centres are accessible by all, including people with mobility difficulties

• Invesitgating and providing pedestrian crossing opportunites for settlements divided by a main road

Stirling Council,Communities, Stirling Area Access Panel

Connected Communities:• Enhance the viability of public transport services by encouraging new

developments to be located where it can be served by public transport • Develop locally focussed delivery arrangements by working with

communities and partners to identify and bring forward solutions• Demand Responsive Transport• Maximising opportunities for a range of transport solutions, including

car clubs/liftshare/community transport/community engagement/commercial services/pooled-public fleet/supported services/education and social care services/taxicard/low carbon transport and travel hubs/accessing facilities by walking and cycling

• Bus infrastructure and travel information– Promoting awareness of travel options/access to services– Provide interchange facilities

Stirling Council, LLTNP, Communities, Bus, taxi and community transport operators

Parking management: Ensuring that parking is well managed and parking reviews consider the parking provisions for people with mobility difficulties:• on-street parking within centres to prioritise short-stay to enable access

to shops and services during the day• where applicable, off-street parking to provide appropriate balance of

short and longer saty subject to the needs of the settlement• ensure that 6% of public on and off-street parking is available for people

with moblility difficulties

Stirling Council

Greener Motoring:• provide electric car charging at council car parks

Transport Scotland, Stirling Council

Reducing the impact of traffic on communities

Route Action Plans: Assess and prioritise all main routes for intervention as required, including:• A809, A81, A811, A820, A821, A873, A875, A9, A905, A91

Stirling Council

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Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority Visitor Management Plans: traffic management measures to support visitor management at key visitor destinations• Balmaha to Rowardennan• South Loch Earn• Balquhidder Glen• Aberfoyle to Inversnaid

LLTNPA, Stirling Council, Police Scotland

Traffic Management: Minimising negative impacts of traffic on key routes through communities, including speed reduction and pedestrian crossing measures.

Stirling Council, Transport Scotland

Parking Management Plans: for settlements experiencing seasonal parking pressures, as well as settlements experiencing conflicting parking demands.

Stirling Council

Timber Traffic Management: Continue to work with the timber industry to reduce the impact of traffic on communities.

Tayside and Stirling Timber TransferGroup

Reducing the need to travel: The Council will continue to work with communities and partners to improve broadband coverage across Stirling.

Stirling Council Community Broadband Scotland, Digital Scotland, Funding Partners, Local Communities

Improving the opportunities to walk and cycle

National Walking and Cycling Routes: Continue to develop, maintain and promote long distance networks to support both local access and tourism• NCN7: Glasgow – Aberfoyle – Callander – Killin• NCN765: Stirling – Callander• West Highland Way: Strathblane – Drymen – Balmaha – Crianlarich –

Tyndrum• John Muir Way: Balloch – Strathblane• Investigate potential strategic routes:

– Crianlarich to Killin– Lochearnhead to St Fillans– Stirling to Gragunnock – Kippen – Killearn

Stirling Council, LLTNPA,SUSTRANS

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School travel planning: Continue to develop and maintain active school travel plans and associated safer routes to schools.


Local Path Networks: Support the development, maintenance and promotion of local path networks to provide access to local facilities• Cycle parking programme for key settlements

Stirling Council, LLTNP, Communities

Promote walking and cycling: Promote the benefits of walking and cycling as a healthy and sustainable means of travel.

Stirling Council, LLTNPA, Communities, SUSTRANS, NHS Forth Valley

Improving the quality of roads and the street environment

Public Realm works: Identify opportunities to enhance the quality of Stirling’s public real. Including:• Callander High Street

Stirling Council, LLTNPA,Communities, Transport Scotland

Street Clutter: When undertaking works the Council will identify opportunities to reduce street clutter.

Stirling Council

Road and footway maintenance: Road Asset Management Plan Stirling Council, Transport Scotland


Options for addressing the transport and access issues in rural areas are limited. The Council will continue to work with communities and partners to improve travel choices but, for the majority of residents, visitors and rural industries, there are few opportunities to significantly reduce motor vehicle use. Traffic issues in some of our communities areexacerbated by trunk roads serving the north west of Scotland passing through a number of Stirling’s communities.


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WALKING AND CYCLING TO A HEALTHIER STIRLING

Walking and cycling:

• Can support active and healthy lifestyles

• Can reduce congestion and its economic and environmental consequences

• Is an attractive way to explore Stirling’s rural and urban areas, thereby

supporting both sustainable leisure and tourism

We therefore want to enable as many people to walk and cycle around Stirling as possible to achieve an active and sustainable Stirling.

The City Deal Masterplan aspires to a world class active travel network for the City. We want to apply this principle across Stirling, complimented by an active travel culture, where walking and cycling are the modes of choice.

‘Walking and cycling to a healthier Stirling’ is our active travel plan.

Our active travel partners the Cycle Hub provide Dr Bike sessions and other support for anyone who wants to cycle.

https://www.stirlingcyclehub.org

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WALKING AND CYCLING TO A HEALTHIER STIRLING KEY THEMES

School Travel Planning We want to ensure that there is an active travel culture promoted within schools through school travel plans, and ensure that:• any necessary infrastructure to enable this is in place through a safer routes to

school programme• cycling training ensures children have the skills and confidence to cycle safely

Walking and cycling in StirlingWe want to create a physical environment where walking and cycling is safe, convenient and attractive. This means:• Providing a world class active travel network• Ensuring that our settlements and streets are safe and attractive places for

people to walk and cycle, and spend time in – including removing the barriers for people with mobility difficulties

To encourage use we want to promote an active travel culture where walking and cycling are the modes of choice as part of a healthy lifestyle

Travel Plans and AwarenessWe will:• encourage employee (and destination) travel plans to promote the benefits and

opportunities of sustainable travel as a means of reducing their traffic impact• promote the benefits of and opportunities for sustainable travel for individuals

and organisations

WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP

Whilst many of the activities included in the active travel plan are embedded in other LTS delivery plans, an active travel plan has been produced as a succinct document that the many partners interested in encouraging walking and cycling can work together in delivering. These partners include:

• Sustrans• Paths for All• TACTRAN• NHS Forth Valley• Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority (LLTNPA)• The Cycle Hub• Cycle Stirling


https://www.sustrans.org.uk/scotland

https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/pfa-home

http://www.tactran.gov.uk

https://nhsforthvalley.com

http://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org

https://www.stirlingcyclehub.org

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Figure 12: Proposed core active travel corridors in Stirling City

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School Travel Planning Partners

School Travel Plans: All schools to demonstrate continuous school travel planning, including:• All schools to develop and maintain school travel plans• Continued promotion of measures identified in school travel plans


Safer routes to school: • A programme of safer routes to school measures will be identified,

prioritised and progressed according to the issues identified in school travel plans

Stirling Council, Schools

Cycle training:• All primary 5 plus school children to be able to access bikeability training

Schools, Active Stirling

Walkable Stirling

Promotion: Promote routes and the benefits of walking to residents and visitors, encouraging people to explore StirlingInfrastructure: Improve pedestrian facilities and routes• Improve pedestrian routes into the City & local centres, informed by a

programme of accessibility audits• Link City Region Deal Masterplan Projects• Make residential streets safe and accessible for all• Maintain long distance routes, including the West Highland Way and

John Muir Way as vital leisure and tourism infrastructure for residents and visitors

Stirling Council, NHS Forth Valley,TACTRAN,Stirling Council,Stirling Area Access Panel,Sustrans,Scottish Natural Heritage

New Development and Street Design: Ensure Stirling grows in a manner which enables and encourages walkingNew development:• Local Development Plans encourage development that can be accessed

by walking and cycling• LDP Supplementary Guidance ‘Placemaking’ & ‘Ensuring a realistic choice

of access to new development’ ensure new development is designed in accordance with Scottish Government’s ‘Designing Streets’ guidance

Public realm enhancements: identify and bring forward projects that make our town centres more people friendly, including:• Stirling Station Gateway • City Centre Public Realm

– Albert Place/Dumbarton Rd– Port Street/Upper Craigs/Wellgreen– Cowane Street

Stirling Council, Developers, Scotrail


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Cycling in Stirling Partners

Infrastructure:• Continue to develop a network of routes to link people to key facilities

– Linking City Region Deal Projects– Network of Core City Routes– Connecting City to Outlying Settlements– Investigate routes to link Stirling’s rural communities

• Continue to develop the National Cycle Network routes NCN7, NCN76 and NCN765

• Sign networks• Provide cycle parking at local facilities


Behaviour change, training and promotion:• Promotion of routes, networks and the benefits of cycling• Stirling Cycle Hub

Stirling Council, Sustrans, Cycle Hub

Travel Plans and promotion

Infrastructure: encouraging the provision of sustainable transport links to employment destinations

Stirling Council, Sustrans

Behaviour change, training and promotion:• Support employee travel plans, with Stirling Council leading by example • Promotion of sustainable travel

Stirling Council, Businesses, TACTRAN

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Not seeking to maximise the numbers walking and cycling is rejected as it is not appropriate in health, economic or environmental terms.

Focusing activity on a narrower range of delivery themes is unlikely to achieve maximum modal shift. Conversely, sustained activity on a single theme is likely to be more effective than spreading activity thinly, subject to resource availability.

The Next Bike, bike share scheme, gives everyone access to cycling.


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ENSURING A REALISTIC CHOICE OF ACCESS TO NEW DEVELOPMENT

The location of development and how it connects with our walking,

cycling and bus networks, and our rail stations, determines our travel

choices. Land use planning is therefore critical in determining both how

accessible a development is and also how much traffic it generates.

In particular, minimising the car trips generated by new development is critical to achieving the modal shift required in Stirling City if adverse congestion is to be avoided.

We can help ensure that developments are accessible whether you have access to a car or not, and that the volume of traffic they generate is minimised by:

• locating development where it can be accessed by a choice of modes (in our development plans)

• ensuring that new development is safely and realistically accessible by a choice of modes (when assessing planning applications)

LOCATION OF DEVELOPMENT

The Stirling and Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority Local Development Plans14 seek to direct the majority of new development to existing settlements, where there is more likely to be, or the ability to provide, a choice of means of access. Stirling’s LDP requires that:

In order to create accessible developments in sustainable locations, new development should be located where safely and conveniently accessible by walking, cycling and public transport as well as by motor vehicles

14 The Stirling Council area is covered by two planning authorities, the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority, covering the national park area, and Stirling Council, covering the remaining area within Stirling.

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ADDRESSING THE TRAVEL DEMANDS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT

As part of it’s Local Development Plan, Stirling Council has adopted the following policy:

Development should aim to reduce its travel demands, and to ensure that residual demands are met in a manner which ensures a safe and realistic choice of access by walking, cycling, public transport and motor vehicles.

The supplementary guidance which supports this policy ‘Ensuring a Choice of Access to New Developments’ sets out what is required to make that development safely and realistically accessible for:

• Pedestrians• Cyclists • Public transport users• Motorists

The guidance also states which developments will be required to develop and implement travel plans to help reduce their traffic impact.


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REGIONAL TRANSPORT STRATEGY

A connected Stirling relies on working with national and regional partners

to maintain and improve links to neighbouring areas, Scotland’s Cities and

beyond.

The Regional Transport Strategy (RTS) delivery plan captures this work as well as themes which support activity undertaken by both the Council and Tactran, the Regional Transport Partnership.

Accordingly the RTS delivery plan is included as part of Stirling’s LTS as an appropriate means of identifying, progressing and monitoring activity which addresses the objectives of Stirling’s LTS but which may be undertaken by our regional and national partners.

The key themes in the RTS delivery plan include:

• Strategic connectivity• Health and transport• Active travel• Travel planning• Buses• Park and Ride• Rail• Freight• Travel information• Climate Change

http://www.tactran.gov.uk/documents/20160614TactranRTSDeliveryPlan2016-21Final.pdf


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REGIONAL TRANSPORT DELIVERY PLAN

Strategy Theme Project Partners

Strategic Connectivity

Rail Links and Services

Electrification of the route from Glasgow/Edinburgh to Stirling, Dunblane and Alloa.

Transport Scotland, Network Rail, ScotRail

Strategic Roads A9 upgrading: Grade Separation of all junctions on A9 including Keir Roundabout.

Transport Scotland, Tactran, Perth & Kinross Council, Developers, SEPA

M9/A811 New Junction. Transport Scotland, Tactran, Stirling Council

Kildean to Bridge of Allan Corridor. Tactran, Stirling Council

Viewforth Link Road and public realm improvements to adjacent City Centre streets.

Tactran, Stirling Council

Durieshill and South Stirling Gateway Transport Improvements.

Transport Scotland, Tactran, Stirling Council

Health & Transport

Promoting Active Travel

Promote active travel as a healthy means of transport, leisure and to access services and opportunities.

NHS Tayside, NHS Forth Valley, Tactran, Local Authorities

Expand the role of active prescriptions and social prescribing.

NHS, Local Authorities, Tactran

Support delivery of road safety education. Scottish Fire & Rescue Service, Police Scotland, Tactran, Local Authorities

Continue Accident Investigation and Prevention (AIP) and road safety measures.

Local Authorities, Transport Scotland, Police Scotland

Transport and Public Health

Develop and implement Green Procurement Strategies for Council fleet.

Constituent Councils

Improve Councils' vehicle fuel consumption efficiency by better management of fleet activities.

Constituent Councils

Access to Healthcare

Annual update on evaluation of the national Transportation Noise Action Plan (TNAP).

Scottish Government

Improve efficiency and co-ordination of transport and healthcare service delivery.

NHS, Tactran, Local Authorities, SAS

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Health & Transport

Access to Healthcare

Increase travel to healthcare facilities by active and sustainable modes.

NHS, Tactran, Local Authorities

Improve active and sustainable travel infrastructure to healthcare facilities.


NHS Staff Travel Work to eliminate unnecessary commuting or business journeys by NHS staff.


Ensure all NHS staff travel is by active or sustainable modes, where appropriate.


Improve provision of active and sustainable travel infrastructure for staff.


Active Travel

Strategic Integration

Each local authority to develop an Active Travel Strategy

Local Authorities, Tactran, Cycling Scotland, Transport Scotland

High Quality Infrastructure

Continue to develop and maintain community links. Sustrans, Tactran, Local Authorities, Transport Scotland, Community Groups

Enhance active travel networks taking account of the Central Scotland Green Network Strategy

SNH, Forestry Commission Scotland, Scottish Enterprise

NWCN Long Distance Route: Cross-Scotland Pilgrim Way – Iona to St Andrews

SNH, LLTNPA, Scottish Pilgrims Route Forum

NWCN Long Distance Path: Great Trossachs Path – Callander to Inversnaid

The Great Trossachs Forest, LLTNPA

NWCN Long Distance Route: Stirling to Drymen Stirling Council only

NWCN Cycleway: NCN 76 – Manor Powis Roundabout

Sustrans, Stirling Council

NWCN Cycleway: NCN 765 Stirling to Callander Sustrans, Stirling Council

Aspirational NCN 755 Cycle Route: Drymen to Strathblane


Aspirational NCN 765 Cycle Route: Keir Roundabout to Bridge of Allan


Regional Walking and Cycling Route: Cowie – Denny Tactran, Stirling Council

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Active travel

Making Better Use of the Transport System

Evaluate Pilot Cycle Hub at Stirling Station Forth Environment Link, Transport Scotland, ScotRail, Sustrans

Influencing Travel Behaviour

Deliver Mutual Respect Campaign, Give Everyone Cycle Space

Cycling Scotland, Vulnerable Road Users Forum, Tactran, constituent Councils

Continue the promotion and development of Bikeability Scotland training

Bikeability Scotland, Cycling Scotland, Sustrans, Local Authorities

Travel Planning

Travel Plan Guidance and Support

Develop and implement sustainable staff travel plans

Tactran, Local Authorities

Support and encourage development of Travel Plans with employers


Work to increase uptake and implementation of School Travel Plans

Local Authorities, Tactran

Seek production and implementation of effective Travel Plans in new developments


Use of Awareness Campaigns

Continue to undertake Awareness Campaigns to promote sustainable travel choices

Local Authorities, Transport Scotland, Tactran

Encourage all employers across all sectors to become Cycle Friendly

Sustrans, Cycling Scotland, Healthy Working Lives, employers

Promote Liftshare and Car Clubs

Promote and support liftshare schemes at a regional and local level


Support for the establishment and promotion of Car Clubs in the region

Local Authorities, Tactran, Scottish Government

Buses

Network Coverage

Engage with public transport service providers to ensure high quality, reliable and efficient services.

Public Transport Operators, Local Authorities, Tactran

Determine the public transport service requirements over and above the commercial network.

Local Authorities, Public Transport Operators


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Buses

Network Coverage

Secure public transport services considered necessary but not met by commercial services.

Local Authorities, Public Transport Operators, Developers

Ensure Development Plans take cognisance of road network capacity and public transport provision.

Local Authorities, TAYplan

Infrastructure and Vehicles

Provide and maintain bus infrastructure ensuring it meets needs of elderly and disabled passengers.

Local Authorities, Developers

Introduce measures to encourage uptake of low emission vehicles.

Transport Scotland, Public Transport Operators, Local Authorities

Meet the needs of elderly and disabled passengers through accessible taxi, CT and DRT services.


Network Performance

Assist with development of a multi-operator and multi-modal travel ticket.

Transport Scotland, Local Authorities, Operators, Tactran

Park & Ride

Promote New Bus and Rail Based Park & Ride

Regional Park & Ride facility - South of Stirling: Maximise use of park and ride to access City Centre.

Transport Scotland, Tactran

Strategic Park & Ride facility at Bannockburn, Stirling: serving Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling.

Transport Scotland, Tactran

Enhance Existing Park & Ride Provision

Additional cycling spaces at Dunblane rail station. ScotRail

Improved waiting facilities at Dunblane and Bridge of Allan rail stations.

ScotRail

Rail

Tay Estuary Rail Service, Arbroath to Glasgow: hourly stopping service to complement intercity service.

Tactran, Transport Scotland, ScotRail, Network Rail, Local Authorities

Stirling Rail Station Enhancement: Streetscape and parking improvements.

Network Rail, ScotRail, Transport Scotland, Tactran

Close Cornton Level Crossing and replace with bridge to improve safety.

Network Rail, Transport Scotland

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Rail

Support Development of Strathallan Community Rail Partnership (CRP).

ScotRail, Transport Scotland, Network Rail, Tactran, Perth & Kinross Council

Support Development of West Highland CRP. ScotRail, Transport Scotland, Network Rail, Tactran, Perth & Kinross Council

Freight

Urban Logistics TACTRAN Freight Quality Partnership: consider environmental impact of freight transport.

Tactran, Local Authorities, Transport Scotland

Travel Information

Informing Travel Choices and Awareness

Continue to develop and promote regional travel information through dedicated websites.

Tactran, Local Authorities, Traveline Scotland

Work with bus operators to provide comprehensive, accurate and current roadside bus information.

Local Authorities, Operators

Work with bus operators to develop service corridor and area leaflets with all operators’ services.

Local Authorities, Operators

Making Efficient Use of the Transport Network

Extend Real Time Passenger Information into Stirling Council Area.

Tactran, Sestran

Intelligent Transport Systems on Trunk Road Network provide journey time information.

Transport Scotland

Improve Regional Travel Information for Road Freight Industry on www.tactran.gov.uk


Climate Change

Low Carbon Vehicles and Infrastructure

Promote the uptake and use of cleaner and/or alternative fuels for transport.

Scottish Government, Transport Scotland, Energy Savings Trust, Tactran

Use of electric and alternative fuel vehicles in public sector fleets.

Local Authorities, NHS.

Develop a network of publically available electric vehicles charging points.

Scottish Government, Transport Scotland, ScotRail, Tactran, Local Authorities


http://www.tactran.gov.uk

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Climate Change

Low Carbon Vehicles and Infrastructure

Support shared use of plug-in vehicles through Car Clubs.

Local Authorities, Scottish Government

Eco-driving Promote Eco Driving training to all public and private sector organisations.


Electric vehicles charging at Castleview Park & Ride site.


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3/4)

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: Use

of

loca

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ser

vice

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pr

evio

us m

onth

11

2007

/08

2014

2014

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elin

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very

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per

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use:

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2014

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bas

elin

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ever

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per

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sc

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3)Tr

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choo

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prim

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seco

ndar

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hool

s12

2008

2015

2016

bas

elin

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en (p

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asse

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jour

neys

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DRT

ser

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2011

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2013

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2015

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2016

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base

line

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11 S

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of

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ac

cess

to z

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ore

than

1 c

ar o

r va

n fo

r Stir

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to:

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ansp

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cces

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jobs

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rvic

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ppor

tuni

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ss to

em

ploy

men

t: %

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arge

t gro

ups

with

in 3

0min

s of

Stir

ling

City

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tre

by p

ublic

tran

spor

t

2009

2015

2015

bas

elin

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ss to

loca

l cen

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: % o

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seho

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with

in 3

0 m

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by

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ansp

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f a p

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(200

8) 9

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re: %

of p

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tree

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able

by

all

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5)

Acce

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of l

ocal

cen

tres

com

men

ced.

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pose

d in

dica

tor:

% o

f aud

ited

rout

es in

loca

l cen

tres

whi

ch

are

fully

acc

essi

ble17

TBD

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able

d pa

rkin

g (O

bj4)

% o

f pub

lic o

ff-st

reet

spa

ces

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ch a

re d

isab

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spac

es18

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men

t m

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g tr

ansp

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4)

% o

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ely,

and

real

istic

ally

acc

essi

ble

by,

each

of w

alki

ng, c

yclin

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ublic

tran

spor

t, ca

r17

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a Co

llect

ion

com

men

ced

2016

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com

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rogr

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asel

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Air

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lity

(Obj

5)Ve

hicl

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issi

ons:

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vels

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at

mon

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n Co

ncen

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ition

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wor

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2014

/15

2014

/15

base

line21

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ditio

n: R

oad

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ition

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cato

r (R

CI):

% o

f all

road

s lik

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quire

m

aint

enan

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RCI

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ditio

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of

all,

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, C o

r unc

lass

ified

re

quiri

ng o

r lik

ely

to

requ

ire tr

eatm

ent

2008

/09

2014

/15

2015

/16

base

line

all S

tirlin

g45

%32

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l Sco

tland

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29%

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ling

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and

2014

.

2014

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2011

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14


94

APPENDIX B: SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

• City Area Transport Programme

• Towns, Villages and Rural Area Transport Programme

• Walking and Cycling to a Healthier Stirling: Active Travel Plan

• LTS Consultation Report

• Stirling LTS Strategic Environmental Assessment: Environment Report

• Stirling LTS Equality Impact Assessment

• Stirling Local Development Plan DPMTAG Study: Transport Appraisal (2016)

• Transport Review: An Overview of Public Transport in Stirling

• Review of LTS1 (2016)

• Mid-term review of LTS1 (2011)

• Road Asset Management Plan 2016–2020: Annual Status, Performance and Options Report (2016)

• Road Safety Plan

• Road Safety Plan Update

• Supplementary Guidance: Ensuring a Choice of Access to New Development (2014)

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