Trafford Key Centre Analysis 1 This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 1000 – GMATS Trafford Key Centre report Whereas report

1Trafford Key Centre Analysis

• This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 1000 – GMATS Trafford Key Centre report

• Whereas report 1000 presents detailed tabulations, this presentation has been designed to provide a summary of the main aspects of the data

GMATS Surveys 2002

Report 1000P - Trafford Key Centre


• The presentation has been designed so that it can be used independently of GMTU Report 1000 for those who want an overview of the traffic movements around Trafford but do not wish to see the detailed tabulations

• GMTU Reports 1000 & 1000P are part of a series of reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS surveys

GMATS Surveys 2002

Report 1000P - Trafford Key Centre


• Travellers leaving Trafford Key Centre (Altrincham centre) by car & bus were asked about their journeys as they crossed a cordon around the centre

• Passengers boarding at Altrincham and Navigation Road rail and Metrolink stations were also interviewed

• This presentation gives an overview of the findings from those surveys

• It considers first people who had visited the Centre, then those travelling through

GMATS Surveys 2002Trafford Key Centre



• The GMATS interview survey points lie considerably outside Altrincham centre especially to the west and south. The reason for this was to maximise the the usefulness of the data, particularly in developing traffic models

• This does mean that some trips that leave the centre, will destinate between the key centre boundary and the interview cordon and will not be observed

• Caution must therefore be exercised in interpreting trips from the key centre, as shorter trips will be under-recorded

Trafford Key Centre Definition


• Over 10,000 were in the Key Centre between 07:00 & 19:00

• 79% used car• 11% used bus • 9% used Metrolink• 1% used train

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Visitors to the Key CentreHow may visited the key centre and how did they travel?


• 34% were at work• 33% were shopping

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat were they doing there?


• Car dominated all activities– 75% work– 70% shopping– 94% business– 90% personal– 86% leisure0

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat were they doing there?


• 51% of car & 66% of bus trips and 77% of Metrolink trips ended within Trafford borough

• 26% of car trips ended outside Greater Manchester compared to only 6% of bus trips and 1% of Metrolink trips

• In contrast, 64% of rail trips ended outside GM and none within Trafford borough

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhere did they go after their visit?


• 59% of shoppers and 45% of workers ended their journey within the borough

• Workers (25%) were most likely to travel outside GM, followed by business visitors (24%)

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Visitors to the Key CentreHow did their destination vary with their activity?


• For most activities, car trips were longer on average than bus trips or Metrolink trips

• On average trips by car (11km) and Metrolink (9km) were considerably longer than by bus (4.5km)

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Visitors to the Key CentreHow far did they travel?

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• 89% walked• 9% interchanged

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Visitors to the Key CentreHow did bus users get to their Altrincham Centre bus stop?


• On average each car carried 1.31 people

• Occupancy varied widely with activity in the centre:– Work 1.12– Shopping 1.46– Social/leisure 1.51

• 91% of drivers leaving work and 88% of those on business travelled alone

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat was the average occupancy of visitors’ cars?


• For all activities in the centre more people parked off-street than on-street

• Only 27% parked on-street

• 81% of shoppers and 80% of business visitors parked off-street

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhere did they park?


• 36% of those parking off-street paid to park compared to only 21% who park on-street

• Only 11% of workers pay to park compared to 59% of shoppers

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat percentage of car drivers paid to park?


• 91% of commercial vehicles leaving the key centre were light goods vehicles (LGVs)

• 35% of all goods vehicles had journeys which finished within Trafford and 17% outside GM

• Only 6% of commercial vehicles leaving the key centre were HGVs

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Commercial Vehicles leaving the Key CentreWhere are they going?


• Only 19% of commercial vehicles were collecting or delivering goods in the key centre

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Commercial VehiclesWhat were they doing in the Key Centre?


• The average distance for all goods vehicles was 14.7 km

• HGVs travelled 90.8 km on average compared to 9.5 km for LGVs and 18 km for MGVs

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Commercial VehiclesHow far did they travel?


• 73% of all trips leaving the key centre were going home

• The next main activities were going shopping 7% and business visits 6%

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat did they do at their destination?


• 54% of trips finished in Trafford

• 21% of people going home finished in the rest of Greater Manchester and 23% outside

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Visitors to the Key CentreWhere did they go/for what purpose?


• All the previous slides have referred to trips starting in the Key Centre. These next slides look at all trips crossing the survey cordon

• In the case of car, bus and Metrolink, all trips crossing the survey cordon are included

• In the case of rail, only those trips which either start at Altrincham or Navigation Road Stations are included. Passengers on trains passing through the centre (for example from Knutsford to Stockport) were not surveyed

All trips passing through the survey cordon


• 89% of all trips crossing the cordon were made by car, 5% by bus, 5% by Metrolink and only 1% by rail

• 53% of car, 67% of bus and 45% of Metrolink trips finished within Trafford

• 68% of rail trips finished outside Greater Manchester and 25% in Stockport

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All trips passing through the survey cordonHow and where were they travelling?


• 35% of all trips were either ‘Home to Work’ or ‘Work to Home’ trips

• ‘Home to Shopping’ and ‘Shopping to Home’ accounted for another 11% of trips

• 44% of ‘Employers Business to Home ’ and 33% ‘Home to Employers Business’ ended outside Greater Manchester

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All trips passing through the survey cordonWhat was their purpose?


• The average distance travelled by cars was 19 Km, buses 7 Km, Metrolink 13 km and Rail 22 Km

• ‘Home to employers business’ had the longest average distance (51Km)

• ‘Home to work’ trips were 18 Km by car, 8 Km by bus,14 Km by Metrolink and 16 Km by rail

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All trips passing through the survey cordonHow far were they travelling?


• 93% of people walked from the alighting bus stop

• 6% caught another bus

• The percentage walking from the bus stop rises to 98% for ‘home to education trips’

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Bus trips passing through the survey cordonHow did people get to their destination from the bus?


• On average there were 8 people per bus crossing the cordon between 07:00 and 19:00

• This varied from an average occupancy of 5 during the morning peak (07:00 to 09:30) and 7 during the inter-peak (09:30 to 15:30) to 13 in the evening peak (15:30 to 18:30)

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Bus trips passing through the survey cordonWhat was their average occupancy?


• 58% walked from their alighting station

• 13% caught a bus, 11% were picked up, 8% caught another train and 6% drove themselves

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Rail trips passing through the survey cordonHow did people get to their destination from the train?


• 85% walked from their alighting station

• 7% caught a bus

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Metrolink trips passing through the survey cordonHow did people get to their destination from the train?


• On average each car had 1.36 occupants

• Occupancy was lowest in the morning peak with an average occupancy of only 1.27

• 81% of cars had no passengers in the morning peak

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Car trips passing through the survey cordonWhat was their average occupancy?


• 44% of all goods vehicle journeys through the cordon finish in Trafford

• For LGVs 46% and MGVs 43% finish their journey in Trafford

• 48% of lorries with 4 or more axles finish their journeys outside Greater Manchester compared to 31% of LGVs and 42% of MGVs

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Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordonWhere are they going?


• 37% of all goods vehicle crossing the cordon were being used to move goods

• In the case of lorries this rises to over 77%

• 37% of LGVs were being used for business use and 16% for personal use

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Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordonWhat were they doing in the Key Centre?


• For further information on the Trafford Key Centre surveys or any other GMATS surveys please contact:

John Wharf 0161 455 2052

Peter Bearon 0161 455 2062

GMATS Surveys 2002

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Trafford Key Centre Analysis 1 This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 1000 – GMATS Trafford Key Centre report Whereas report