Wolverhampton Action Area Plans: Technical Study (Transport) 7.1 … · David Brenig-Jones Last updated: 09/06/2011 Revision: v1.0 Format of evidence Polyline plot graded by colour

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Wolverhampton Action Area Plans:

Technical Study (Transport)

Volume 1: General

Evidence Base

August 2011

Compendium of Evidence for

Transport Strategy

Wolverhampton City Council

Wolverhampton Area Action Plans:

Technical Study (Transport)

Compendium of Evidence for transport strategy

Volume 1: General Evidence Base

August 2011

Produced by:

Integrated Transport Planning Ltd 32a Stoney Street The Lace Market

Nottingham NG1 1LX

Tel: 0115 988 6904 Contact: Jon Parker

Email: [email protected] www.itpworld.net

WOLVERHAMPTON AREA ACTION PLANS COMPENDIUM OF EVIDENCE – STAGE TWO

Volume 1: General Evidence Base

CONTENTS

Chapter Title/description Page

1. INTRODUCTION 1

Guide to using this evidence base 1

2. GENERAL EVIDENCE BASE 2

Average Speed on A-Roads in AM Peak 3 Average Delay on A-Roads in AM Peak 5 Road network stress for freight traffic 7 Road and Rail freight forecasts to 2021 9 Forecast Rail Freight movements 2015 11 Forecast Annual Road Freight Trips 2021 13 Major Transport Improvements 15 Junction and Road Improvements in Wolverhampton 17 Killed and Seriously Injured Child Pedestrians 19 Killed and Seriously Injured Cyclists 21 Road Safety and Pedestrian Facility Improvements 23 Cycle Network 25 Weekday Cycle Count 27 Cycle Network Improvements in Wolverhampton 29 AM Peak Period Bus Passengers, Number of Buses and Bus Occupancy 2010 31 High Frequency Public Transport Network 33 Rail Passenger Trends and Forecasts for Wolverhampton Station 35 Rail Improvement Scheme and Existing Operational Problems 37 Proportion of Households with No Access to a Car or Van 2001 39 Average Car Ownership per Household 2001 41 Index of Multiple Deprivation by Rank 2010 43 Travel to Work Trips by those who live in Wolverhampton 45 Travel to Work Trips by those who work in Wolverhampton 47 Employment and Residential sites with existing and new travel plans 49 Home locations of Car Share scheme members 51 Location of Hospital and Leisure Facilities 53 Locations at which air quality targets were exceeded in 2008 55

WOLVERHAMPTON AREA ACTION PLANS COMPENDIUM OF EVIDENCE – STAGE TWO

Volume 1: General Evidence Base Page 1

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 This document represents Volume 1 of a compendium of the available evidence/data relating to transport matters across Wolverhampton. The evidence base has been assembled by Integrated Transport Planning Ltd. on behalf of Wolverhampton City Council in order to inform the development of transport strategies that will underpin Area Action Plans (AAPs) in three areas of Wolverhampton:

Stafford Road Corridor

Wolverhampton City Centre

Bilston Road corridor.

1.2 The information contained within the evidence base has been assembled to help ensure the transport strategies which inform these AAPs meet the definition of ‘soundness’ as defined in Planning Policy Statement 12 (PPS12), and that the strategies are informed by evidence.

1.3 This Volume presents transport data across all three AAP areas and also includes some data that relates to the borough of Wolverhampton as a whole.

Guide to using this evidence base

1.4 This evidence base synthesises information and data from various sources, and is intentionally designed as a quick reference document. To facilitate the easy use of this document we have placed a standardised coversheet in front of each map or data item in order to set out:

The title of the evidence being presented and reference to the AAP area to which it relates;

The time-series, format and source of the data being presented;

Key words (for electronic searching) and modes of travel to which the data item refers;

The date the evidence was last updated, the author and revision number;

A description of the key trends evidenced by the data item, and;

Comments, or further action required.

1.5 Most of the data items have been presented on a standardised map base on which we have marked each of the three AAP area boundaries, so that the impact of current and projected future transport trends are clearly visible.

2: General Evidence Base

Wolverhampton City Council Vehicle data Area Action Plan Transport Evidence Base Summary

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Title of evidence: Average Speed on A-Roads in the AM Peak in Wolverhampton

Data time series: 2010-2011

Relates to: Bilston Corridor AAP area, Stafford Road AAP area, Wolverhampton City Centre AAP area

Travel mode: Car, HGV

Keywords: Road, current, congestion, speed, car, HGV, A-road, junction

Author: David Brenig-Jones

Last updated: 09/06/2011

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Key trends demonstrated by evidence

• Speeds across the greater Wolverhampton area rarely rise above 30+mph, with the exception of the Black Country Route and points intermittently across the AAP areas during the morning peak period.

• The prevalence of 10-20 mph traffic speeds on arterial routes into the city centre indicates that traffic congestion is prevalent on these routes during the morning peak period.

• The slowest speeds across the three AAP areas are within the city centre with speeds rarely raising above 20 mph in the morning peak period.

• Concentrated areas of traffic congestion reduce average speeds down to 0-10mph, most notably at the junction of the A41 (Bilston Road) and A4126 (Ettingshall Road) and at the roundabout junctions on the ring road.

Referenced source(s) of data • TrafficMaster, accessed using the SPECTRUM database

Comments or further action required

• Average speed reflects the average speed of traffic recorded on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during term times from the 1st February 2010 to 1st February 2011.

• The AM peak period presented here is from 08:00 to 09:00

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Wolverhampton Area Action Plans

Average Speed on A-Roads in the AM Peak in Wolverhampton

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Annual average, February 2010to February 2011, for Tuesdaysto Thursdays during Term Time

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AAP Area

Wolverhampton City Council Vehicle data Area Action Plan Transport Evidence Base Summary

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Title of evidence: Average Delay on A-Roads in the AM Peak in Wolverhampton

Data time series: 2010-2011

Relates to: Bilston Corridor AAP area, Stafford Road AAP area, Wolverhampton City Centre AAP area

Travel mode: Car, HGV

Keywords: Road, current, congestion, delay, car, HGV, A-road, junction



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• Arterial routes into the city centre from the north suffer the most significant and widespread delays per mile. Most notably this includes the A449 (Stafford Road) and the A460 (Cannock Road).

• Comparatively, Bilston AAP has the lowest delay times along its key routes, with low-medium delays recorded along the A463 (Black Country Route), and A4126 (Ettingshall Road). The exception to this is the A41 (Bilston Road), where medium-high delays were recorded along the route, but particularly in Bilston town centre, and at the junction with the A463 (Bilston Road).

• Within the city centre AAP area the ring road is the main sites for traffic delay, with delays fluctuating between 75-150 seconds per mile.

Referenced source(s) of data • TrafficMaster, accessed using the SPECTRUM database


• Average delay reflects the average delay of traffic recorded on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during term times from the 1st February 2010 to 1st February 2011.

• The AM peak period presented here is from 08:00 to 09:00 • Delay is calculated by the average speed of the time period in question minus the

average night time speed (22:00 – 06:00), when traffic is assumed to be free-flowing.

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Average Delay on A-Roads in the AM Peak in Wolverhampton

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Delay per Mile (in Seconds)AM Peak (0800 - 0900)

Low, 0 - 25Medium, 25 - 75Medium/High, 75 - 150High, 150+


Annual average, February 2010to February 2011, for Tuesdaysto Thursdays during Term Time

AAP Area

Wolverhampton City Council Freight Area Action Plan Transport Evidence Base Summary

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Title of evidence: Road network stress for freight traffic across all three AAP areas

Data time series: 2003

Relates to: Bilston Corridor AAP Area, Stafford Road AAP Area, Wolverhampton City Centre AAP area

Travel mode: Road, HGV

Keywords: Capacity, demand, current, freight, congestion



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• The A449 Stafford Road, A454 Willenhall Road and A41 Wergs Road/Tettenhall Road are the primary freight routes into the city centre which have reached network stress level associated with freight (less than 40mph average speed and more than 1000 HGVs per day, as defined in the West Midlands Regional Freight Strategy) in 2003.

• The City Centre ring road is also considered under stress for freight movements • Sections of the Black Country Route on the northern boundary of the Bilston AAP

area also experienced freight stress. • Adjacent to Bilston AAP, Birmingham New Road is experiencing network stress

to the south of the Black Country Route. • Although the A449 is saturated the adjoining M54 did not experience network

stress associated with freight travel in 2003.

Referenced source(s) of data • West Midlands Regional Assembly, 2007. Regional Freight Strategy


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Road network stress for freight traffic

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NOTESNetwork Stress Levels 2003

Primary Road Network: Urban Roads<40kph and >1000 HGVs per day

Motorways<60kph and >1000 HGVs per day

AAP Area

Stafford Road

Bilston Corridor

City Centre


The West Midlands Regional Freight Stategy usedthe above definitions to identify roads where freight capacity is strained. The definitions relate to the average off peak speed of the road and the number of HGVs during a 12 hour day from 7am to 7pm.


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Title of evidence: Road and rail freight forecasts for the West Midlands Data time series 2002, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2021 Relates to: West Midlands Region

Travel mode: HGV, Rail

Keywords: HGV, Rail, current, forecast



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• Road travel dominates freight movements in current (229,000,000) and forecast (245,000,000) annual freight schedules.

• Intra-urban movements within the West Midlands currently account for the majority of road freight movements, and are forecast to continue to do so in future. Intra-urban freight traffic volumes are, however, predicted to stagnate (rail) or decline (road) in the future.

• Freight movements into the West Midlands from other regions currently account for the majority of rail freight movements, and are forecast to continue to do so in future.

• Total road freight traffic growth to, and from, the West Midlands is predicted to continue rising.

• Freight traffic movements into the West Midlands from other regions are forecast to see the highest growth in the context of future rail freight with up to 15,400,000 movements forecast per annum in 2021, which is more than double the 7,600,000 recorded in 2003.

Referenced source(s) of data

West Midlands Regional Assembly, 2007. Regional Freight Strategy. Available online at: http://www.wmra.gov.uk/documents/Transport/Freight%20Strategy%20FINAL.pdf, last Accessed on 7th April 2011.


The graph overleaf is a visual presentation of the data in the tables


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Road Freight Forecasts for the West Midlands 2011 and 2021 compared to 2002 000’s Tonnes per Annum

2002 2011 2021

To West Midlands ‐ from other regions 62,000 70,000 82,000

From West Midlands ‐ to other regions 55,000 64,000 77,000

Intra West Midlands 102,000 95,000 86,000

Total 219,000 229,000 245,000

Rail Freight Forecasts for the West Midlands 2015 and 2021 compared to 2003 000’s Tonnes per Annual

2003 2015 2021To West Midlands ‐ from other regions 7,600 14,600 15,400

From West Midlands ‐ to other regions 2,200 4,900 5,500

Intra West Midlands 1,200 1,300 1,300

Total 11,000 20,800 22,200

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Title of evidence: Forecast Rail Freight movements 2015



Travel mode: Rail

Keywords: Capacity, demand, future, freight, rail





• Freight travels on two lines through Wolverhampton; a) Walsall to Stafford; and b) Birmingham to Shrewsbury.

• In 2015 the busiest line will be that from Walsall to Stafford. This is a strategic route to access the West Coast Mainline at Stafford. 40-49 trains per day are expected to travel on this route per day in 2015.

• The line from Birmingham to Shrewsbury is predicted to be less busy at 10-19 trains per day.

• Some trains transfer from one of these lines to the other along link chords located in central Wolverhampton. However the number of trains predicted to be using these chords in 2015 is relatively few, at less than 10 trains per day.



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Forecast Rail Freight 2015, from WM Regional Freight Strategy

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Daily Freight Trains Sum of both directions2015 Forecast Freight Paths

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Title of evidence: Forecast Annual Road Freight trips (HGV’s) 2021, from WM Regional Freight Strategy



Travel mode: Road, HGV

Keywords: Capacity, demand, future, freight, HGVs





• The A449 Stafford Road and Black Country Route and west of the Ring Road are forecast to receive 0.5-3 million HGV’s per year in 2021.

• These are higher volumes of HGV trips than other strategic roads in the AAP areas which are forecast to receive less than 0.5 million HGV’s per annum.

• Future freight demand forecasts suggest the M6 motorway is likely to carry more than 10 million HGV’s per annum.

• In contrast the M54 motorway will carry between 0.5- 3 million HGVs.



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Forecast Road Freight (HGV's) 2021, from WM Regional Freight Strategy

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Forecast Annual HGVs by Route 2021Annual HGVs Sum of both directions (Millions)

< 0.50.5 - 33 - 77 - 10> 10

AAP Area


Wolverhampton City Council Network improvements Area Action Plan Transport Evidence Base Summary

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Title of evidence: Major Transport Improvements in Wolverhampton

Data time series: 2011 - 2026

Relates to: Bilston AAP Area, Stafford Road AAP Area, Wolverhampton City Centre AAP Area

Travel mode: Car, Bus, Rail, Metro

Keywords: Future, Major Schemes, 2026





• Key improvements to transport infrastructure are generally located to the north (Stafford Road corridor AAP area) and east of Wolverhampton.

• Longer term improvements will enhance links to Walsall though the provision of the 5-W’s Metro Extension and a Passenger Rail Link.

• Three new park and ride sites have been identified across the Wolverhampton area, one of which is within the Stafford Road corridor AAP area (Science Park) and one of which is at the northern edge of this AAP area (north of the M54 motorway).

• Short and medium term improvements focus upon the Stafford Road, City Rapid Transit Link (Stafford Road AAP area), high volume public transport links to New Cross Hospital (adjacent to the Stafford Road and Bilston Road AAP areas) and the provision of a new metro station for Bilston urban village (Bilston Road AAP area).


• Black Country Joint Core Strategy, 2011. Wolverhampton City Council, Draft Transportation Strategy and Action Plan for the period 2026, 2010


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Major Transport Improvementsin Wolverhampton

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Bilston Corridor

City Centre

New Brinsford Park & Ride Railway Station

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Identify StrategicPark+Ride locations on Penn Rd Corridor

Identify StrategicPark+Ride Locations on Compton Rd Corridor

Major Junction Improvementat Penn Road Island

Wolverhampton City Council Network improvements Area Action Plan Transport Evidence Base Summary

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Title of evidence: Junction and Road Improvements in Wolverhampton

Data time series: 2011 - 2026

Relates to: Bilston AAP area, Stafford Road AAP Area, Wolverhampton City Centre AAP Area

Travel mode: Car, Bus, Cycle, Pedestrian

Keywords: Future, Road, 2026





• A high proportion of planned junction improvements are located around the city centre area, and focus particularly upon improving the Ring Road

• Improvements to City Centre junctions are predominantly on a short/medium timescale, with clusters along the Stafford and Willenhall roads which are longer term actions.

• Immediate short-term improvements are planned for signalling, signage and lining improvements along Birmingham Road and the Black Country Route.

• There are two planned road network improvements focused on new development areas with the Stafford Road AAP corridor (Serving i54 development) and the Wednesfield Corridor (outer link road and junction improvements to between New Cross Hospital/Planetary Road and Dean’s Road).


• Wolverhampton City Council 2010, Draft Transportation Strategy and Action Plan for the period 2026


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Wolverhampton Action Area Plans: Technical Study (Transport) 7.1 … · David Brenig-Jones Last updated: 09/06/2011 Revision: v1.0 Format of evidence Polyline plot graded by colour