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Hampshire County Council Central Hampshire Area Rural Transportation Strategy Members Panel 7 November 2003 Local Transport Plan - Annual Progress Report 2003 Report of the Director of Environment

Item 5

Contact: Kevin Travers, ext 7763 email: [email protected]

1. Summary

1.1 This report provides an update on the delivery of the Local Transport Plan (LTP) and the content of Hampshire County Council's third Annual Progress Report (APR) submitted to the Government Office for the South East (GOSE) and the Department for Transport (DfT) on 31 July 2003.

2. Background

2.1 The APR is the chief mechanism for reporting back to Central Government on how the LTP is being implemented, showing progress made in working towards national and local objectives and targets. However, as an authority graded excellent under the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA), Hampshire County Council is no longer required to produce an APR. Nevertheless, it was considered that, as some of the information contained in the APR is still required by Government, it was appropriate to produce the document, otherwise there was a risk that this information could be misinterpreted or taken out of context. Furthermore, it is good professional practice to produce an annual report on delivery, which also has considerable value as a means of reporting progress in delivering the County Council's Integrated Transport Strategy to partners and other key stakeholders.

2.2 The APR has therefore been written broadly to follow the criteria set out in the DfT guidance, although using the CPA freedoms the County Council has been granted in relation to the format of the document. In particular, it was considered that, for a county the size and complexity of Hampshire, the progress that has been made over the past year could not be adequately portrayed in a 30 page report, as recommended in the DfT guidance. Nevertheless the APR is focused on the key issues, and in order to keep it as concise as possible much use has been made of appendices.

3. Annual Progress Report 2003

3.1 The APR document highlights the substantial progress which has been made. The year 2002/03 was exceptional in terms of programme delivery for integrated transport in the county, with total integrated transport investment of £22.7 million, including £7 million in support of bus travel, £2 million on casualty reduction schemes, £4 million on cycling and walking and £800,000 on safer routes to schools. Substantial investment in highways maintenance and bridges was also reported. Including the completion of the flood damage remedial programme, a total of £23.5 million of capital funding was spent in 2002/03 from credit approvals and the County Council's own resources.

3.2 Key schemes highlighted in the APR that were undertaken during 2002/03 were:

(i) completion of Stage 1 of the A3 bus priority corridor in Havant;

(ii) increasing investment in bus quality partnerships and passenger information systems;

(iii) a further 76 improvements at accident sites produced by the `low cost' schemes safety programme;

(iv) improvements at Winchester rail station for bus integration and pedestrian access;

(v) the introduction of direct local rail services to Eastleigh and Southampton from May 2003 at Chandlers Ford from developer and County Council investment;

(vi) a personalised journey planning project (DfT sponsored) under way with four employers in Winchester; and

(vii) the start of main contract works on the A325 Route 1 bus priority project and maintenance scheme in the Blackwater Valley.

3.3 A dedicated chapter of the APR highlights the County Council's approach to working in partnership with other authorities, key stakeholders and the community, developing new initiatives to promote new services and changes in travel behaviour. The Solent Transport partnership was formally launched in the year and one section of the APR has been written jointly between the three highway authorities (Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton).

3.4 A high level of importance continues to be placed on monitoring delivery of the programme and progress towards achieving the objectives and targets included in the LTP, together with the indicators that are used to assess this. The APR provides detail of progress against Core Performance Indicators, Public Service Agreement targets and the County Council's own headline targets, full details of which are included in the attached appendix. The County Council remains on target with respect to its performance indicators in highway maintenance improvements and casualty reduction. Whilst it is anticipated that the slight decrease in bus patronage experienced in 2002 will be addressed by the individualised marketing initiatives proposed for 2003/04, monitoring information on cycling and walking suggests that the former is continuing to fall and the latter is rising.

3.5 In addition to the comprehensive assessment of progress being made towards the county-wide objectives and targets, a similar approach has been adopted for each of the area transport strategies. All indicators have been measured where possible and the objectives are consistent across each strategy area as far as practicable. However, recognition of the diverse nature of Hampshire's urban and rural areas is acknowledged and therefore the actual targets and objectives vary from area to area to reflect this. Although it is still early in delivering the projects in the LTP, the majority of indicators remain on target and monitoring will continue throughout the LTP period. Full details of the revised targets and progress to date are included in the appendices produced to support the APR.

3.6 The appendices also include a significant amount of detail on the progress and impact of schemes in each of the strategy areas, and an indication of how each one contributes to the County Council's corporate objectives and the LTP policy areas. Tables also show how the impact of each scheme is being considered in formulating changes and amendments to future years' programmes, to ensure that the outputs delivered contribute to outcomes in terms of modal choice or changes in travel behaviour. The close links each project has with the County Council's corporate objectives and overall policy aims is clearly demonstrated. The benefits of each scheme often go far wider than their immediate impact and, added together, the extensive programme has a positive benefit over a wide range of areas.

3.7 The APR also includes three bids for supplementary funding covering MIRACLES, managing the accidental obstruction of the railway by road vehicles, and schemes related to the detrunking of the A339.

3.8 GOSE and the DfT are now considering the APR, with a formal response expected in December. At that time the indicative allocations for funding in 2004/05 will be confirmed and comments made on the APR document itself and the progress made in delivering the capital programme.

Recommendation

That the performance on transport improvements as set out in the report on the Local Transport Plan Annual Progress Report and how the County Council is performing in relation to meeting its objectives and targets be noted.

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APPENDIX

Progress towards Targets Core Performance Indicators

Core Indicator	Units/Definitions	Baseline position		Most recent position		Target		LA view on progress	Source of data
		Year	Data	Year	Data	Year	Data
Road Condition (% where structural maintenance should be considered)	Principal roads - BV 96 by deflectograph	2000/01	9%	2002/03	9.4%	2003/04	9.2%	Early days but appears on course	Deflectograph
	Principal roads - BV 96 by CVI	2001/02	0.6	2002/03	9.38%	2003/04	9.38%	Methodology change makes comparison difficult.	Coarse Visual Inspection
	Non-principal classified roads - BV97a	2001/02	18.09%	2002/03	18.09%	2003/04	17.19%	No survey carried out in 2002/03. Next survey will be carried out in 2003/04	Coarse Visual Inspection
	Unclassified roads - BV97b	2001/02	17.8%	2002/03	13.66%	2003/04	16.9%	Early days but appears on course	Coarse Visual Inspection
Number of bus passenger journeys	Thousands of bus passenger journeys (ie boardings) per year in the authority - BV102	1999/2000	27.81 million	2002/03	27.75 million	2010	30.59 million	Investment already made and proposed should start to have an increasing impact from 2003/04 onwards	Bus Operators
Bus passenger satisfaction	Percentage of bus users satisfied with local bus services	2003/04	N/A	2003/04	N/A	2003/04	Match National average (45%)	N/A	Public Survey (BVPI104)
		1997/2001	26.1%	1999/2003	34.1%	N/A	N/A		County Council Transpol Survey
Number of cycling trips	Number of cycling trips at a representative number of counting points	1999	Index 100	2002	Index 89.3	2012	Quadruple	Not on target - monitoring process to be reviewed	County Council Cycle Counters
Number of deaths and serious injuries (all ages)	Number of people killed or seriously injured on roads in the authority	1994 - 1998 average	1054	2002	938	2010	633	Remains on target	County Council Casualty Statistics
Number of children killed and seriously injured	Number of children (aged less than 16) killed or seriously injured on roads in the authority	1994 - 1998 average	110	2002	94	2010	55	Remains broadly on target	County Council Casualty Statistics
Light rail passenger journeys	Not applicable at this stage
% of rural households within 13 minutes walk of an hourly or better bus service	% of rural households within 13 minutes walk of an hourly or better bus service	2002	44%	2003	44%	2005/06	44%	No change - however investment is focused on demand responsive services	County Council Geographical Information System

Public Service Agreement Targets

Headline National Target	Local performance targets without PSA	Local performance targets with PSA	Interim performance target	Baseline data	Progress made in 2002/03	On track/ not on track to meet targets?	PSA or 10 Year Plan target linked to
Public Transport
Increase in bus use from 2000 levels by 10% by 2010	Increase bus use in 2004/05 by 2½% over 2000 levels	Increase bus use in 2004/05 by 4% over 2000 levels	2½% increase by March 2004	27.81 million (1999/2000)	27.75 million	Not on track	National Target 24
Improve bus service punctuality	95% of services operating within a window of 5 minutes late and 1 minute early	No change	None	90.3% 2001/02	91.1%	On track	National Target 24
Improvement in bus service reliability	99.5% of scheduled mileage, except where this is affected by factors beyond operators' control	No change	None	To be discussed with traffic commissioners		No clear evidence	National Target 24
Casualty Reduction
40% reduction in fatal and serious casualties by 2010 from a 1994-98 base.	863 fatal and serious casualties by 2004	780 fatal and serious casualties by 2004	None	1055 fatal and serious casualties (1994/98)	938 killed or seriously injured casualties in calendar year 2002	Not on track to meet full PSA target	Local Target 6
Maintenance
Halt the deterioration in the condition of local roads by 2004	In the year ending 31 December 2004 a deterioration across all non-principal roads of 0.08% points against the 2002 baseline	In the year ending 31 December 2004 an improvement across all non-principal roads of 0.02% points against the 2002 baseline	In the year ending 31 December 2003 no worsening across all non-principal roads against the 2002 baseline	18.09% non-principal classified roads (2002/03)	Next surveys will be carried out in 2003/04	On track	National Target 35
Elimination of the backlog by 2010	N/A	Elimination of backlog by 2010	None	13.66% unclassified roads (2002/03)	N/A	On track	National Target 35

Hampshire's Local Transport Plan Headline Targets

Local objectives contained in LTP	Local performance indicators contained in LTP	Source of data	Local targets or outcomes contained in LTP	Baseline data	Progress made in 2002/03 against local outcomes	On track/ not on track to meet targets?	Which national PSA or 10 Year Plan target does the local target/ outcome link to
Reduce the rate of traffic growth	Volume of traffic at permanent traffic count sites.	County Council permanent traffic counts	To halve the rate of forecast traffic growth between 1998 and 2020 from 41% to 21%	No of car journeys 1998 Base of 100	107.1 (2002)	No clear evidence, see section 3.2.	PSA 1 (Road)
To increase the use of public transport	Number of bus passenger journeys per year	DfT survey of bus operators	To increase public transport patronage by 25% between 2000 and 2020	Passenger journeys in 1999/2000: 27.81 million	Passenger journeys in 2002/03: 27.75 million	No clear evidence, see section 3.3.	PSA 2 (Local Public Transport)
	Number of rail passenger journeys per year	County Council monitoring of rail passengers		Passenger journeys in 2000; index of 100	129.7 (2002)	On track
	Number of ferry passenger journeys per year	Gosport and Hythe Ferry Operators		Passenger journeys in 2000 3.2 million	3.9 million (2002)	On track
Improve bus service punctuality	95% of services operating within a window of 5 minutes late and 1 minute early	County Council Surveys	To achieve 95% of services operating within a window of 5 minutes late and 1 minute early by 2010	90.3% 2001/02	91.1%	On track	PSA 2 (Local Public Transport)
Reduce the number of road accidents	Number of deaths and serious injuries	County Council Casualty Statistics	40% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured to the average 1994-98 level by 2010	1055 base year 1994-98 average	938 (2002)	On track	PSA 3 (Road accidents)
	Number of children killed or seriously injured		50% reduction in the number of children killed or seriously injured to the average 1994-98 level by 2010	110 base year 1994-98 average	81 (2002)	On track	PSA 3 (Road accidents)
	Number of slight casualties1		10% reduction in the number of slight casualties to the average 1994-98 level by 2010	5789 base year 1994-98 average	5296 (2002)	On track	PSA 3 (Road accidents)
Increase the level of cycling	Number of people cycling2	County Council Permanent Cycle Counters	To quadruple the number of cycling trips by 2012 from a 1996 base	Cycling trips in 1999; index of 100	89.3 (2002)	Not on track	TYP5 (Cycling trips)
Increase the level of walking	Number of people walking2	County Council Cordon Surveys	To increase the number of walking trips in Hampshire by 25% by 2020 from a 1999 base	Walking trips in 1999; index of 100	165 (2002)	On track	N/A

Local objectives contained in LTP	Local performance indicators contained in LTP	Source of data	Local targets or outcomes contained in LTP	Baseline data	Progress made in 2002/03 against local outcomes	On track/ not on track to meet targets?	Which national PSA or 10 Year Plan target does the local target/ outcome link to
Improve the Environment and Health	Level of particulates (PM10) at selected sites	County Council/District Council air quality monitoring stations	To achieve the objective in the National Air Quality Strategy (National Targets) of not exceeding limits of 50 micrograms (μg) per metre3	2000 level of 22.55 μg/m3	2002 level of 22.15 μg/m3	On track	PSA 4 (Air Quality)
	Level of nitrogen dioxide (N02) at selected sites		To achieve the objective in the National Air Quality Strategy (National Targets) of not exceeding limits of 105 parts per billion (ppb)	2000 level of 23.9 ppb	2000 level of 21.5 ppb	On track	PSA 4 (Air Quality)
	Level of carbon monoxide (CO) at selected sites		To achieve the objective in the National Air Quality Strategy (National Targets) of not exceeding limits of 10 parts per million (ppm)	2000 level of 0.7 ppm	2000 level of 0.57 ppm	On track	PSA 4 (Air Quality)
Travel Plans	Number of workplace travel plans	County Council Workplace Travel Plan Coordinator	To encourage the development of workplace travel plans among all major businesses in Hampshire. With a target of 50, subsequently doubled to 100 by 2005	3 businesses (1998)	94 (2002 cumulative total)	On track	N/A
	Number of schools with a travel plan	County Council School Travel Plan Coordinator	To encourage the development of travel plans amongst all schools in Hampshire. With a target of 150 schools to have a Travel Plan by 2005/06	3 schools (1998/99)	57 (2002/03 cumulative total)	On track	N/A

1 Figures were initially expressed as the number of people slightly injured per million vehicle kilometres, however the figures are not currently available.

2 Base amended to 1999