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City of Edinburgh Council

THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL

Local Transport Strategy 2004 – 2007

MARCH 2004

 

Contents

Foreword

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Transport Issues

3 Consultation

4 Implementing the LTS - Achievements and Future Targets

5 Edinburgh’s Transport Strategy to 2015 and Beyond

6 Policies and Implementation

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Road Space Allocation

6.3 Public Transport

6.4 Community, Accessible Transport and Concessionary Travel

6.5 Car Travel - Widening Choice and Reducing Congestion

6.6 Parking

6.7 Walking

6.8 Cycling

6.9 Powered Two Wheelers

6.10 The Road Network - Review of Road Schemes

6.11 Maintaining the Network: Streets, Roads, Footways and Cycleways

6.12 Safer Routes to School

6.13 Travel Awareness and Household Travel Management

6.14 Travel Plans

6.15 Road Safety

6.16 Freight

6.17 City Centre

7 Regional Transport Strategy

8 UK and International Connections

9 Policy Links

9.1 Land Use Planning and Development Control

9.2 Air Quality and the Environment

9.3 Business and the Local Economy

10 Appraisal

11 Road Traffic Reduction Report

Appendix 1 – Summary of Policies

Appendix 2 – STAG Appraisal Summary Tables

Appendix 3 – Consultation E xercise Details

Appendix 4 – Transport Capital Funding 2001 - 2007

Index

 

List of Figures and Tables

Table 1.1 Relationship between LTS objectives and national objectives

Table 2.1 All trips by Edinburgh residents by mode, 2001

Figure 2.1 Time lost in congestion, City of Edinburgh, 2001-2021

Table 3.1 Phase 1 Overall Support for each option

Table 3.2 Phase 2 Market Research Results

Table 3.3 Phase 4 Congestion Charging Consultation Results

Table 4.1 Summary of Local Transport Strategy

Table 4.2 Short term targets for accident reduction rate up until 2010

Table 4.3 Road Maintenance Re-Surfacing

Table 4.4 Maintenance Spending, 2001/02

Table 5.1 Schemes to be implemented prior to any congestion charging scheme, 2002-06

Table 5.2 Indicative Summary of Expenditure under both Base and Preferred Strategy Spending Scenarios for Edinburgh, 2006-2026

Table 5.3 Indicative Summary of Expenditure under both Base and Preferred Strategy Spending Scenarios for Regional Projects, 2006-2026

Table 6.1 2011 Forecasts

Table 6.2 Accident Reduction LTS Targets and achievements

Table A3.1 Summary of options on which consultation was conducted

Table A3.2 Degree of support for the three options

Table A3.3 Phase II market research

Figure A3.1 Support and opposition for each option: City residents

Table A3.4 The Consultation Options

Table A3.5 Consultation results on congestion charging

Table A3.6 Summary of main issues raised in ITI congestion charging consultation

 

List of Plans

Plan 1 Bus routes and areas of high pedestrian activity

Plan 2 Central Edinburgh Traffic Management Scheme

Plan 3 Air Quality Management Area

 

Photo Credits

Page 13: The Yerbury Archive

Page 15: Lothian Buses

Page 101: Peter Stubbs

Page 105: Superfast Ferries

Page 106: Danny Hill

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