THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL
Local Transport Strategy 2004 – 2007
MARCH
2004
Contents
4 Implementing the LTS - Achievements and Future Targets
5 Edinburgh’s Transport Strategy to 2015 and Beyond
6 Policies and Implementation
6.4 Community, Accessible Transport and Concessionary Travel
6.5 Car Travel - Widening Choice and Reducing Congestion
6.10 The Road Network - Review of Road Schemes
6.11 Maintaining the Network: Streets, Roads, Footways and Cycleways
8 UK and International Connections
9 Policy Links
9.1 Land Use Planning and Development Control
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
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, 2002-06Table 5.2 Indicative Summary of Expenditure under both Base and Preferred
Strategy Spending Scenarios for Edinburgh, 2006-2026Table 5.3 Indicative Summary of Expenditure under both Base and Preferred
Strategy Spending Scenarios for Regional Projects, 2006-2026Table 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
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