Fife's Local Transport Strategy - University of St Andrews

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Transportation
Services
Fife’s Local Transport Strategy
Scottish Transport Local
Authority of the Year 2004
Stuart Knowles
Senior Manager
Transportation Services
Fife Council

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Contents
1. Fife’s Recent Achievements and
Ongoing Efforts
2. Why Review the LTS now?
3. Travel Habits and Considerations
for Fife
4. New Opportunities and Targets for
Fife

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1. Fife’s Recent Achievements
and Ongoing Efforts

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TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
(Scottish Local Transport Authority of the Year in 2004)
Some of the Issues we cover!!
• 2,394 Km of Roads
• 431 Bridges
• 165 Car Parks
• 60,314 Street Lights
• 4 Main Bus Stations
• 991 Bus Shelters
• 2600 Bus Stops
• 19 Harbours
• 65,000 Concessionary Card Holders
• 19,000 School Children who require transport daily
• 24/365 Emergency Response Services

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New Forth Crossing
Fife Council and partners lobbied
for Scottish Government’s
commitment to new crossing.
Cable-stayed bridge, with dual
carriageway. Public Transport
Corridor on Existing Bridge.
But …need Park & Choose and
Bus/HOV Priority (it’s just 1% of
total cost to ensure modal shift !!)

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Ferrytoll Park and Ride
• Joint initiative between Fife Council and
Stagecoach - opened in November 2000
• Originally 500 spaces. Expanded to over 1000
spaces, including a multi-storey car park and
auxiliary lane on the A90
• Plans to increase bus capacity as part of the
New Forth Crossing project

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Bus Route Improvements (BRDG)
37/39
Kirkcaldy - Glenrothes (Pitcairn)
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Dunfermline - Cairneyhill - High Valleyfield - Kincardine - Falkirk
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Townhill - Dunfermline - Abbeyview
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• 114% increase in bus
patronage since 2006/2007!
TAYLINK 99 St Andrews -Dundee
• Scottish Transport Award for
Information & Marketing
• 43% increase in passenger numbers
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Kirkcaldy - Victoria Hospital - Glenrothes - Cupar - Dundee - Ninewells Hospital

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Major Bus Station Improvements

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Train Stations and Interchanges
Link to National Cycle Network
at Markinch Interchange
Expansion of Kirkcaldy Rail
Station Car Park
Markinch Interchange (train, bus, taxi,
cycle route, car park)
Inverkeithing interchange

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Demand Responsive Services
• “Ring and Ride”
patronage grown by 74%
in past 2 years.
• Demand responsive
transport services now
deliver in excess of
122,000 trips annually

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European
Ferry Link
Rosyth to
Zeebrugge
Successfully lobbied with partners
for the continuation of ferry link with
the continent
Delivered the free shuttle bus from
Ferrytoll and Inverkeithing with a
funding contribution from SEStran

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£40 million Investment !!
• Major consumer of electricity (10%
of Council’s CO 2 output)
• New lights can be regulated to
reduce energy consumption.
Trials under way:-
100% power Dusk to 8pm
80% power 8pm - midnight
60% power midnight - 5am
100% power 5am - Dawn

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Road Building and Maintenance
£45m prudential borrowing agreed!!!

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Key initiatives, include:
Safe Drive Stay Alive Roadshow
Pass Plus Initiative
Road Safety Education
Traffic calming measures
20mph zones around schools
Road Safety Success
• 2008 saw a massive 40% fewer
serious road casualties compared
to 2006
• 2008 has brought the lowest ever
figures on all key measures.

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Cycle Routes and Core Paths
• Cycling Charter for Fife 2008-2013
• Cycling Levels on Key Routes went
up by 43% between 2005 and 2008
• Leading Local Authority in Scotland
(Cycling Scotland’s National Audit in
2005 and 2008)
• Identified as best practice in
monitoring within the draft Cycling
Action Plan for Scotland
Kilrie Gate (west of
Kirkcaldy)
Dalgety Bay to
Inverkeithing

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• 56 school travel
plans to date
• In 2008 cycling to
school in Fife had
risen to 3.63%, which
is a 200% increase
over 2007
Travel Plans
• Between 2007 and 2008, a 5.13% fall in single
occupancy car journeys to schools
• In December 2008, Kirkton of
Largo Primary School
achieved the Cycle Friendly
School Status (then one of only
four schools in Scotland!!)

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Levenmouth Rail Link

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A92 Redhouse Roundabout Improvements
REDHOUSE ROUNDABOUT
KIRKCALDY EAST –
Strategic Land Allocation

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Cross Forth
Hovercraft /
Ferry
Proposals

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2. Why Review the LTS now?

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KEY ISSUES
• New Government - Concordat / Single Outcome
Agreement
• 7 New Administrative Areas in Fife
• Fife Council ‘Big 8’ Priorities
• Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
• New National Targets (CO 2 , Cycling)
• Commitment to the New Forth Crossing
• Removal of the Tolls from Forth & Tay Bridges
• Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR) 2008
• +The Global Financial Downturn !

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3. Travel Habits and
Considerations for Fife

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Transport is Essential for Fife’s Future !!
Healthcare
Employment
Social
Leisure

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FIFE’S DAILY TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
Percentage of trips made
within and beyond Fife

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Trips within and beyond
FIFE TRAVEL DIARY SURVEY 2004
major towns

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Travel by mode

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Journey Length – All journeys

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Access to public
transport

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COPENHAGEN RUSH HOUR !!!
Can we change too?

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4. New Opportunities for Fife!

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Key drivers
• Climate change (80% reduction by 2050)
• Economic recovery (access to jobs)
• Creative use of funding to best facilitate
development of Travel Choices

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The way forward?
• Build on the investment of the
past 10 years in sustainable travel
in Fife?
• Prioritise walking, cycling and bus
use through reallocation of road
space?
• Behavioural change through more
proactive travel planning?

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We need your
valuable input !