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Station Travel Plans
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A station travel plan is a site specific strategy for
better managing passenger access to a station, or cluster of stations,
and in doing so improve access to the rail network for a range of
users.
What benefits can be achieved with station travel planning?
Effective station travel plans can benefit train operating companies,
local authorities, the travelling public and other stakeholders.
DfT research published in 2005 found that travel plans have the potential
to reduce car use to a site in favour of others modes by between
10% and 25% with a Benefit to Cost Ratio of 10:1.
For train operating companies
A station travel plan is a Smarter Travel tool that can:
- generate
new revenue opportunities by removing (either actual or perceived)
barriers to access preventing non-rail users from travelling by
rail;
- optimise station car parking management
by shifting (a proportion of) existing rail users from car to non-car
access modes to stations, freeing up spaces for others or enabling
reallocation of spaces to premium use;
- ensure that the availability
of parking spaces during the off-peak is not a barrier to greater
rail use during that period; and
- enhance relationships with the
travelling public through direct engagement.
A station travel plan can also enhance relationships
between the train operating company, the local authority and other
stakeholders and enable the train operating company to actively demonstrate
their green credentials. Station travel plans will be a requirement
within new franchise bids and some local planning authorities will
require that they are submitted alongside any planning applications.
For
local authorities
A station travel plan can mean:
- resolving local congestion problems
adjacent to a station;
- satisfying local transport policy objectives
related to sustainable travel;
- improving accessibility to the rail
network for all users; and
- improving community relations by involving
all stakeholders in decision-making.
For the travelling public
A station travel plan can open-up new opportunities for travelling
by rail and increase the range of travel options for the journey
to the station.
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