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1Stockport Key Centre Analysis
• This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 947 – GMATS Stockport Key Centre report
• Whereas report 947 presents detailed tabulations, this presentation has been designed to provide a summary of the main aspects of the data
GMATS Surveys 2002
Report 947P - Stockport Key Centre
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• The presentation has been designed so that it can be used independently of GMTU Report 947 for those who want an overview of the traffic movements around Stockport but do not wish to see the detailed tabulations
• GMTU Reports 947 & 947P are part of a series of reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS surveys
GMATS Surveys 2002
Report 947P - Stockport Key Centre
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• Travellers leaving Stockport Key Centre by car & bus were asked about their journeys as they crossed a cordon around the centre
• Rail passengers boarding at Stockport station were also interviewed
• This presentation gives an overview of the findings from those surveys
• It considers first people who had visited the Centre, then those travelling through
GMATS Surveys 2002Stockport Key Centre
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• Note that the GMATS survey points lie outside the ring road - this is to provide data for a town centre traffic model
• The Key Centre monitoring points for the LTP lie inside the ring road and south of the M60
• This latter cordon defines the Key Centre used in this analysis
Stockport Key Centre Definition
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• Nearly 44,000 were in the Key Centre between 07:00 & 19:00
• 75% used car• 23% used bus • only 2% used train
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Number of people leaving the key centre 07:00 to 19:00
Visitors to the Key CentreHow many visited the key centre and how did they travel?
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• 37% were shopping• 29% were at work
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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat were they doing there?
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• Car dominated all activities with the exception of education– 27% education– 75% work– 69% shopping– 76% leisure– Over 80% all other
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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat were they doing there?
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• 68% of car & 71% of bus trips ended within Stockport borough
• Only 11% of car trips and 4% of bus trips ended outside Greater Manchester
• In contrast, 49% of rail trips ended outside GM and only 16% within Stockport borough
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Visitors to the Key CentreWhere did they go after their visit?
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• For all activities more than 50% ended their trip in the borough
• Shoppers (77%) were most likely to and those visiting educational establishments (52%) least likely
• Business visitors (17%) were most likely to travel outside GM, followed by workers (15%)
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Visitors to the Key CentreHow did their destination vary with their activity?
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• For most activities, car trips were only slightly longer on average than bus trips
• Bus trips averaged around 5km for all activities
• On average car trips were significantly longer for workers (9km) and business visits (14km)
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Visitors to the Key CentreHow far did they travel?Car and bus users only
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• 92% walked• 8% interchanged
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Visitors to the Key CentreHow did bus users get to their Key Centre bus stop?
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• On average each car carried 1.42 people
• Occupancy varied widely with activity in the Centre:– Work 1.16– Shopping 1.60– Education 1.67– Social/leisure 1.75
• 87% of drivers leaving work travelled alone
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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat was the average occupancy of visitors’ cars?
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• For all activities in the centre more people parked off-street than on-street
• Only 14% parked on-street
• 96% of shoppers and 87% of workers parked off-street
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Visitors to the Key CentreWhere did they park?
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• 32% of those parking off-street paid to park compared to only 18% who park on-street
• Only 23% of workers pay to park compared to 43% of shoppers
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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat percentage of car drivers paid to park?
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• 81% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were Light Goods vehicles (LGVs)
• 53% of LGVs had journeys which finished within Stockport
• Only 4% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were HGVs, but 78% of these journeys finished outside Greater Manchester
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Commercial Vehicles leaving the Key CentreWhere are they going?
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• 53% of all commercial vehicles were collecting or delivering goods in the Key Centre
• LGVs were more likely to be used for other purposes
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Commercial VehiclesWhat were they doing in the Key Centre?
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• The average distance for all goods vehicles was 14 km
• HGVs travelled 80 km on average compared to 11 km for LGVs and 7 km for MGVs
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Commercial VehiclesHow far did they travel?
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• 68% of all trips leaving the Key Centre were going home
• The next main activities were going shopping 9% and business visits 7%
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Visitors to the Key CentreWhat did they do at their destination?
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• 67% of trips finished in Stockport. This did not vary much for different destination activities
• 21% of people going home lived in the rest of Greater Manchester and 12% outside
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Visitors to the Key CentreWhere did they go/for what purpose?
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• All the previous slides have referred to trips starting in the Key centre. These next slides look at all trips crossing the survey cordon
• In the case of bus trips, all trips crossing the survey cordon are included
• In the case of vehicle trips, any through trips which are entirely motorway based are not included
• In the case of rail, only those trips which either start at Stockport Station or require an interchange at Stockport Station are included i.e. passengers on trains such as the London to Manchester route were not surveyed unless they changed trains or started at Stockport
All trips passing through the survey cordon
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• 83% of all trips crossing the cordon were made by car, 15% by bus and 2% by rail
• 69% of both car and bus trips finished within Stockport
• 62% of rail trips finished outside Greater Manchester
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All trips passing through the survey cordonHow and where were they travelling?
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• 34% of all trips were either ‘Home to Work’ or ‘Work to Home’ trips
• ‘Home to Shopping’ and ‘Shopping to Home’ accounted for another 15% of trips
• 34% of ‘Employers Business to Home’ and 29% ‘Home to Employers Business’ ended outside Greater Manchester
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All trips passing through the survey cordonWhat was their purpose?
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• The average distance travelled for cars was 14 Km, for buses 7 Km and for Rail 77 Km
• The longest distances for all modes were ‘Home to employers business’ (64 Km) and ‘Employers business to home’ (35 Km)
• ‘Home to work’ trips were 13 Km by car, 8 Km by bus and 27 Km by rail. The return directions were similar
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All trips passing through the survey cordonHow far were they travelling?
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• 94% of people walked from the alighting bus stop
• 5% caught another bus
• This is similar for all journey purposes with the exception of ‘Home to employers business’ (92% walk, 7% picked up in a car)
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Bus trips passing through the survey cordonHow did people get to their destination from the bus?
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• On average there were 13 people per bus crossing the cordon between 0700 and 1900
• This varied from an average occupancy of 11 during the morning peak (07:00 to 09:30) and during the inter-peak (09:30 to 15:30) to 19 in the evening peak (15:30 to 18:30)
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Bus trips passing through the survey cordonWhat was their average occupancy?
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• 53% walked from their alighting station
• 10% caught another train
• 9% caught a taxi• Other modes were
bus (6%), Car (driver) (6%), tram (6%), car - picked up (5%) and cycle (2%)
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Rail trips passing through the survey cordonHow did people get to their destination from the train?
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• On average each car had 1.38 occupants
• Occupancy was lowest in the morning peak with an average occupancy of only 1.26
• 81% of cars had no passengers in the morning peak
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Car trips passing through the survey cordonWhat was their average occupancy?
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• 59% of all goods vehicle journeys through the cordon finish in Stockport
• For both LGVs and MGVs 63% finish their journey in Stockport
• 56% of lorries with 4 or more axles finish their journeys outside Greater Manchester
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Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordonWhere are they going?
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• 45% of all goods vehicle crossing the cordon were being used to move goods
• In the case of lorries this rises to over 90%
• 37% of LGVs were being used for business use and 12% for personal use
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Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordonWhat were they doing in the Key Centre?