Plymotion: Supporting Sustainable Growth In The Derriford Area Bid Document

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Local Sustainable Transport Fund 15/16 Revenue Application Form Applicant Information Local transport authority name(s): Plymouth City Council Bid Manager Name and position: Rosemary Starr, Transport Smarter Choices Manager Contact telephone number: 01752 305514 Email address: [email protected] Postal address: Civic Centre Armada Way Plymouth PL1 2AA Website address for published bid: www.plymouth.gov.uk/lstf When authorities submit a bid for funding to the Department, as part of the Government’s commitment to greater openness in the public sector under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, they must also publish a version excluding any commercially sensitive information on their own website within two working days of submitting the final bid to the Department. The Department reserves the right to deem the business case as non-compliant if this is not adhered to. 1 SECTION A - Project description and funding profile A1. Project name: Plymotion: Supporting sustainable growth in the Derriford area1 A2. Headline description: Plymotion makes it easier to get around Plymouth by bus, by bike and on foot. Focussing on communities in the Derriford growth area the bid provides continuity for, and builds on the success of, the Local Sustainable Transport Fund project Plymouth Connect. It supports people within and adjacent to one of the city’s designated growth areas to make the best travel choices; enabling modal shift and liberating the network capacity required to allow the area’s sustainable development. Through personalised travel planning, complementary cycling programmes and an enhanced bus service, the project fits the Government’s Door to Door Strategy. It enables individuals to try different travel modes which might be more convenient and save time and money. Through championing smarter travel, Plymotion supports individuals to get from A to B with a smaller environmental footprint, easing congestion on Plymouth’s network and improving health. A3. Geographical area: Plymotion will encourage and enable sustainable travel in two of Plymouth’s growth areas; Derriford (located within the Northern Corridor Opportunity Area) and the Royal William Yard; one of the city’s premier visitor destinations situated in the City Centre and Waterfront regeneration area (Figure 1). A detailed map showing the Plymotion project area is included in Appendix A. Through concentrating on these growth centres the project, alongside investment in infrastructure through our Local Enterprise Partnership’s Growth Fund and the Local Transport Plan capital programme, will facilitate modal shift within the existing communities; unlocking capacity on the network and thereby enabling sustainable growth. The package of supporting measures will also deliver benefits citywide, due to programmes such as Sky Ride and adult cycle training being available to all residents, and in particular those growth areas currently benefiting from Personalised Travel Planning (PTP) where the programme has gained momentum creating an awareness of, and ability to advise residents about, the schemes in 2015/16 such as through the Plymotion newsletter. The proposals will therefore provide a level of continuity and benefit from the significant investment already provided through LSTF. For ease of reading Plymotion will be used in place of Plymotion: Supporting the sustainable growth in the Derriford area throughout this document 1 2 Figure 1: The geographic location of the Plymotion proposals and their relation to the growth ambitions for the city City Centre & Waterfront Regeneration Jobs: 10,000 Housing: 5,500 Northern Corridor Opportunity Area Jobs: 8,000 Housing: 6,600 Eastern Corridor Opportunity Area2 Jobs: 12,000 Housing: 8,000 A4. Total package cost (£m): £0.99m A5. Total DfT revenue funding contribution sought (£m): £0.71m A6. Local contribution (£m): £0.28m Plymouth City Council (the Council) has managed to secure a signification contribution towards Plymotion both from internal and external sources: Local Transport Plan (LTP): The Council is allocating £0.02m of its 2015/16 revenue programme towards this project. Public Transport Providers: Plymouth Citybus and First Devon and Cornwall have offered to provide promotional tickets for each household who, following a PTP visit, wish to trial their local bus services, along with staff time to train and support the PTP team, free travel for the PTP team throughout the project and resources such as timetables and route maps. Our partnering bus companies have estimated that the value of this support equates to £0.15m. Letters of support from both bus companies are included in Appendix B. Section 106 (S106): £0.11m of S106 contribution for the Mills Bakery development at Royal William Yard has been allocated towards this project. Planning permission was granted in 2006 and the S106 The Eastern Corridor opportunity area and City Centre and Waterfront Regeneration area were included in the Plymouth Connect bid area 2 3 funding can be drawn down from 75% occupancy, a condition that has been satisfied. The Section 106 agreement is appended to this bid in appendix B. The local contribution represents 28% of the overall scheme cost and 40% of the amount of Department for Transport funding being asked for. A7. Equality Analysis Has any Equality Analysis been undertaken in line with the Equality Duty? Yes The bid is an inclusive behavioural change programme and has been assessed as not having an adverse impact on any protected characteristics. The Equality Impact Assessment is available to view at www.plymouth.gov.uk/lstf A8. Partnership bodies: The Council has been working closely with a number of partners during the delivery of the current Plymouth Connect project and Plymotion provides an opportunity to continue and strengthen the cooperative delivery of an integrated, behavioural change programme in Plymouth. Partnership working is one of the core values of the Council and we look forward to working with the following key partners in the delivery of this project. Public Health. The Office of the Director of Public Health (ODPH) currently partners the Council in the delivery of the PTP and Bike It Plus projects. We will continue to work with the ODPH during the delivery of Plymotion in order to maximise the health and well-being benefits of the proposals and to potentially allow the continuation of the programmes post 2016. The letter of support from the ODPH indicates that “support for these programmes will be part of the priority consideration for the [Public Health] Grant in future years.” The involvement of the ODPH reflects that our project will reduce the costs of physical inactivity and improve the health of the local population, both adults and children, achieving a reduced burden on health services. The proposals are also aligned with the Health and Wellbeing Strategies for Plymouth. Cycling community. The Council works closely with Sustrans, CTC, British Cycling and Plymouth Cycling Campaign who act as a critical friend to the Council. Partnership working in recent years has supported the development of the City’s walking and cycling network and complementary behavioural change activities and will continue through Plymotion. Sustrans involvement in this project will be significant due to the project including an expansion of our Bike It Plus programme, which is delivered in partnership with Sustrans, through a dedicated Bike It Plus officer. CTC – The National Cycling Charity will also have a key delivery role. The Council has been working with CTC for the last two years and we would be looking to continue this successful relationship through this project. CTC will provide an experienced cycle instructor and mechanic to lead the delivery of the free adult cycle training and bicycle maintenance component of this project. This element also includes specialist provision to support disabled users. 4 British Cycling. The Council has been working with British Cycling to deliver a range of cycling activities through their Sky Ride programme during the delivery of Plymouth Connect and we would continue this successful approach as part of Plymotion. Public transport providers. Plymouth Citybus and First Devon and Cornwall are also key partners in the delivery of the PTP programme. As strong advocates for the Plymotion PTP initiative they have pledged to provide free bus tickets, staff support and publicity material. The response to the bid, both amongst those stakeholders identified above and others, has been positive and is demonstrated by the letters of support which have been received. The letters of support are shown in appendices B and C. A9. Local Enterprise Partnership: Plymouth falls within the Heart-of-the-South-West Local Enterprise Partnership (HotSW LEP) and this project fully supports the transport ambitions set out in their Strategic Economic Plan (SEP). A significant amount of capital investment is proposed for sustainable transport initiatives between 2015/16 and 2020/21, including £78million for Walking and Cycling and £25 million for Bus Priority Schemes. Details of these schemes and their benefits can be found in the HotSW LEP SEP and Growth Deal Negotiating Document. Whilst this project, through PTP, will raise the awareness of the existing walking and cycling facilities and bus services within the Derriford area it will also complement two infrastructure schemes that will be delivered early on within the SEP period. The first is the Derriford Hospital Interchange scheme, which will facilitate the two-way operation of buses through the hospital and alleviate a significant bus congestion hotspot, as outlined in the Growth Deal Negotiating Document. The second is the Derriford Transport Scheme, also outlined in the Growth Deal Negotiating Document, which will provide bus priority through Derriford Roundabout and William Prance Road junctions on the A386, thereby improving the reliability and punctuality of bus services, and improve walking and cycling facilities which will both improve the attractiveness of sustainable modes. This package of infrastructure improvements, alongside the Marjon Link Road which is currently being delivered through Local Pinch Point funding in 2014/15, supported by a comprehensive PTP programme, and complementary measures, will deliver the mode shift required to unlock the significant growth planned for the Derriford area. HotSW LEP’s SEP and Growth Deal Negotiating Document are still being drafted so it has not been possible to provide specific page references. However once the documents have been finalised we will provide cross references to the specific pages where the complementary capital schemes are outlined. Endorsement of the Plymotion bid by the Heart-of-the-South-West Local Enterprise Partnership is shown by their letter of support (Appendix D). 5 SECTION B – The Business Case B1. The Scheme - Summary Plymotion looks to enhance the core behavioural change, revenue, elements of our successful Local Sustainable Transport Fund project, Plymouth Connect. The objectives of our programme are to:- Increase positive awareness and perceptions of sustainable travel options. Increase the number of sustainable journeys. Encourage a reduction in short car trips. Our approach to behaviour change focusses on encouraging, enabling and sustaining sustainable travel (Figure 2). Figure 2: An illustration of how the elements within this proposal encourage, enable and support sustained increases in sustainable travel. WIDER STRATEGY New walking and cycling routes (Strategic Bikeability delivery in schools Cycle Network)3 New bus priority BikeLinks wheels to work scheme4 Area wide 20 mph speed limits Cycle hire hubs Our bid is made up of five smarter travel measures which together address the barriers to walking, cycling and bus travel set out in the Door to Door Strategy. In doing so the bid supports the local economy and boosts economic growth, through reducing congestion and improving journey time reliability, and cuts carbon emissions alongside providing viable, practical travel choices, the objectives of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (Table 1). Strategic Cycle Network (SCN): Planned network of key walking and cycling routes across the city adopted as part of the Local Transport Plan. 3 Bike Links wheel to work scheme provides good value bike loans to provide access to education and employment to those most in need. 4 6 Table 1: How Plymotion supports the objectives of the LSTF Y Free adult cycle training and bike check programme Y Y Y Y Y Sky Ride City centre to Royal William Yard bus link Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Safe, comfortable transport facilities Y Regular and straight forward connections at all stages of the journey and between different transport modes Y Convenient and affordable tickets for an entire journey Bike It Plus Door to Door Strategy Accurate, accessible and reliable information about different sustainable transport options Y Actively promote increased levels of physical activity and the health benefits this can be expected to deliver Y Bring about improvements to air quality and wider environmental benefits Help to deliver wider social and economic benefits for the community Y PTP Improve safety Reduce carbon emissions Local Sustainable Transport Fund Objectives Support the local economy and facilitate economic development Scheme element Y Focussed on communities to the north of the city Plymotion includes:- Personalised Travel Planning in communities in the north of the city Plymotion will allow PTP to be delivered to circa 20,000 properties in the following neighbourhoods; Manadon and Widey, Derriford West and Crownhill, Widewell, Southway, Tamerton Foliot, Whitleigh, Honicknowle and West Park (Appendix A), along with PTP being delivered to businesses and at events. Most people do not consider how they travel; their choice stems from habit. By providing information about all the transport choices available it nudges individuals to reappraise how they travel and make sure that they are making the best choice. PTP therefore achieves the commitment set out in the Door to Door strategy to ‘make it easier for travellers to plan and make their door-to-door journey by sustainable transport with confidence and ease’. In doing so, as set out in the Smarter Choices report, PTP achieves reduced car use, with associated congestion, environmental and road safety benefits, increased physical activity, with associated health benefits, increased revenue for public transport providers and local businesses as well as a better connected community. 7 The Council’s current PTP programme will engage with 56% of the city’s households5, 13% more than pledged in the original Plymouth Connect programme. The additional properties included within Plymotion will mean that, by March 2016, PTP will have been delivered to circa 80,000 properties. This represents 73% of all the households in the city a figure equivalent to the sustainable travel demonstration towns where car driver mileage reduced by 5-7%.6 Post 2016 we will look to secure developer funding from large developments in the three growth nodes (section B2) and across the city to allow PTP to be delivered in new communities where travel habits are not yet established, building on the culture of Smarter Travel which the LSTF PTP programmes will create. The response to the PTP programme so far has been very good, with 57% of all households where someone is at home when the team call participating in the programme, and there is evidence that there has been an increase in awareness and acceptance of sustainable transport as a practical transport choice (tables 2 and 3). An independent quality assurance assessment of the programme by Peter Brett Associates has reported that ‘The overwhelming view of the programme was positive, with respondents particularly pleased that the Council offered this service and impressed with the quality of it. They commented on the professionalism of the travel advisors and the level of services that were already available (that people often simply didn’t know about). From the data, it seems there is not one element of PTP that defines its success and which should provide the focus of more in-depth work, or indeed, any elements that do not provide much worth and could be removed. Clearly it is the combination of well-trained and informed travel advisors, a personable and friendly approach, small incentives to get people (and particularly children) engaged, well thought out materials and good follow-up support which has made Plymouth’s Personalised Travel Planning so successful and well-received. It is clear from our data that PTP has developed into much more than simply a sustainable transport project for addressing congestion in the rush hour - it is a community based social engagement, addressing a wide range of issues including social exclusion, accessibility, transport, health and wellbeing for all trips and for all people regardless of demographics. As such it should be viewed and valued in a much wider context than simply influencing day to day travel choices.’ The qualitative evidence of the effectiveness of the PTP programme is validated by the data from surveys completed before and after PTP had been delivered as part of the 2012 pilot programme.7 The results show: 3% more people walking, more frequently/ much more frequently, in the PTP community than in the comparison community following PTP delivery  A 33% increase in those cycling at least several times a week in the PTP community post PTP delivery  A 50% increase in people using the Plymouth cycle network in the PTP community post PTP delivery The picture in terms of increases in bus usage is unclear at this stage in the monitoring programme, and has potentially been clouded by bus service changes in the areas that are being monitored. However, the 5 6 The number of households in Plymouth is 109,300 (2011 census) The effects of Smarter Choice programmes in the Sustainable Travel Towns: Full report Chapter 19. The ‘before’ surveys were completed in 2012 in the PTP and an appropriate comparison community. The ‘after’ surveys were completed in 2013. 7 8 programme is clearly having a significant impact on the extent to which bus transport is seen as a practical way to get around the city (table 2). Table 2: Percentage of people strongly agreeing to statements regarding public transport Year 2012 2013 Gain 2012 2013 Gain 2012 2013 Gain Public transport… PTP Community Comparison Community Is a practical transport option Can be used to easily access work Can be used to easily access education 6% 19% +13% 7% 15% +8% 7% 15% +8% 21% 30% +9% 18% 16% -2% 16% 18% +2% Similar improvements in perceptions of walking and cycling are also evident (table 3) Table 3: Percentage of people strongly agreeing to statements regarding walking and cycling Year 2012 2013 Gain 2012 2013 Gain 2012 2013 Gain Walking An easy way to get A good way to A practical choice for is around improve your health getting around PTP 17% 34% +17% 49% 55% +6% 12% 27% +15% Community Comparison 18% 22% +4% 58% 48% -10% 15% 18% +3% Community Cycling is PTP Community Comparison Community An easy way to get around A good way to improve your health A practical choice for getting around 9% 19% +10% 37% 39% +2% 9% 16% +7% 11% 13% +2% 42% 34% -8% 12% 13% +1% The initial results from the PTP programme therefore suggests that PTP is helping to increase the awareness and use of new and existing sustainable travel options and increasing the number of active travel journeys in the PTP community. The results also suggest that public perception, access to and acceptance of walking, cycling and public transport facilities in the City as a viable travel choice is increasing (figure 3); a necessary precursor to further mode switch. The results from the pilot community are therefore encouraging and suggest that the PTP programme is effective. 9 Figure 3: The impact on people’s travel of the current PTP programme?8    “We used the map to walk with my 9 year old to Central Park, as we didn’t realise how close it was.” o “[I’ve] been walking more now that I know the routes” “I used to get mum or dad to give me a lift to work on Saturday mornings, but since the visit I have got the bus. It's cheaper and means I don't have to rely on my parents” o “Since the visit, my son in law, who used to drive to work, has found a cycle path and now he cycles!” “Thinking about going on the ferry's but definitely using the bus more now that I know the routes” o We have done the blue sound project day once and planned a trip to the beach on the bus. Normally I would drive.” Likely effectiveness of PTP in the north of the city: The communities in the north of Plymouth have many of the pre-requisites required for a successful PTP programme. Our experience demonstrates that behavioural change programmes are most effective when delivered in combination with other measures. The target area already has a good level of public transport provision. Accessibility analysis carried out in the development of Plymouth’s LTP indicated relatively high levels of public transport accessibility for much of the target area (LTP pg74) and the area includes the Derriford Hospital bus interchange, the second busiest in the city. Walking and cycling provision has also been significantly improved in recent years. Furthermore Plymouth has a comprehensive suite of smarter travel opportunities such as our citywide community transport Dial-A-Ride service delivered in partnership between the council, Access Plymouth and Plymouth Citybus a multi-operator Skipper bus ticket and a successful Bikeability programme (figure 4). Figure 4: Bid endorsement from Bikeability delivery partner “Bikeability delivery in the city has been increasing year-on-year, with 2,453 places delivered in 2013/14, higher than ever before. Some of our schools with the greatest uptake are in the North of the city, but we are always keen to do more. There is no doubt in my mind that the wider package of Bike It Plus, PTP and adult cycle support complement our programme which has been rated as “Outstanding" by the DfT.” Lance Chatfield, Plymouth SSP School and Community Sports Manager Provision for public transport, walking and cycling will be further improved through the following infrastructure schemes which, whilst not formally part of this bid, will largely be delivered in advance of or concurrently with the PTP programme (table 4). 8 The quotes reported were collected by Peter Brett Associates, on behalf of the Council, as part of the quality assurance programme for the PTP campaign where members of the public who had spoken to a travel advisor were contacted and asked to provide feedback on how useful they had found the conversation, how helpful the information and resources provided were and whether or not the person had changed their travel mode following the conversation. 10 Table 4: Sustainable Travel Infrastructure Schemes in the bid area Scheme Marjons Link Road (SCN link) Benefits Improved bus, pedestrian and cycle access to Derriford Hospital and University of St Mark and St John Plymouth station to Derriford Improved cycling connectivity from city centre walking and cycling link (SCN and train station to Derriford growth area link) Plymouth station to North Improved cycle connectivity from train station to West Plymouth walking and the North West of Plymouth cycling link (SCN link) Manadon interchange walking Reduced walking and cycling severance caused by and cycling link (SCN link) A386 and A38 Derriford hospital interchange Reconfiguration of the bus interchange, providing better passenger facilities and accessibility, as well as improved bus reliability Area wide 20 mph speed limit In partnership with the local community, reduced speeds on residential road, improved safety and liveability. Derriford Transport Scheme Improved bus priority and walking and cycling links and eased local congestion. Derriford to Southway cycle Increased cycling from North West Plymouth to link (SCN link) Derriford and city centre Delivery year 2014/15 2014/15 2014/15 2014/15 2015/16 2015/16 2016/17 2016/17 We are therefore confident that PTP will be well received by the communities in the north of Plymouth and the programme will be successful in raising the awareness and use of the improving sustainable transport available. We are also confident that PTP will be able to continue post 2015/16, building on the momentum of the Plymotion scheme, in the new communities in the Derriford area through funding from developer contributions. Planning permission, subject to signing the Section 106 agreement, has already been given to a major mixed used development on the corridor which has secured £1.3716 million for ‘travel planning’ measures which is expected to become available from 2016/17. These measures include contributions towards public transport, car clubs and wider travel planning measures, which will allow a culture of sustainable travel to be engendered from the outset and will support the continuation of the Plymotion programme. Cycling programmes targeted at leisure and utility cyclists, children and adults.  Bike It Plus  Free adult cycle training and bike safety checks  Sky Ride Plymotion has a strong walking and cycling focus because of the role the Council recognises active travel has in improving the health and quality of life of local communities, supporting economic growth and supporting centres – such as the proposed district centre for Derriford (Section B2) and the Royal William Yard. In accordance with the Prime Minister’s commitment to launch a ‘Cycling Revolution’ this bid looks to build on the success of the Plymouth Connect cycling programmes and deliver a step change in levels of cycling in communities in the north of Plymouth. 11 Plymouth’s cycling investment programme is underpinned by our Strategic Cycle Network (SCN) which is a key element of Plymouth's LTP. The SCN has been developed in partnership with our community and partner organisations. It will also deliver improvements for pedestrians and those with mobility impairments and as such is accessible to everyone; one of the fundamental principles of our LTP. The ongoing delivery of the SCN, through the LEP Growth Fund, will help ‘cycle proof’ our roads. Plymotion will equip children and adults with the skills, knowledge and equipment they need to have confidence cycling in their local community; tackling the belief held by 65% of non-cyclists that it is too dangerous to cycle on roads9 and making cycling fun. Through partnership working across a number of sectors the walking and cycling proposals within Plymotion provide opportunities for people to be active in ways which fit into their everyday lives, as recommended in the Moving More, Living More report10, thereby reducing the economic and social costs of inactivity whilst increasing access to services. Bike It Plus: Bike It Plus aims is to increase the number of young people travelling to school actively and sustainably. The programme also engages with the wider school community and therefore through Bike It Plus, and our Bikeability work which was rated as ‘outstanding’ by DfT, we will be able to encourage and enable active travel habits in young people and the wider community. In order to target Bike It Plus most effectively, schools are only accepted onto the programme if they are located near to new or improved walking and cycling routes and demonstrate a strong commitment to increasing active travel. Figure 5: Testimonial from the Head Teacher “In September 2012 none of our children cycled or scooted to school. By July 2013 on average 20% of the school population were cycling or scooting to school daily. Over the year Ryan helped us gain funding to install cycle and scooter storage and ran numerous events that engaged children, staff and parents. Being a Bike It Plus school has helped us make a step change to the way children and parents view travelling to school and had a positive impact on the school community.” Joe Roberts, Head Teacher at Drake Primary School. Bike It Plus started in Plymouth in September 2012 and the initial results are fantastic (Figures 5 and 6). Most recently in March 2014 the “Big Pedal” event logged a total of 8,150 journeys; of those 1,570 were children cycling, 5,321 were children scooting and 1,259 teachers, parents and younger siblings cycling or scooting into school. On average 29.6% of pupils cycled or scooted to school every day for 2 weeks, plus members of the wider school community, across the eight participating schools. We are confident that the expanded Bike It Plus programme, which this project enables, will be equally successful. Bike It Plus is designed to lead schools through a three stage process, ‘intensive’, ‘supported’ and ‘at distance’; the outcome of which is a school community who largely directs their own active travel programme thus ensuring a low-cost legacy to the project beyond the active engagement period. As part of Plymotion we will look to engage with six primary schools within the project’s PTP communities allowing the PTP and Bike It Plus programmes to complement each other. PTP encourages the community to consider their travel options, as does Bike It Plus, making it more likely that families 9 Briefing on the Government’s ambition for cycling 12th August 2013 Moving More, Living More. The Physical Activity Olympic and Paralympic Legacy for the Nation – HM Government and Mayor of London. 10 12 are receptive to their children’s request to walk, cycle and scoot to school, if they are also reconsidering their own travel options. The projects will therefore increase levels of physical activity, and hence wellbeing, among pupils and the wider school community and reduce car usage among pupils’ parents and teachers. Figure 6: Initial results from Plymouth’s Bike It Plus programme.  Regular cycling to school has more than doubled from a baseline of 3.6% before the project to 7.6% after one year of engagement.  The percentage of pupils who ‘never’ cycle to school dropped by a sixth from 91.5% before Bike It to 74.4% after one year of engagement in the project.  Levels of regular scooting and skating to school have tripled from 6.2% to 19.9% after one year of project engagement.  Levels of regular walking to school have remained relatively consistent (increasing from 65.0% to 65.7%).  The increases in active travel to school correspond with a decrease in car use: the percentage of pupils being driven to school three or more times a week decreased by 3.4 percentage points, from 29.8% before Bike It to 26.4% after one year It is our aspiration to continue to secure funding contributions from partners, such as the ODPH, to allow the programme to continue post 2015/16. The letter of support from the ODPH has given a good indication that this is a reasonable expectation in future years. Our aspirations for extending the programme are shown in Table 5. Table 5: Aspirational delivery programme for the Bike It Plus scheme post 2015/16. No. of schools in each stage of the programme Intensive phase Supported phase Supported at distance phase Total schools Number engaged Delivery Year 14/15 (Current) 11 15/16 (Proposed within this bid) 10 16/17 (Aspirational) 7 … 19/20 6 4 10 7 10 13 10 26 21 6,300 27 8,100 30 9,000 39 11,700 3 Free adult cycle training: Offering free adult cycle training and bike safety checks helps to make cycling ‘normal’. The availability of the free training and maintenance is, and will be, promoted through the PTP programme (figure 7) as well as via websites, leaflets and social media. There is also significant synergy with the schools’ Bikeability programme with letters to parents highlighting the adult support services available. 13 Figure 7: Testimony from Tejesh Mistry, Head of Development, CTC, the national cycling charity, demonstrating the synergy between PTP and adult cycle training. “It is extremely positive to see a relatively high level of adult cycle training referrals from the PTP work in Plymouth. This compares very well to other regions that have found it very challenging and not been able to attain the same level of take up we have been experiencing.” Through Plymotion, building on the lessons learnt during the delivery of Plymouth Connect, extra evening and weekend training sessions will be facilitated, thereby increasing the capacity for weekend and evening training sessions, to cater for demand. Specialist cycling support will also continue to be available for those with disabilities. We will also deliver cycle awareness training to bus drivers and driving instructors, building upon engagement work by the Council, CTC and Plymouth Cycling Campaign. http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/story-16481404-detail/story.html Free bike safety check programme: Another important method of removing barriers to cycling is to help people get their bikes back into use. Plymotion includes an expansion of the Council’s bike safety check service, where all safety items on the bike are checked and minor repairs and replacement parts are provided to ensure the bicycle is roadworthy. A monthly Open Workshop session in partnership with Bikespace, a local community interest company which engages and motivates young people struggling with mainstream education by training them as bicycle mechanics, is also included within Plymotion. The Open Workshop allows participants to maintain their own bikes under the supervision of qualified cycle mechanics, therefore helping to keep them in use and extending their economic life. The workshop facility, coupled with a subsidised road and trailside maintenance course, which is also included within Plymotion, enables people to maintain their own bikes in a roadworthy condition delivering a legacy beyond 2015/16. Since the adult cycling programme was launched in 2012, 226 training sessions have been delivered and 83 bikes have been checked. Several community groups and public services have also been involved in the scheme. However, the success of the project is not just in the numbers but in the stories of the lives which have been changed (Figure 8). Figure 8: Testimonial from a participant in the adult cycle training Elaine learns to ride a bike at the age of 52 "I used to be a dancer, so I am pretty good at balancing on two legs but I had never tried balancing on no legs. It took some coaxing from Brett Nicolle from the scheme, but now I can ride all the way to the local shop.” Sky Ride: Securing additional funding for Sky Ride, the national programme designed to encourage behavioural change in cycling habits through recreational cycling, will allow us to build on the success of the programme which, since 2011, has seen 10,000 people participate in the mass participation events and many more engage in the weekly led rides and Breeze programme. 14 The programme is made up of four elements: Sky Ride City, a one day, traffic free, mass participation event that is used as a promotional tool for the ongoing programme of led rides and to demonstrate that a day out by bike can be fun.  Sky Ride Local, a series of weekly led rides. 25 local rides are delivered each year through the Sky Ride programme.  Breeze, led by women for women they provide a fun, informal bike ride.  Social cycling, cyclists can sustain and develop their participation through finding places to ride and people to ride with at a time that suits the individual. Including all four elements of Sky Ride within Plymotion supports the ethos of the HotSW LEP ‘to establish an active travel culture within our communities as part of an active travel revolution’ through encouraging new or returning users to cycling through creating leisure opportunities on the basis that a proportion of leisure cyclists, both adults and children, will become regular, utility, cyclists. The legacy of the programme is ensured in two ways. Firstly, to support the ride programme individuals are trained to become Sky Ride Leaders, attaining the British Cycling level one qualification. Due to the popularity of the rides additional ride leaders for both the Sky Ride Local and Breeze rides have been trained each year of the programme so far and we expect this trend to continue in 2015/16. Secondly, through the social cycling network cyclists can sustain and develop their participation through finding places to ride and people to ride with at a time that suits the individual. Public Transport Enhancement for the service between the city centre and Royal William Yard To support economic growth at Royal William Yard, one of the city’s premier visitor destinations, and wider Millbay area, and to improve the connections between, the city centre and Royal William Yard the project includes funding for an enhanced bus service connecting these locations at an increased frequency compared with existing services. The Royal William Yard is a mixed use redevelopment of the former Royal Navy victualing yard and includes high quality restaurants and businesses as well as a growing residential community. Located on the Stonehouse peninsular, served by a restricted highway network, the Royal William Yard is less than a 10 minute bus journey from the city centre. Situated within the current Plymouth Connect corridor the Royal William Yard has participated in PTP and comments received during the PTP programme suggests that an enhanced bus service would encourage greater bus travel to and from the Yard to the benefit of the Yard itself and the local community11. A recent Plymotion PTP survey showed that currently only 33% of people completing the survey either agreed or strongly agreed to the statement ‘I can easily use the bus to access work’, echoing the findings in the Door to Door strategy that perceptions of a lack of suitable routes and slow and infrequent services is a barrier to greater use. This, coupled with the aspiration to strengthen the connectivity of the Yard and city centre thereby supporting the sustainable growth of both locations, is why enhancing the bus service between the two locations is included within Plymotion. 11 A staff and resident visitor survey at the Yard in autumn 2012 asked the question, in terms of bus provision ‘what would you like to see more of’ and gave a list of six options. An increased frequency bus service from the Royal William Yard was the option which ranked highest for residents and staff. 15 It is intended that the service will operate seven days a week with up to a 15 minute frequency. The specific timings will depend upon the best value for money response from the procurement process but is envisaged to be between the core times of 07:40 and 23.30 ensuring that a good connection is provided for staff and visitors at all times of the day; including those enjoying the facilities in the evening. The service will be supported with promotional materials, and will serve as an informal park and ride – particularly for events held at the Yard – meeting the demand for easy access to the development. B2. The Strategic Case Plymotion is a package of sustainable transport measures designed to reduce carbon emissions whilst aligning with the Local Growth Fund commitments of delivering economic growth. The proposals deliver better integration of sustainable transport, walking and cycling enabling the largest population in the HotSW area to choose healthier, greener transport options. Plymouth’s growth strategy, set out in the Plymouth Core Strategy, plans for a population growth from 256,000 in 2011 to some 300,000 people between 2026 and 2031. Growth will raise the prosperity and quality of life for all residents through helping to sustain services and cultural facilities establishing Plymouth’s role as the major regional city for the South West peninsula, providing jobs and services to support a wide hinterland and driving the prosperity of the South West. The strategy will also drive up Plymouth employment rates which the SEP has identified as below the national average. Three spatial priorities for growth have been identified in Plymouth and provide the focus for delivery based on strategic economic nodes and investment opportunities. One such node is Derriford and the Northern Corridor where 8,000 new jobs and 2,950 new homes are planned, plus a potential new urban extension at Woolwell (Figure 1). By 2031 the expected jobs to be created, from the development and investment in the area rises to 9,028 with an estimated GVA of £343.6M per annum12, excluding the indirect impact of wage spend/supply-chains. This projected growth represents 8% of the total projected jobs for the HotSW area under the “strong growth” scenario. By ensuring continuity for the existing Plymouth Connect programme which is focused on the other two key Plymouth growth areas, this project will also help facilitate the creation of an additional 22,000 jobs, or 19% of the HotSW projections for the LEP area. Growth at Derriford is therefore a key priority within the emerging Local Economic Strategy Review and Plymouth Plan13. Modern city economies rely increasingly on knowledge and innovation – to remain ‘cutting-edge’, businesses need to continually develop their products and services. The Derriford area of Plymouth provides a focal point for further growth of the knowledge economy, being home to Tamar Science Park, Plymouth International Medical and Technology Park, Derriford Hospital and the University of St Mark & St John. It also provides the natural heart for a new centre for the north of Plymouth, with proposals for a new District Centre, complementary to the role of and providing a secondary office location to the City Centre, as well as major residential development, a strategic community park and low carbon energy infrastructure. Plymotion will support the significant growth planned for Plymouth’s Northern Corridor and help to alleviate some of the existing transport problems including high traffic flows, congestion and delays during peak traffic periods and very large traffic flows in the inter-peak periods. A significant number of bus services, 31 bph in each direction, operate along the A386 between Manadon and Derriford 12 Source: Northern Corridor GVA employment sites 13 The Plymouth Plan is the new Local Plan for Plymouth which is currently being developed 16 Roundabouts, located in the heart of the bid area, and bus operators have reported that congestion is causing difficulties for them in terms of maintaining reliable punctual services during the peak periods.14 This needs to be addressed now, before development commences, to release highway capacity ahead of the anticipated increase in travel demand. In addition to supporting Plymouth’s existing economy and facilitating growth the scheme is also aligned with local and national policy, as summarised in Table 6. Plymouth’s Local Transport Plan (LTP) clearly sets out that the focus for improvements from 2011 to 2026 will be on corridors, such as the A386 Northern Corridor, and infrastructure improvements prioritised towards travel by sustainable modes. At the heart of LTP are five themes; supporting growth, tackling climate change, a healthy community, contributing to better safety and security and promoting equality of opportunity. The achievement of the LTP objectives in the Derriford area is set out in the Derriford Transport Strategy (DTS). It establishes a movement framework that prioritises the needs of pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users, encouraging modal shift away from the car. Government priorities for sustainable growth and carbon management15 are therefore supported by the bid. Plymotion encourages and enables greater use of sustainable transport in the Derriford and Northern Corridor area. This, coupled with the infrastructure investment proposals within the SEP and DTS, will improve the quality of travel options by non-car modes but without detriment to other users. The increased active travel enabled through the PTP and cycling proposals will also support Department for Health policies on increasing levels of physical activity. 14 Heart of the South West Local Transport Board Scheme Prioritisation Pro-forma Forder Valley Link Road 15Government White Paper, Creating Growth, Cutting Carbon – Making Sustainable Local Transport Happen (DfT, 2011) 17 Table 6: Alignment of the Plymotion proposals with local, regional and national policies Local Transport Plan 20112026 Strategic Economic Plan (2014 -2030) Plymouth City Council Corporate Plan 2013/14 to 2015/16 Policy Objective Pioneering Plymouth: The Council provides and enables brilliant services that strive to exceed customer expectations. Pioneering in reducing the city’s carbon footprint and leading in environmental and social responsibility. Growing Plymouth: More decent homes to support the population A strong economy creating a range of job opportunities Plymouth is an attractive place for investment Building on our distinctiveness By 2030, proportion of businesses in knowledge economy has increased Maximising productivity and employment opportunities By 2020, create an extra 50,000 jobs Creating the conditions for growth By 2030, deliver 170,000 new homes Link communities together High quality transport standards for a vibrant economy Make walking, cycling and public transport the desirable choice Use transport to drive the local economy Scheme Fit Plymotion will encourage and enable greater use of sustainable transport thereby reducing congestion on the northern corridor and the air quality problems that causes. Through encouraging people to travel by more sustainable modes the impact of the new development on the city’s carbon footprint will be minimised. The endorsement for the programme is demonstrated by feedback from participants in the original Plymouth Connect LSTF scheme (Figures 3, 5, 7 and 8). Large scale development is proposed for the Derriford area, which includes 2,950 new homes, 116,000 sq. m of commercial and healthcare development, a new district shopping centre and new community facilities including a new primary school – all of which will create in the region of 8,000 new jobs. The Derriford area provides a centre for the growth of the knowledge based economy, building on the success of the Tamar Science Park and Plymouth International Medical Technology Park and links to Derriford Hospital. Through enabling and encouraging existing trips to be made by alternative sustainable modes the scheme will release capacity on the network, thereby supporting the sustainable development of the Derriford growth node, Plymouth and the wider LEP region. The bid provides a physical link between some communities, for example the city centre and Stonehouse peninsular through the enhanced bus service, alongside improving the connectivity of communities in the north of the city through supporting local trips to be made by sustainable transport. Reducing car trips can also help reduce severance caused by busy roads. The bid will help to improve the reliability of journeys and improve the resilience of the transport networks through encouraging modal shift to more sustainable modes. The bid raises awareness of the current travel choices available to local people and is designed to give people the information and skills they need to make the best choice for journeys they make, alongside improvements in provision for non-car modes which will be delivered through a variety of mechanisms, including the LEP Growth Fund, making journeys by these modes easier. The bid supports the delivery of the Local Development Framework and Local Economic Strategy by enabling sustainable growth. 18 To respond to the challenges and opportunities presented by the growth of the Derriford economic node the bid is ambitious. The current Plymouth Connect PTP programme is required to be delivered to a minimum of 46,600 households by March 2015. However, we are actually on track to deliver PTP to over 61,000 households. The PTP proposal within this bid includes an additional circa 20,000 properties. This means that between 2011 and 2016 PTP will have been delivered to approximately 80,000 households; 73% of all the households in the city who through this programme will have had access to information on sustainable transport. The sum of the bid is greater than its constituent parts and together help realise the vision for the Derriford area to “create a thriving, sustainable, mixed use new urban centre at the heart of the north of Plymouth, which is well connected to surrounding communities and to the city’s High Quality Public Transport network.” The bid represents an opportunity to get in front of the demand curve and start to reduce existing car trips in the communities in the vicinity of the Derriford economic node, and through doing so reduce congestion and support the growth of the area. The behavioural change achieved through the measures included within the bid will be consolidated through the sustainable transport infrastructure investment proposed through the Local Growth Fund and the spatial planning and behavioural change measures included within the policies for the Derriford area. These policies will lock in the behavioural change through the holistic consideration of the transport needs of the area including reducing travel distances by consolidating development within a compact urban form, close to public transport interchanges; reclaiming the streets from the car, as well as reducing the amount of land taken by car parking, to more effectively meet different community needs and enabling sustainable travel to become the preferred choice. These requirements are also being considered in the existing communities of the northern corridor through the Safer and Sustainable Travel programme which looks to improve road safety and encourage more journeys to be made on foot or by bicycle through lowering speeds in residential areas. Plymotion also provides an opportunity to address health and inequality concerns within the existing Northern Corridor community. Of the seven neighbourhoods in the vicinity of the Derriford, two are in the top ten most deprived neighbourhoods in Plymouth. Three neighbourhoods have life expectancy below the city average. Three neighbourhoods have above average percentages of children classified as either overweight or obese, along with five neighbourhoods where the percentage of adults classified as overweight or obese is greater than the city average (Table 7). These neighbourhoods will therefore all benefit significantly from increased active travel and improved accessibility. 19 Table 7: Neighbourhood profiles produced by Public Health, March 2014, as part of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. 16 Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010 (IMD2010) Neighbourhood Value Plymouth average Derriford West and Crownhill Honicknowle Rank17 Health Life expectancy (years) 20102012 Excess weight 18 (Yr 6) (%) 2012/13 Excess weight in adults19 (%) 2012/13 80.5 32.1 67.3 14.7 30 81.9 40.0 67.7 38.0 8 78.7 28.0 72.6 Manadon and Widey 17,0 24 82.7 42.4 65.1 Southway 31.8 14 82.1 21.7 72.6 14.9 29 79.0 18.8 63.8 14.0 31 83.4 41.6 5 79.6 Tamerton Foliot Widewell Whitleigh 72.0 43.1 70.3 The bid proposal also creates a framework for the continuation of the behavioural change programmes beyond the 2015/16 funding period. If the levels of growth proposed are to be successfully accommodated, then it is necessary to achieve a very significant modal shift to more sustainable forms of transport as well as a fundamental change in the current approach to connecting places, and this needs a long term commitment to Smarter Travel. The development planned for the Derriford area provides the opportunity to resource and implement smarter travel policies in the new developments to transform travel patterns to, from and within the Derriford area building on the behavioural change which is kick-started by Plymotion. Modelling work for the DTS shows that there is a need to reduce the predicted number of additional car trips to and from the planned Derriford developments by approximately 50% if the impacts associated with highly congested road networks are to be minimised. This is extremely challenging. It requires a transformation in travel behaviour and a dramatic shift to sustainable patterns of travel that are currently only seen in Plymouth for travel to and from the city centre. A transformation in travel behaviour is therefore required not only in the new developments but also in the existing communities hence the need for the proposals within this bid. Failure to achieve this and respond to large scale growth in travel demand in the Derriford area and along the Northern Corridor has the potential to prevent full delivery of new development – approximately 3,000 homes and 116,000 sq. m. of commercial development and 8,000 jobs as well as supporting the wider growth of north Plymouth. 16 The RAG rating indicates whether the value is worse or better than Plymouth as a whole. 17 Where 1 is the most deprived and 39 is the least deprived of the city’s neighbourhoods. 18 This is the percentage of children in year 6 classified as overweight or obese. 19 This is the percentage of adults classified as overweight or obese. 20 The strategic success for the bid, and in turn wider development of the Derriford area, will therefore be a reduction in congestion and delay, offering improved access to employment areas and journey time savings for the travelling public and local businesses. The economic benefits will be realised alongside environmental benefits including reduced carbon emissions through reduced idling and slow moving traffic. This will reduce fuel / vehicle km consumption for bus operators and motorists. Finally the proposals will deliver social benefits through encouraging active lifestyles and boosting access to healthcare, leisure and employment opportunities and creating a sustainable travel culture in north of the city. Success for the individual scheme elements is detailed in section B1. How the measures align with the objective of the fund is summarised in table 1. B3. The Economic Case – Value for Money The economic appraisal and scheme impact pro-forma are appended to the bid (appendix E). B4. The Financial Case – Project Costs Please complete the following tables. Figures should be entered in £000s (i.e. £10,000 = 10). Table A: Funding profile (Nominal terms) £000s DfT funding sought Local Authority contribution Third Party contribution including LGF TOTAL 201516 710.11 20.50 201617 201718 2018 19 2019 20 2020 21 Total 150 110 260 880.61 110 990.61 710.11 20.50 Notes: 1) Department for Transport funding must not go beyond 2015-16 financial year. 2) Bids that clearly identify a local contribution (local authority and/or third party) towards the project costs will be favoured. Ideally the local contribution should be at least 10% of the DfT revenue funding sought for revenue projects and 30% for capital and revenue schemes. B5. Management Case - Delivery a) Detailed project plan The project plan covering the period from submission of the bid to scheme completion is appended to this bid (appendix F). The plan details the resource requirements and task durations for each element of the bid. 21 A summary of the key milestones and contingency proposals for each scheme element is detailed below. Each scheme can be delivered independently of each other. However, there are synergies between the programmes. For example, the PTP programme will raise awareness and participation in the adult cycle training and Sky Ride programmes and Bike It Plus will complement PTP through encouraging and supporting school communities to consider sustainable travel. Scheme Element PTP Milestone Contingency Completion of monitoring surveys (Pre and Post PTP delivery) Recruitment of the delivery team Survey company to employ additional data collectors to ensure that the monitoring is completed in the timescales available. Recruitment agency to support the recruitment of the team ensuring that the required number of Travel Advisors can be appointed to the role. The programme is due to be completed in October 2015. However, it can be extended until the end of November 2015 and / or additional staff can be recruited if delivery is slower than expected for reasons such as poor weather. Commencement of PTP delivery Completion of PTP delivery Adult Cycle Training Bike It Plus Sky Ride Public Transport Contract extension with CTC, current adult cycle training partner, is confirmed Delivery of the cycle training, bike safety checks, workshops and subsidised bike maintenance courses Contract extension with Sustrans, Bike It Plus partner, is confirmed School engagement commences Contract extension with Sky and British Cycling (current Sky Ride delivery partners) is confirmed Mass participation event held Sky Ride Local and Breeze programme commences The bid includes funding for additional evening and weekend training courses during the delivery of the PTP programme to cater for additional demand. Six schools will be included within this programme; there are more than six schools in the PTP delivery programme hence demand will be high. Additional British Cycling Ride Leaders will be trained if demand at the start of the programme is greater than expected Tender process complete. Contract awarded Service commencement b) Where relevant, if delivery of the project is dependent on land acquisition, please include a letter from the respective land owner(s) to demonstrate that arrangements are in place in order to secure the land to enable the authority to meet its construction milestones. Not applicable 22 c) Where relevant, please provide summary details of your construction milestones (at least one but no more than 5 or 6) between start and completion of works: Not applicable. Plymotion is a revenue funded scheme. No construction will take place as part of this programme. B6. Management Case – Statutory Powers and Consents a) Please list separately each power / consents etc obtained, details of date acquired, challenge period (if applicable) and date of expiry of powers and conditions attached to them. Any key dates should be referenced in your project plan. Not applicable b) Please list separately any outstanding statutory powers / consents etc, including the timetable for obtaining them. Not applicable B7. Management Case – Governance The Programme Manager will be responsible for co-ordinating the delivery of the individual scheme elements, identifying key interdependencies and ensuring that the overall project is delivered to programme, quality and budget. An Officer Working Group, responsible for implementing the proposals, will support the delivery of the scheme. The Officer Working Group already exists. The group currently successfully support the delivery of the Plymouth Connect LSTF scheme. The group will meet on a monthly basis to help steer the project, monitor progress and make key budgetary decisions if risks materialise. Members of the working group will include; the SRO, Programme Manager and the Project Managers for the Sky Ride, adult cycle training, Bike It Plus, Personalised Travel Planning and bus service. The group will also include specialist stakeholder representatives as required (figure 9). The Council has an adopted set of Project Management Procedures to improve the control of its projects and the Programme Manager will ensure these are adhered to and will report to the Assistant Director for Strategic Planning and Infrastructure, SRO and Cabinet Member for Transport. Expertise from the partners delivering the Plymouth Connect scheme, shown in blue below, will be drawn on during programme delivery to allow the experience gained during the delivery of the Plymouth Connect scheme to be practically applied to Plymotion. 23 Figure 9: Plymotion project governance B8. Management Case - Risk Management The key risks to delivery and planned measures for managing those risks are identified in the risk register below. Table 8: Risk register for Plymotion High/ Top Risks: Med/ Low Funding secured for the Med Kickstart bus service is less than the value of the tender submissions The Kickstart bus service Med does not become commercial at the end of the funding period PTP not designed and delivered to the required standard thereby failing to achieve the desired increased awareness and use of sustainable transport The Sky Ride programme is not run in 2015/16 and hence Plymouth are unable Low Low Comments Mitigation Measures: Depending on the shortfall the tender period may be reduced or alternative funding sought. Marketing and promotion by both the successful bus company, Urban Splash and the Plymotion team during the funding period should support the patronage growth required for the service enhancement to become commercial at the end of the kickstart period. The Council has successfully delivered PTP since 2012/13 and hence have experience of designing and delivering a PTP programme. As part of the current agreement with British Cycling written The funding will procure the best value service possible for as long as possible to be assessed through a tender, with a view that is it is commercially operated at the end of the funding period. Early results from the Plymouth Connect LSTF programme suggests that PTP is delivering against its objectives. If necessary the council could host a local mass participation event 24 to host a city event Uptake of the free adult cycle training is below the expected levels which are required to make the costs of delivering the service worthwhile. Low Bike It Plus - Six schools are unable to take part in the programme Low confirmation that PCC will be offered to host an event in 2015 was received therefore minimising the risk of not being included in future programmes of city events. We will mitigate this risk through greater promotion, particularly within health services. Furthermore, uptake is on an upward trend. This risk is low given the popularity of the programme so far. using our extensive event management experience. PTP, Sky Ride and Bike It Plus will help to raise awareness of the adult cycle training. PTP will also directly refer people to the scheme reducing the likelihood that demand is below the anticipated levels. The project is designed to be flexible and adapt to the needs of individual schools. B9. Management Case - Stakeholder Management Effective delivery of the Plymotion scheme will involve a number of key partners including, public transport providers, and voluntary groups, such as Access Plymouth, a community transport provider, local businesses, such as Bikespace, the ODPH, Sustrans, British Cycling and CTC, the national cycling charity, local councillors and the public. Stakeholder management for each element of the project is as follows and for each project uses methodologies which have previously been successfully employed. Personalised travel planning: Key stakeholders for the PTP programme are local councillors, the local area policing teams, trading standards, community groups and the public. Stakeholder engagement will follow the methodology established for the Plymouth Connect PTP programme and will be proactive. Prior to any community engagement, including the pre-PTP surveys the key community stakeholders will be informed about the Plymotion programme including its aims, objectives, methodology and scope. Updates will be provided throughout the project and the delivery team will attend local neighbourhood meetings, held by Members, the local police and neighbourhood teams to provide updates on the project and answer questions from the public. Additional key delivery partners include public transport providers, community transport providers and community health teams. These stakeholders support the training of the PTP team ensuring that they have up-to-date local knowledge about all the sustainable transport options available to people within the city. Their involvement in the programme is crucial to its success and regular feedback on how the project is going will be provided to these partners to ensure that the supply of information and resources keeps pace with demand from the public. Bike It Plus: Principle stakeholders for this programme are; the council and ODPH. Regular updates on the programme will be provided to Plymouth's Cycling Commissioner and the 25 Cabinet Member for Transport. The Bike It Plus officer will also engage directly with the nominated champion in each school, working together to set up events. Every term newsletters will be produced to help maximise engagement and awareness across participating schools. Free adult cycle training and bike check programme: The primary stakeholder is CTC, the national cycling charity who deliver the contract for the adult cycle scheme on behalf of the council. The CTC Head of Development will meet with the Plymouth based CTC Cycling Delivery Officer and the Council quarterly. The adult cycle scheme works closely with a local social enterprise, The Bikespace, who provide workshop facilities, maintenance courses and hire bikes along with wider engagement with national and local organisations such as The National Trust, British Cycling, Sustrans, The University of Plymouth and Plymouth Cycling Campaign, to deliver opportunities for promoting cycling in the Plymotion areas and more widely in the city. Formal stakeholder engagement takes place through the ‘Plymouth Cycling Delivery Group’, a forum which brings together all the organisations within Plymouth which are delivering projects to support and promote cycling. These include the Transport, Sports Development, Health Promotion and Green Spaces teams within the Council, The University of Plymouth, The School Sports Partnership, The Bikespace, Devon and Cornwall Police Service, Sustrans and British Cycling. Sky Ride: The principal stakeholders are Sky and British Cycling. The relationship is contractual but delivery is very much in the spirit of partnership. Public Transport Contribution: The principal stakeholders will be the successful public transport provider and Urban Splash, developers of the Royal William Yard. The relationship with the bus company will be contractual. Stakeholder management with Urban Splash is already established within the Council through the travel plan for the Yard. Regular liaison meetings will continue as part of Plymotion. a) Can the scheme be considered as controversial in any way? X No b) Have there been any external campaigns either supporting or opposing the scheme? X No If yes, please provide a brief summary (in no more than 100 words 26 B10. The Commercial Case All of the measures included within Plymotion are extensions of existing programmes, except the kick-start bus service. The route of the bus service is unique to this bid. However, PCC has extensive experience of procuring bus services. The experience of previously delivering PTP, Sky Ride, Bike It Plus, adult cycle training and the procurement of bus services has several advantages. Firstly, it means that the costs included within this proposal are based on practical experience of delivering the schemes. They have therefore been robustly tested in Plymouth and accurately reflect scheme delivery costs in the City. Secondly, the delivery models for each element of the proposal are in place and finally the procurement exercise to secure delivery partners for the schemes has already taken place. The majority of the proposals included in Plymotion will be delivered through contract extensions with current delivery partners. Contract extensions will be progressed on announcement that this proposal has been successful thereby ensuring that the schemes are ready to deliver from April 2015. The exception is the kick-start bus service. To secure the service a competitve tender will be undertaken. Appended to this bid is a letter from the Council’s Section 151 Officer and the Head of Procurement validating this strategy (appendix G). 27 SECTION C – Monitoring, Evaluation and Benefits Realisation C1. Monitoring and Evaluation The Council is committed to evaluating the impact of the scheme. Our monitoring proposals (Table 9) are designed to provide good evidence of the achievement of the LSTF objectives. In the majority of cases the monitoring is a natural extension of the data currently being collected as part of the Plymouth Connect LSTF scheme. This means that the Plymotion monitoring will add to the richness of the data collected to date and will form part of a longitudinal study into behavioural change in Plymouth between 2011 and 2016. Table 9: Proposed monitoring of the Plymotion scheme Scheme Monitoring to check that the measure encourages, enables and sustains component sustainable travel. To ensure that we are providing a high quality service a sample of participants PTP will be contacted to gather feedback on the information and incentives provided, along with how useful members of the public found the conversation, as part of a quality assurance process. A pre-intervention survey will be conducted to determine the patterns of existing travel in each PTP community, providing a baseline to compare against once the intervention has taken place. A post intervention survey, measuring any modal shift which has occurred as a result of the intervention, will take place 12 months after PTP has been delivered. In addition, to account for counterfactual change, pre and post surveys will also be undertaken in an appropriate comparison community. Bike It Plus Adult cycling programme Sky Ride Bus Service A termly report will be produced 3 times a year by the Bike It Plus officer combining an overview of what work has been carried out in schools over the past term, plans for the coming term and a qualitative report on each individual participating school. Sustrans will monitor bike and scooter counts, logged by schools and the Bike It Plus officer, which indicates the impact of certain events and activities on cycling and scooting levels. Pre and post intervention hands up surveys will also be carried out in each participating school to measure modal shift. Participation rates in cycle training and maintenance programs are recorded and monitored. Post-delivery monitoring is planned at the mid-point and close of the project to examine participation by demographic and geographic segmentation and to evaluate the quality of the delivery and client satisfaction. Participants will be asked to indicate how the initiative has impacted on their attitudes towards cycling and their ongoing participation rates. This will indicate to what extent the interventions have had a sustainable impact. An annual report will be produced which summarises registration and participation on each of the rides along with the number of cycle routes which have been mapped, the number of buddies, the number of social cycling groups and the number of social rides and participation in the Plymouth area. The report will compare Plymouth’s data with national data. Patronage growth will be monitored through the contract with the successful public transport provider. 28 Local Sustainable Transport Fund 15/16 Revenue Application Form: Appendix Project name: Plymotion: Supporting sustainable growth in the Derriford area Appendix A In support of section A3 of the bid A detailed map of the Plymotion project area Appendix B In support of section A6 of the bid B1. Letter of support from Plymouth Citybus B2. Letter of support from First Devon and Cornwall B3. Section 106 agreement Appendix C In support of Section A8 of the bid Letters of support from: Cllr Mark Coker, Cabinet Member for Transport, Plymouth City Council  Cllr Ian Bowyer, Leader of the Opposition, Plymouth City Council  Office of the Director of Public Health  Highways Agency  Chamber of Commerce  Urban Splash  Sustrans  CTC, the National Cycling Charity  British Cycling  Plymouth Cycling Campaign  Bikespace Appendix D In support of Section A9 of the bid Letter of endorsement from the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership Appendix E In support of Section B3 of the bid E1. The Economic Case – Value for Money E2. Scheme Impact Pro-forma Appendix F Project plan In support of Section B5 of the bid Appendix G In support of Section B10 of the bid Joint letter from the Council’s Section 151 Officer and Head of Procurement confirming that a procurement strategy is in place that is legally compliant and is likely to achieve the best value for money outcome. Local Sustainable Transport Fund 15/16 Revenue Application Form: Appendix A Appendix A In support of section A3 of the bid A detailed map of the Plymotion project area Local Sustainable Transport Fund 15/16 Revenue Application Form: Appendix B Appendix B In support of section A6 of the bid B1. Letter of support from Plymouth Citybus B2. Letter of support from First Devon and Cornwall B3. Section 106 agreement Local Sustainable Transport Fund 15/16 Revenue Application Form: Appendix C Appendix C In support of Section A8 of the bid Letters of support from: Cllr Mark Coker, Cabinet Member for Transport, Plymouth City Council  Cllr Ian Bowyer, Leader of the Opposition, Plymouth City Council  Office of the Director of Public Health  Highways Agency  Chamber of Commerce  Urban Splash  Sustrans  CTC, the National Cycling Charity  British Cycling  Plymouth Cycling Campaign  Bikespace Office of the Director of Public Health Mr P Heseltine Head of Integrated Transport Plymouth City Council Plymouth City Council Windsor House Plymouth PL6 5UF T 01752 398607 E [email protected] www.plymouth.gov.uk 24th March 2014 My Ref ODPH/LSTF Dear Philip Plymouth City Council Local Sustainable Transport Fund Revenue Funding Bid I am pleased to write to you in support of the proposed bid for revenue funding from the DfT Local Sustainable Transport Fund. Public Health in Plymouth have worked alongside you and your Transport Planning colleagues for some time in supporting and delivering schemes to improve infrastructure and support people to enable them to build walking, cycling and active travel into their everyday lives. Previous investment from Public Health has supported Personalised Travel Planning initiatives as part of the Plymotion Connect programme and the Bike It Plus programme. Evidence demonstrates that building active travel into people’s lives is one of the most sustainable ways of increasing general levels of physical activity. Increased activity provides health benefits in terms of helping to achieve and maintain a healthy weight, increasing cardio-vascular health and promoting mental health and wellbeing. Walking and cycling are also free or relatively inexpensive ways of being active and are therefore accessible to most of our local population. Both of the above programmes have delivered shifts in the local populations in terms of getting more people to travel actively which contribute to the overall health and wellbeing strategic priorities in the City of helping people to be more physically active, to achieve and maintain a healthy weight and to help sustain and improve mental health and wellbeing. I am keen to see these programmes continue and extend to new areas of the City to bring added benefit to the wider local population and fully support the current bid. Whilst I am not able to confirm our ability to provide financial contribution in 2015/16 at the current time, due to commitments on the Public Health Grant, support for these programmes will be part of the priority consideration for the Grant in future years which I hope will support the continuation of the programmes beyond the LSTF funding period. Yours sincerely Stephen Horsley Interim Director of Public Health Mr Philip Heseltine Head of Integrated Transport Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Plymouth City Council Armada Way PLYMOUTH PL1 2AA 28 March 2014 Dear Philip I am writing on behalf of the membership of the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce which represents over 40,000 employees to express our support of your application for funding through the LSTF2 initiative. The Chamber is very supportive of measures that help make it easier for the public to get around Plymouth by bus, by bike and on foot. The Chamber is particularly supportive of the focus on communities in the north of the city as it will support residents and businesses within and adjacent to one of the City’s designated growth areas. Building on the undoubted success that has been happening with the current programme of personalised travel planning, the Chamber supports the measures being proposed in this bid in respect of the help it will give in creating the best conditions for economic growth through improving sustainable access to development sites. The importance of good connectivity to support business efficiency through reduced congestion, the resulting improvement in journey time reliability and providing a healthy and more mobile workforce is paramount to support economic growth. I wish you every success in your bid. Regards David Parlby Chief Executive Head Office Sustrans 2 Cathedral Square College Green Bristol BS1 5DD T: 0117 926 8893 F: 0117 929 4173 Information: 0845 113 00 65 www.sustrans.org.uk Philip Heseltine Head of Integrated Transport Plymouth City Council Civic Centre Plymouth PL1 2AA 31 March 2014 Dear Philip, Local Sustainable Transport Fund bid for Plymotion Sustrans supports Plymouth City Council’s bid to the 2015/16 LSTF revenue funding to complement and build upon the success of the ‘Plymouth Connect’ Local Sustainable Transport Fund project. By focusing on communities in the north of the city the project will support residents and businesses within and adjacent to one of the city’s designated growth areas to make the best travel choices for the regular journeys they make. There is a wealth of evidence that demonstrates that the prioritisation of sustainable modes of transport can support local growth by improving access to employment and Registered Office, Sustrans, 2 Cathedral Square, College Green, Bristol BS1 5DD. T: 0117 926 8893 Belfast T: 028 9043 4569 / Caerdydd/Cardiff T: 029 2065 0602 / Edinburgh T: 0131 539 8122 with offices in: Birmingham / Brighton / Crewe / Derby / Leeds / London / Manchester / Newcastle / Oxford / Peterborough / Ruthun/Ruthin / Stockton on Tees / Abertawe/Swansea Registered Charity no. 326550 (England and Wales) SCO39268 (Scotland) / Company Limited by Guarantee no. 1797726 / VAT Registration no. 416740656 / Printed on recycled paper services, attracting and retaining inward investment, reducing carbon emissions and supporting GVA.1 Sustrans has a long history of successful partnership project delivery in Plymouth and is delighted to see the continued approach from Plymouth City Council of embedding sustainable travel within Plymouth's culture. In particular we are pleased to see the continuation of the successful Sustrans Bike It Plus Project in Plymouth. Nationally, nearly a quarter of cars on the road at 8.35am are taking children to school (with 72% of these returning straight home again) and the impact of school traffic on congestion at peak times is huge. A Cabinet Office study estimated the annual costs of congestion in English urban areas at £11 billion in 2009, increasing to £34 billion in 2025 (1.7% of GDP). A more recent report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research found that congestion costs Britain's economy more than £4.3 billion or approximately £491 per car commuting household. In the South West region there are over 40 Sustrans’ schools officers consistently achieving impressive changes in young people’s travel behaviour. Where we work to increase active travel the impact is dramatic. Results show that where schools are engaged the average cycling levels increase by 12% and the number of children who never cycle to school is reduced from 72% to 52%. Locally, Sustrans Bike It Plus project has been running for nearly two years in Plymouth. Results after the first year of engagement in 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools show that regular cycling to school (1-2 times a week or more) increased by 111%, from a baseline of 3.6% before the project, to 7.6% at the end of year one. This included an increase in the percentage of pupils reporting they cycle to school three times a week or more from 2.0% before Bike It Plus to 4.3% after the first year of the project. In addition, the percentage of pupils reporting they never cycle to school decreased from 91.5% before the project to 74.4% after the first year. These increases 1 Insofar as GVA can be defined as jobs and productivity, it may be influenced by factors including the health of the workforce; graduate retention; access to jobs; and employment sites having access to a wider labour force. Making cycling and walking an easier choice can contributing to GVA by supporting these factors, for instance through increased physical activity; creating more and healthier travel choices; improving travel options, getting people back to work sooner; and enabling more people able to afford to access more jobs. in active travel to school correspond with a decrease in car use; the percentage of pupils being driven to school three times a week or more dropped by 11% from 29.8% before Bike It Plus to 26.4% after the first year of the project. Yours Sincerely, Ian Barrett South West Regional Director 14th March 2014 Katrice Deves Transport & Infrastructure Planner Plymouth City Council Civic Centre Plymouth PL12AA Dear Katrice Support of the Plymouth City Council LSTF bid 2015/16 This letter is to express our support of Plymouth’s bid for funding through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF). Through our joint work over the past two years we have shown that The SkyRide initiative has encouraged significant numbers of people in Plymouth to experience the fun of Cycling. The figures show that in 2013, 3239 People took part in British Cycling programs as a direct result of our partnership. We would like to continue with this successful partnership in future years as part of this bid. With the Olympic & Paralympic success of 2012 and Tour de France successes of 2012 & 2013, we continue to successfully inspire further participation at grass-roots level. British Cycling will continue to work alongside Local Authority partners in the strategic planning for cycling in the area. Therefore, a sustained partnership during 2015/16 will capitalise on the momentum and inspiration we have already and will continue to create. Through our own research and insight from the DFT we know that over 70% of commuters were already recreational cyclists before they started to cycle to work, over 80% cycle to work to keep fit and that regular commuting sustains a regular cycling habit in general. Therefore our approach of mobilising a range of recreational cycling initiatives such as Mass Participation Events, Guided Rides and Social Cycling Groups is uniquely placed to increase and sustain cycling participation, commuting and a healthy local cycling economy. As such I can confirm, on behalf of British Cycling, our support to you in your application to the next phase of LSTF which will provide even more opportunities for people to cycle and subsequently, with our partnership work, increase and inspire sustained cycling participation in the area. Yours sincerely, Brian Johnston Recreation Manager South West British Cycling Philip Heseltine Head of Integrated Transport Transport & Infrastructure Plymouth City Council Civic Centre Plymouth PL1 2AA Plymouth Cycling Campaign c/o Stuart Mee 65 Fairview Avenue Plymouth PL3 6DP [email protected] http://plymouthcyclingcampaign.co.uk March 21st 2014 Proposed LSTF 2015/16 revenue extension bid Dear Philip, Thank you for letting the Plymouth Cycling Campaign know about the above bid. I have disseminated the details to our Infrastructure Group and also to some other key members of the Campaign and all are agreed that we strongly support Plymouth City Council’s attempt to secure this funding. As we understand it the key points of the bid, and our reasons for supporting them, are as follows:  Bid: Extension of Personalised Travel Planning programme into 2015/16 to allow “Plymotion on Your Doorstep” to be delivered in and around the Derriford area. Support: This scheme is already active in the eastern suburbs and much of the south of the city and has been successful in bringing awareness of sustainable alternatives to car travel to those living in the relevant areas. An extension of the scheme to the northern suburbs should have the same beneficial effect.  Bid: Extension of Sustrans Bike It Plus programme through to 2015/16. Support: This programme is key in encouraging children to walk and cycle. We understand that it has also been very effective in encouraging take-up of Bikeability training. Parents and teachers of the schools where the programme has been running have praised it highly.  Bid: Extension of adult cycle support through to 2015/16. Support: The Plymouth Cycling Campaign finds that the single most significant factor in discouraging adults from cycling is fear of traffic and lack of confidence in their ability to safely cycle in traffic. The Adult Cycle Support provided by this scheme is vital in encouraging such individuals either back onto their bikes or indeed to take up cycling for the first time.  Bid: Further mass participation Skyride event and ongoing Skyride local rides in 2015/16. Support: The support for these events shows the need for confidence boosting led rides. This is the next stage up from the Adult Cycle Support and makes a real contribution to getting more people on their bikes. The inaugural mass Skyride event was a fantastic success with around 7,000 of all ages and abilities participating. The ongoing local Skyrides and the Breeze rides are also well-supported and we know from comments received that these rides are often the first step in a renewed interest in cycling.  Bid: Support for improved bus link to Royal William Yard. Support: Although not directly cycle related, an increase in bus usage in this increasingly popular area of the City will reduce vehicular traffic with associated benefits in terms of pollution and improve the on-street environment, thus encouraging more cycling. We very much hope the bid will be successful and allow the Council to build on the ongoing successful programmes improving cycling in Plymouth and encouraging more people to cycle. Kind regards Stuart Mee. Stuart Mee Chair Plymouth Cycling Campaign (PCyC) Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to offer the support of Bikespace in the continuation of the work carried out by the Plymotion project. The benefits of increasing travel options and encouraging the use of sustainable transport are clear to us as a local Community Interest Company. Through our work in the community we have witnessed first hand the impact of the Personalised Travel Planning Programme and we would like to see this extended even further across the city. We also support the continuation of the Bike It Plus programme as well as Adult Cycling Support and further Skyrides. We feel the benefits of these to be a clear way to develop the transport culture in Plymouth. Yours sincerely Gareth Thomas Bikespace Project Coordinator Local Sustainable Transport Fund 15/16 Revenue Application Form: Appendix D Appendix D In support of Section A9 of the bid Letter of endorsement from the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership Mr Paul Barnard Asst. Director Planning Transport and Infrastructure Plymouth City Council Civic Centre Plymouth PL1 2EW 26 March 2014 Dear Mr Barnard Project: - Plymouth City Council Local Sustainable Transport Fund Bid - Local Enterprise Partnership Endorsement Thank you for requesting an endorsement from the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership for the bid by Plymouth City Council to the revenue Local Sustainable Transport Fund. Significant growth in housing and employment is planned for the north of the city and Plymouth's LSTF bid seeks to maximise the take up of opportunities for travel by sustainable modes, public transport bicycle and walking. Having reviewed your proposal, this revenue bid is complementary to the bid for capital funding through the Strategic Economic Plan and Growth Deal. This includes major transport schemes aimed at accommodating the significant growth in housing, employment and retail uses on Plymouth's northern corridor and unlocking key development sites; the capital funding proposals include provision for public transport priority and walking and cycling facilities. The revenue funding being sought through the LSTF bid aims to make the best use of this new infrastructure and to transform the travel habits of the existing population in northern Plymouth, with the expected outcomes including more reliable Journey times for employees, more consistent attendance times at employment sites, and improved health patterns through increases in physical activity. We very much hope that your proposal is successful. As one of the terms of our endorsement, we require applicants to inform us of the progress of their proposals so that we can monitor the picture across the whole LEP footprint. In addition, we also request that applicants ensure that the Partnership’s endorsement is cited in all appropriate publicity. Should you require any assistance in this regard, or in any further activity relating to your bid, please do not hesitate to ask. Mobile: 07817 497135 email: [email protected] Address: Heart of the South West LEP, PO Box 805, Exeter, Devon, EX1 9UU We look forward to hearing about the progress of your project and to a successful outcome. Yours sincerely Chris Garcia Chief Executive Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership Mobile: 07817 497135 email: [email protected] Address: Heart of the South West LEP, PO Box 805, Exeter, Devon, EX1 9UU Local Sustainable Transport Fund 15/16 Revenue Application Form: Appendix E Appendix E In support of Section B3 of the bid E1. The Economic Case – Value for Money E2. Scheme Impact Pro-forma B3. The Economic Case – Value for Money The LSTF Plymotion proposals have been appraised by Peter Brett Associates LLP and their assessment demonstrates that the scheme has a BCR of 8.34. The package of measures contained in this bid are designed to act together, with the PTP component encouraging people to consider both reducing the number of trips they make and switching from car to public transport, walking and cycling. In addition the proposal includes the provision of an enhanced bus service to serve Royal William Yard from the City Centre. Due to the myriad of interactions and reinforcing effects of the components of the package, this appraisal considers the value for money case by assessing its impacts on different user groups and, where possible, ascribing a value to them. The main driver for the switch to the use of more sustainable travel modes will come from the PTP programme. The Sustainable Travel Towns projects provide a good indicator of the level of change that may be anticipated in the PTP areas. The Plymotion proposal is of a comparable size to these projects and the Plymouth bid is most similar to Darlington, with an emphasis on PTP. The areas also have similarities with shorter than the national average journey lengths and wage levels. This appraisal seeks to quantify some of the main benefits of the scheme. The main source of quantified benefits come from the lower levels of congestion on the highway network and the health benefits to people who switch to active travel modes. Economic Impact of Decongestion Benefits from PTP The 2009 base year data is derived from the SATURN highway model for Plymouth, which was used in this appraisal. The likely impact of the proposed package was based on data in Table 13.3 from the Effects of Smarter Choices Programmes in the Sustainable Travel Towns1. It was assumed that there would be a reduction of:      21% in the number of car driver trips of less than 1 km in length 14% for trips between 1.1 and 3km 9% for trips between 3.1 and 5.0 km 4% for trips between 5.1 and 10.0 km; and 3% for trips between 10.1 and 50.0 km. The Plymouth highway matrices do not identify the home end of a trip so it was assumed that the reduction was only applicable to trips which came from the areas which are included in the PTP areas in the AM peak and going to the PTP areas in the PM peak. In the inter-peak half the reduction was applied to trips originating in PTP areas and half to trips with a destination in PTP areas. When applied to the study area the total trips reduced is just under 5%, which seems a reasonable target to meet through PTP and the cycling interventions proposed. Commuting car trips for the wards targeted by 2015/16 PTP will reduce by around 6.3% and, the 2011 census shows that the current mode share for car drivers for Travel to Work is 64.4%. PTP is likely to increase commuting trips by non-car modes (bus, walk and cycle) equivalent to this 6.3%, with 2011 mode shares being 11.9% for bus, 6.6% for walk and 2.3% for cycle. Table B3.1 below shows the value of the reduced levels of congestion due to the reduction in trips by journey purpose and time of day. The value of this time, by time of day, is taken from table A1.3.5 1 The Effects of Smarter Choice Programmes in the Sustainable Travel Towns: Research Report - Lynn Sloman, Sally Cairns, Carey Newson, Jillian Anable, Alison Pridmore and Phil Goodwin – Report to the Department for Transport, March 2010 in TAG data book (Autumn 2013) and shown in 2010 prices. Using the figures shown in the table and assuming 2 * AM peak hours a day, 8 * inter-peak hours and 2 * PM peak hours gives a daily value of £6,375. Saturday benefits have been valued using 12 inter-peak hours giving a daily value of £5,316. No benefit has been included for Sundays. The annual benefit from reduced congestion is £1,933,775. Journey Purpose Business Commuting Education Other LGV HGV Table B3.1 AM Peak Hour before after value pcu hrs pcu hrs £ 1342.58 1338.08 £142 5363.20 5338.92 £190 1553.48 1533.12 £205 1611.48 1602.90 £86 1277.23 1273.19 £56 993.71 991.51 £32 Decongestion Benefits Inter Peak Hour before after value pcu hrs pcu hrs £ 1202.65 1199.37 £101 1070.60 1065.90 £37 523.35 517.93 £57 3353.42 3335.57 £187 884.01 881.80 £31 817.96 815.88 £30 PM Peak Hour before after value pcu hrs pcu hrs £ 1486.74 1481.93 £146 4698.00 4673.41 £188 310.11 307.96 £23 4218.22 4193.34 £267 924.66 921.10 £50 545.51 543.13 £34 Environmental Impact The SATURN highway model predicts a decrease in litres of fuel use of 163 litres in an AM peak hour, 116 litres in an inter-peak hour and 158 litres in a PM peak hour. This gives a daily reduction of 1,572 litres on a weekday and 1,395 litres on a Saturday. Using Defra estimates of 2.63 kgs of carbon per litre of diesel and 2.315 kgs per litre of petrol, and the split of petrol and diesel vehicles by type, based on table A 1.3.9 in WebTAG data book (Autumn 2013), this gives an annual carbon saving of 1,209 tonnes a year. The value of carbon in the DfT Basic Local Authority Carbon Tool is £55,696 per thousand tonnes in 2015 which gives an annual value of £67,328 in 2009 prices and £69,684 in 2010 values. Social Impacts – Quantitative Health and Absenteeism Benefits from Cycling New Cyclists The package of measures in the Plymouth LSTF 15/16 project will result in an increase in the number of cycle trips in Plymouth. In line with WebTAG guidance, health and absenteeism benefits have been calculated based on the number of new cyclists. This section details the assumptions made in the estimation of the number of new cyclists under each of the proposed measures. Bike-It-Plus The total number of pupils in the 2015-2016 Bike-It-Plus programme has been estimated using the average number of pupils per Plymouth primary school (283 pupils). Six schools will be targeted in total, resulting in a total target population of 1,695. A hands-up survey of children participating in the Plymouth ‘Bike-It’ programme during 2012-2013 has been used to estimate the number of new cyclists as a result of the proposed 2015-2016 programme. The change in proportion of children cycling at least once a week has been applied to the target population to estimate the new cyclists as a result of the programme. This results in 69 new cyclists. Personalised Travel Planning, Sky Ride and Adult Cycle Training National Travel Survey (NTS) data for Large Urban areas in 2010 were analysed to derive cycle trip rates for the following age groups: 0-16 year olds; 17-29 year olds; 30-59 years old and the 60s and over. Data from 2010 was chosen as this is before investment in PTP began in Plymouth. The baseline number of cyclists used in the assessment was taken to be that resulting from the proposed PTP target area. This avoids any double counting associated with participants of the Sky Ride and Adult Cycle Training elements of the programme who reside in the PTP area. However, it is acknowledged that additional cyclists will participate in these elements from outside of the PTP target area. Household and population-by-age data has been taken from the 2011 Census for the wards which are within the PTP target population. These wards are Budshead, Eggbuckland, Honicknowle and Southway. This data has been used to estimate the population and age composition of households in the PTP target area. In total the PTP programme will target 18,481 households. The resulting population is estimated at 43,611 people, based on 2011 Census household size for the target area. In 2013 PTP in Plymouth saw the participation of 5,849 of the 23,017 households in the study area, equating to 25.4% of households being engaged. Applying the 25.4% figure to the target population for 2015/16 PTP would expect to see 4,787 households engaged or a total population of 11,100. NTS data shows that, on average, each person will make the equivalent of 16 cycle trips per year. Applying this to the population of 11,100 equates to a total of 177,601 cycle trips. Surveys undertaken in Mount Gould, where PTP in Plymouth has been implemented, show that in 2012, before PTP was introduced, 75% never cycled. Applying this to the new population means that 25% of the PTP population i.e. 2,775 make 177,601 trips per annum. This equates to 64 trips per person per annum of those that currently cycle. NTS data shows that 90% of cycle trips are return trips (i.e. not one-way cycle journeys returning by a different mode) therefore it can be assumed that each cyclist will cycle on average 34 days per annum. This figure has been applied to new cyclists from the PTP area. The 2013 ‘post’ PTP Mount Gould survey showed that there was a 4% decrease in those that never cycle, following PTP being delivered in the community. Applying this to our population indicates that the number of cyclists after the introduction of PTP would be 3,219 or 444 new cyclists. The value of health benefits for new cyclists was calculated for the proposed scheme using the methodology contained in WebTAG Unit A5.1 Active Mode Appraisal. A 10 year appraisal period has been used, to account for the fact that the benefits of the proposed smarter choices measures are likely to diminish over time. This is consistent with guidance in WebTAG Unit A5.1 which indicates that a 60-year appraisal period should not be applied. Average Travel Distance by Bike Average bicycle trip length data for Great Britain from NTS in 2010 was 2.8 miles/4.5 km. Average trip length data for Great Britain from NTS in 2010 for trips to and from primary school was 1.5 miles/2.4km. Half of this has been taken as an estimate of the average cycle distance of primary school aged children. A weighted average of these distances (all trips and primary school trips) has been taken to estimate the average distance travelled per day of all new cyclists. Health Benefits As detailed previously the number of cycle days per year for new cyclists associated with the PTP has been assumed to be 34. The average number of days cycled each year by new cyclists in primary school through the Bike-It programme has been taken to be 110. This has been estimated from Plymouth ‘Bike-It’ data collected before and after the scheme was first implemented during 20122013. As with distance, a weighted average of the number of new cycle trips per year has been taken. Using the number of estimated new cyclists set out previously this gives an annual value for the health benefits of £66,570 in 2010 prices. This excludes benefits from people who start to walk regularly as a result of the PTP (and Bike It Plus) and also excludes public transport users who, on average, also walk more than car drivers due to the walk to/from the bus stop or station. This is likely to represent an under estimate of benefits, particularly for the Bike It Plus programme, which has shown a strong increase in “scooting/walking”. Absenteeism Benefits The absenteeism benefits for new cyclists were calculated for the proposed scheme using the methodology contained in WebTAG Unit A5.1. Any new cyclists associated with the ‘Bike-It-Plus’ scheme have been excluded in the calculation of this benefit as they will be children. A key assumption is that the average gross daily salary in 2010 values is £189 (market price, WebTAG Databook Table A 1.3.1). From the 2011 Census figures, 58% of the adult population in Plymouth are working so it is assumed that 58% of the new users are in employment, this gives a figure of 297 new cyclists. The annual value of the benefit to employers of reduced levels of absenteeism based on the number of new cyclists, average gross daily salary and an ‘Employer Health Benefit Factor of 0.4’ (WebTAG Unit A3.1) is £19,160. Social Impact of Cycling – Qualitative Impacts Continued support of cycling initiatives such as Sky-Ride will be beneficial beyond the assessment undertaken above. The British Cycling (BC) partnership programme is aimed at promoting recreational cycling. It provides a ready-made introduction to cycling for all, by creating a free, fun and enjoyable experience for those who take part. This in turn, in line with the process and behavioural patterns described below, will create the next generation of commuters. Figures for the Sky Ride initiatives in Plymouth are shown in Table B3.2 for 2013; No. of participants in Plymouth in 2013 Table B3.2 Sky Ride City Sky Ride Local Breeze Social Cycling 2750 288 115 86 Sky Ride Participation Numbers for Plymouth It is also important to understand the behavioural change required to start to commute by bike.  Department for Transport’s research shows that 86% of the non-cycling population reject the idea of using a bicycle for transport, but that 66% would consider riding a bicycle for leisure (Source NTS 2012)  71% of commuters were recreational cyclists before they started to cycle to work (Source: BC Commuting Survey, 2014)  33% of which already cycled frequently for recreational purposes (Source: BC Commuting Survey, 2014)  Regular commuting helps to sustain a regular cycling habit…(Source: BC Commuting Survey, 2014)  97% of those who cycled recreationally prior to becoming a commuter still do! (Source: BC Commuting Survey, 2014) Given the above statements it is our proposition that an increased frequency of recreational cycling will lead to increased volumes of commuters. Distributional Impacts – Qualitative Impacts of PTP The evidence from the first tranche of PTP in Plymouth has shown that there has been a great benefit for some sectors of society from improved information provided on Access Plymouth / Shop Mobility / Community Transport schemes. This has meant that certain disadvantaged groups will benefit from improved mobility and access to services. Some of the quotes received have included; “Brilliant, really useful, as I'm disabled and they gave me some really useful info about Access Plymouth, which I didn't even know about. I knew about shop mobility but not all the other things, so it was great. I thought the information and the visit itself was really well laid out, was so useful to finds out about all this as it'll help me and my family; I don't like relying on my family all the time for my hospital visits and stuff, but it costs me more than I can afford to get taxi's everywhere, so this is so good. It means I can start getting my independence back a bit.” “The Residents did find the information provided by Plymotion team both interesting and informative. By having the exact return prices for the dial a ride/community care services to various local places that residents would visit weekly has really helped at both projects. As residents are surprised at the prices, have found the information clear and informative enabling them to be more independent and get out a lot more in the local community. The Residents also found it informative about the day trips that dial a ride service may have coming up in the future which I am sure some residents will get involved with.” “Very friendly – I explained to them that I was disabled and that going shopping was a nightmare so they gave me relevant information regarding the ring and ride service.” “It was really good to find out about all this stuff, I never knew any of it really existed, especially shop mobility which was really good to find out about.” Economic Impact – Bus Service to Royal William Yard In order to assess the economic impact of the proposed bus service to Royal William Yard passenger numbers and frequency of service of current buses was obtained. The current bus service operates half hourly between about 08:00 and 18:30 seven days a week. It is intended that the new service will operate at a 15-minute frequency from 07:40 through to 23:30 seven days a week. A demand elasticity factor of -0.4 relating to increased frequency was applied to the periods that the services currently run to determine the potential increase in patronage. In addition an up-lift of 5% was applied to take account of improved marketing and service quality that is likely to come about. With the 30-minute frequency the current patronage is 1493 weekly trips. The increase in frequency to 15-minutes will result in 1993 weekly trips, an increase of 500 trips. To determine the potential patronage for the evening service, the Royal William Yard, 2014 Transport Strategy, produced by Peter Evans Partnership was used to obtain data from the development mix at the site, along with TRICS trip rates. Details of existing mode choice from surveys used in calculating new demand are shown in Table B3.3; Bus Mode Split Residential Employment Visitors (Restaurants, Hotels, Retail) Table B3.3 Bus Mode Split – Royal William Yard % 15.8 16.6 5.0 The mode splits used for visitors could be seen as conservative if the new bus service is promoted more widely. The resulting number of weekly evening trips is 681. Overall the number of new trips utilising the bus service will be in the region of 249,280. The operating costs for the new service are estimated to be £120,000 per annum. Assuming an average bus fare of £1.05 per trip would result in income of £261,744 per annum. Decongestion and carbon benefits have not been included within the assessment at this stage as no assessment has been made regarding whether new trips will transfer from car, other mode or be new trips entirely. Therefore, the decongestion and carbon benefits included in the assessment are a conservative estimate of the benefits expected to be delivered through this scheme. Distributional Impacts – New Bus Service The bus service will benefit people who do not have access to car as it will open up job opportunities within the Royal William Yard and Millbay areas, in particular in the hotel and catering industries where evening work is common. The service will also provide opportunities for the same groups to utilise the facilities in these locations. Value for Money – Total Package The total value of benefits quantified in this appraisal is just under £2.1m a year in 2010 prices and values. However, a decline of 10% per annum for the first 3 years and 40% per year compound is assumed thereafter. For an appraisal period of 10 years, and using a discount rate of 3.5%, this gives a total discounted benefit of £11,511,270 in 2010 prices and values. The Present Value of Costs (PVC) is equivalent to £1,380,092 in 2010 prices and values and the benefit cost ratio of the package is therefore 8.34, which places it in the high value for money category. The PVC includes ongoing bus operating costs over the appraisal period, with the bid amount excluding bus operating costs being equivalent to £672,933 in 2010 prices and values. No optimism bias has been applied to cost estimates as the proposals are revenue and not infrastructure related, and are also tried and tested. LSTF 15/16 Revenue Competition - Schemes Impact Pro-Forma For cycling/walking elements of your bid, please provide the following data - if available Input data Without Scheme Description of infrastructure/facilities No physical infrastructure is proposed as part of the bid, but PTP will aim to provide information to potential users on what existing facilities are available to make their journey easier, safer and attractive E.g. cycling along general traffic/ in bus lane/ parking bicycles on lampposts/secure cycle racks etc. - refer to section 1.9 of WebTAG 3.14.1. Please provide reference to more detailed description. Route length (km) N/A Refer for more detailed description (incl maps etc.). Not expected to change unless new routes provided. Average trip length (km) Average Trip Length is unlikely to change as a result of PTP, but the aim is to increase the number of walk and cycle trips made In the absence of local data (e.g. from survey), National Travel Survey has average trip lengths and trips times: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/nts03-modal-comparisons Table nts0306 has average distance per cycle trip. Average cycling speed (kph) Unlikely to change E.g. from visual inspection/ automatic count/ speed cameras - please note the NTS data on distance and time are not sufficiently robust to be combined to get a robust estimate for average speed. Number of users (per day) Number of trips per annum in PTP Population estimated at 177,601 Percentage of additional users that would have driven a car otherwise. With Scheme Reference to supporting information (e.g. section of Economic Assessment Report). Number of trips per annum in PTP Population estimated at 192,697 Refer to evidence for this assumption. N.A. N/A If you are expecting your project to reduce car travel, please provide the following information Input data Without Scheme With Scheme Traffic levels (Vehicle km) in the affected area Traffic levels (Vehicle hours) in the affected area Average Speed in the Morning Peak Mode share (in person trips) Car Driver Car Passenger Bus passenger Rail Passenger Cyclist Walking E.g. from Automatic Cycling Counters or an appropriate sample of manual counts. Given cycling is highly seasonal, adjustments might be needed to account for that if e.g. a survey was undertaken in winter. AM Peak - 165501 PCU KMs Inter Peak - 455092 PCU KMs PM Peak - 149693 PCU KMs AM Peak - 24283 PCU Hrs Inter Peak - 62816 PCU Hrs PM Peak - 24366 PCU Hrs Not Quantified 657,353 per weekday Not Quantified Not Quantified Not Quantified Not Quantified Not Quantified For Bus elements of your bid please fill in the following table Input data Without Scheme Reference to supporting information (e.g. section of Economic Assessment Report). AM Peak - 161001 PCU KMs Inter Peak - 443388 PCU KMs Reduction in trips based on evidence from Sustainable Travel Towns Report - outputs for Darlington. PM Peak - 145789 PCU KMs Reduction in trips applied to Plymouth SATURN model within the area that this phase of PTP will apply, dependent on trip distance - see Application Form Section B3 - Economic Case Value for Money AM Peak - 24155 PCU Hrs Inter Peak - 62532 PCU Hrs PM Peak - 24242 PCU Hrs Not Quantified 639,477 per weekday Not Quantified Not Quantified Not Quantified Not Quantified Not Quantified With Scheme Annual number of passenger trips 317,500 564,300 Average trip distance (km) No Change (the service is 2 km each way) Average wait time (mins) See comment Average fare per trip (£) No Change (£1.05) The reduction in car driver trips is derived from the Plymouth SATURN model using evidence from the sustainable travel towns as detailed in 'Economic Impact of Decongestion Benefits from PTP' of Section B3 of the bid document. The numbers provided are for the whole Plymouth model area, but the reduction in car driver trips will come solely from the area in which the 2015/16 PTP will be targeted. Based on 2011 census journey to work trips for the wards in which PTP will be applied, the trip reduction calculations are equivalent to a 6% reduction in car driver trips. As a result of the proposal there will be an increase in non-car trips but the actual number of person trips have not been quantified and some of the trips by non-car mode, after PTP interventions, will be transferred from car, others will be new trips. Reference to supporting information (e.g. section of Economic Assessment Report). New bus patronage during the day has been calculated using an elasticity factor relating to the increased frequency of -0.4 and allowing an uplift to account for improved service quality and reliability. Evening patronage has been calculated using the Travel Plan for the Royal William Yard which gives trip rates and mode split information for the development. Comment on wait time: It is intended this will be a standalone service and therefore interchanges from other services terminating in the City Centre will be required. However, the increased frequency and reliability due to the shorter overall journey distance, compared to the current route, should offset any increase in passenger waiting times. Average in-vehicle time (mins) 12 Minutes (average of inbound and outbound journey times between Royal William Yard and the City Centre). 9 Minutes (an increased frequency will require a significant reduction in bus dwell time) Description of your intervention Provision of new quality bus service from the City Centre to the Royal William Yard at up to a 15-minute frequency, 7-days per week. It is intended the service will operate between 0740 and 2330 to replace an existing service which is an extension of a current service that operates half hourly from 0800 to around 1830 at the latest 7-days per week Local Sustainable Transport Fund 15/16 Revenue Application Form: Appendix F Appendix F Project plan In support of Section B5 of the bid ID Task Name Start 1 2 Personalised Travel Planning Finish Resource Requirement Mon 01/09/14 Wed 01/04/15 Tue 19/01/16 Fri 29/05/15 Mon 01/06/15 Mon 01/06/15 Fri 05/06/15 Fri 30/10/15 Mon 01/09/14 Wed 01/04/15 Fri 31/10/14 Fri 29/05/15 PCC project team PTP monitoring partner 5 6 PTP delivery: Recruitment of PTP team through partner recruitment agency PTP delivery: Training week PTP delivery: residential, event and business elements Procurment: PTP monitoring partners Monitoring: Pre-PTP quantitative surveys 7 Monitoring: Post-PTP quantitative surveys Mon 23/11/15 Tue 19/01/16 PTP monitoring partner 8 9 10 Monitoring: Quality assurance Procurement: PTP incentives supplier Publicity/ promotion: Area wide publicity campaign Mon 08/06/15 Thu 01/01/15 Fri 01/05/15 Tue 20/10/15 Fri 20/11/15 Fri 13/11/15 PTP monitoring partner PCC project team PCC project team PCC project team 3 4 11 12 Mon 01/09/14 Mon 01/09/14 Thu 31/03/16 Fri 31/10/14 13 14 Procurement: Contract extension with CTC (current adult cycle training partners for Plymouth Connect) Delivery: Adult cycle training Delivery: Bike Workshop Wed 01/04/15 Fri 10/04/15 Thu 31/03/16 Fri 10/04/15 15 Delivery: Bike Workshop Wed 13/05/15 Wed 13/05/15 16 Delivery: Bike Workshop Wed 10/06/15 Wed 10/06/15 17 Delivery: Bike Workshop Fri 10/07/15 Fri 10/07/15 18 Delivery: Bike Workshop Mon 10/08/15 Mon 10/08/15 19 Delivery: Bike Workshop Thu 10/09/15 Thu 10/09/15 20 Delivery: Bike Workshop Fri 09/10/15 Fri 09/10/15 21 Delivery: Bike Workshop Tue 10/11/15 Tue 10/11/15 22 Delivery: Bike Workshop Thu 10/12/15 Thu 10/12/15 23 Delivery: Bike Workshop Fri 08/01/16 Fri 08/01/16 24 Delivery: Bike Workshop Wed 10/02/16 Wed 10/02/16 25 Delivery: Bike Workshop Thu 10/03/16 Thu 10/03/16 26 27 Delivery: Bike Checks Delivery: Subsidised bike maintenance courses Delivery: Subsidised bike maintenance courses Delivery: Subsidised bike maintenance courses Delivery: Subsidised bike maintenance courses Publicity campaign Wed 01/04/15 Wed 15/04/15 Thu 31/03/16 Wed 15/04/15 Wed 15/07/15 Wed 15/07/15 Thu 15/10/15 Thu 15/10/15 Fri 13/02/15 Fri 13/02/15 Tue 31/03/15 Mon 29/02/16 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Adult Cycle Training 2014 2015 2016 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May PCC partner recruitment agency CTC project partner CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner and BikeSpace CTC project partner and BikeSpace PCC Project team, CTC project partner and PTP team CTC project partner 10/04 13/05 10/06 10/07 10/08 10/09 10/11 10/12 10/02 10/03 15/04 15/07 15/10 Wed 01/04/15 Wed 30/03/16 Mon 01/09/14 Fri 29/07/16 Procurement: Contract extension with sustrans (current Bike It Plus delivery partner) Mon 01/09/14 Fri 31/10/14 PCC project team Delivery: Initial contact with participating schools Fri 01/05/15 Fri 29/05/15 Sutrans Bike It Plus Officer Delivery: Intensive engagement with the schools Tue 01/09/15 Fri 29/07/16 Sutrans Bike It Plus officer Tue 01/09/15 Monitoring Fri 29/07/16 Monitoring: Hands up survey (start of the programme) Tue 01/09/15 Wed 30/09/15 Sutrans Bike It Plus officer Monitoring: Hands up survey (end of the programme) Fri 01/07/16 Fri 29/07/16 Sutrans Bike It Plus officer Monitoring Bike It Plus Project: Plymotion Project Plan Date: Mon 31/03/14 Task Rolled Up Progress Inactive Task Manual Summary Rollup Milestone Split Inactive Milestone Manual Summary Summary External Tasks Inactive Summary Start-only Rolled Up Task Project Summary Manual Task Finish-only Rolled Up Milestone Group By Summary Duration-only Progress Page 1 Deadline ID Task Name 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Sky Ride 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 Start Finish Resource Requirement 2014 2015 2016 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Wed 30/12/15 Thu 01/05/14 Procurement: Contract extension with Sky and British Sky31/10/14 Ride delivery partners) Mon Cycling 01/09/14(current Fri PCC project team Delivery: Mass participation event: Event planningThu & organisation 01/01/15 Thu 30/04/15 PCC project team Delivery: Mass participation event held - May 2015Thu 01/05/14 Thu 01/05/14 PCC project team Delivery: Sky Ride Local Mon 01/06/15 Fri 30/10/15 PCC project team Delivery: Sky Ride Breeze Mon 01/06/15 Fri 30/10/15 PCC project team Wed 01/04/15 Publicity campaign Fri 30/10/15 PCC project team, British Cycling and PTP team Wed 30/12/15 Monitoring Fri 01/05/15 PCC project team and British Cycling Wed 01/10/14 Fri 31/03/17 Bus Service Wed 01/10/14 Wed 31/12/14 PCC Project Team Procurement: OJEU tender Tue 31/03/15 PCC Project Team and Delivery: Mobilisation Thu 01/01/15 successful tenderer Wed 01/04/15 Wed 01/04/15 Delivery: Service commencement Wed 01/04/15 Delivery: Service delivery Fri 31/03/17 S106 funding drawn down Mon 02/03/15 Mon 02/03/15 PCC project team Wed 01/04/15 Publicity campaign Fri 31/03/17 PCC project team, successful bus company and PCC PTP team Wed 01/04/15 Monitoring Fri 31/03/17 PCC project team and successful bus company Project: Plymotion Project Plan Date: Mon 31/03/14 Task Rolled Up Progress Inactive Task Manual Summary Rollup Milestone Split Inactive Milestone Manual Summary Summary External Tasks Inactive Summary Start-only Rolled Up Task Project Summary Manual Task Finish-only Rolled Up Milestone Group By Summary Duration-only Progress Page 2 Deadline Local Sustainable Transport Fund 15/16 Revenue Application Form: Appendix G Appendix G In support of Section B10 of the bid Joint letter from the Council’s Section 151 Officer and Head of Procurement confirming that a procurement strategy is in place that is legally compliant and is likely to achieve the best value for money outcome.