{"id":5698,"date":"2024-03-28T07:30:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T07:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/?p=5698"},"modified":"2024-04-06T16:52:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T15:52:41","slug":"york-local-transport-strategy-consultation-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/2024\/03\/28\/york-local-transport-strategy-consultation-results\/","title":{"rendered":"York Local Transport Strategy Consultation Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#D06060\">York Local Transport Strategy Consultation Results<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-03-28T07:30:36+00:00\">28 March 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-05-at-11.48.49.png\" alt=\"Map for walking and wheeling improvements\" class=\"wp-image-5083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-05-at-11.48.49.png 796w, https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-05-at-11.48.49-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-05-at-11.48.49-768x474.png 768w, https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-05-at-11.48.49-600x370.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Map for walking and wheeling improvements<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/democracy.york.gov.uk\/documents\/s174352\/Yorks%20new%20Local%20Transport%20Strategy%20Update%20Report.pdf\">York&#8217;s Local Transport Strategy consultation results have been published in brief<\/a>. They show 85% support for improving provision for walking, wheeling and cycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/2023\/12\/06\/york-local-transport-strategy-consultation-open\/\">The consultation<\/a> was open from late 2023 to early 2024, and focused on ten policy areas. These are the results in those policy areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/york-lts-consult-results.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/york-lts-consult-results.png\" alt=\"York Local Transport Strategy consultation results\" class=\"wp-image-5699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/york-lts-consult-results.png 569w, https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/york-lts-consult-results-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">York Local Transport Strategy consultation results<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a reasonably large response to the consultation, with 1,342 online replies and a further 35 on paper. Face to face events were also held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The council&#8217;s update report says that many respondents identified a mismatch between transport provision in York, and what is needed to deliver modal shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8216;Individual modes of transport were seen as having significant problems which would be barriers to their wider adoption &#8211; despite greater use being essential to delivering Climate Change Strategy targets. Cycle routes were seen as insufficiently safe because they were not segregated from other traffic&#8217;.<\/p>\n<cite>para 29 of the city of york&#8217;s update report<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, the council&#8217;s ten visions were overwhelmingly endorsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hypocrisy as York Outer Ring Road Dualling Approved<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite all the warm words about reducing car dependency and prioritising active travel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68616465\">City of York Council has just taken the hypocritical decision to proceed with the \u00a365 million dualling of York Outer Ring Road north<\/a> (from the A19 to the A1036).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The excuse\/justification for this is that it will dissuade through traffic from going via the city centre. There are better ways to achieve this &#8211; for example, closing the city centre to through traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Extra capacity on the outer ring road will induce more traffic. People won&#8217;t just drive round and round the ring road &#8211; they will start and\/or finish their journeys within York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the saying goes, &#8216;don&#8217;t tell me what your priorities are, tell me what you&#8217;re spending your money on and I&#8217;ll tell you what your priorities are&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>65 million reasons say that York&#8217;s priority is still cars, cars, cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>York is supposed to be reducing car miles travelled by 20% by 2030. If you were sincere about doing that, would you start by dualling the ring road?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looked at another way, on the assumption that the council is successful in reducing vehicle traffic by 20% in the next 6 years, would that solve any congestion problems on the ring road without dualling?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comments by Pete Kilbane<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68555167\">Pete Kilbane, the Councillor responsible for transport, said<\/a> that the results show that the people of York want to see changes to how they move around&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8216;The next stage is to fully analyse the results and come back to residents with detailed plans for how to deliver the long-term changes they&#8217;ve asked for&#8217;.<\/p>\n<cite>pete kilbane, executive member for transport<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next Steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers will carry on preparing York&#8217;s Local Transport Strategy, informed by the consultation results. The LTS will sit under a Mayoral Transport Plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other documents to be prepared include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a Bus Service Improvement Plan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a York Local Cycling &amp; Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a Movement and Place Plan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a transport-related Supplementary Planning document<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also some &#8216;quick wins&#8217; which are wishy-washy rather than specific and ambitous &#8211; for example &#8216;explore how we can better incorporate place-making in projects in the existing York&#8230;urban area and villages&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>York Local Transport Strategy Consultation Results York&#8217;s Local Transport Strategy consultation results have been published in brief. They show 85% support for improving provision for walking, wheeling and cycling. 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