Wigan Key Centre Analysis 1 This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 1001 – GMATS Wigan Key Centre report Whereas report 1001 presents detailed tabulations with little commentary, this presentation has been designed to provide the commentary about the data GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 1001P - Wigan Key Centre

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 2 The presentation has been designed so that it can be used independently of GMTU Report 1001 for those who want an overview of the traffic movements around Wigan but do not wish to see the detailed tabulations GMTU Reports 1001 & 1001P are part of a series of reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS surveys GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 1001P - Wigan Key Centre

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 3 Travellers leaving Wigan Key Centre by car & bus were asked about their journeys as they crossed a cordon around the centre Rail passengers boarding at both Wigan stations were also interviewed This presentation gives an overview of the findings from those surveys It considers first people who had visited the Centre, then those travelling through GMATS Surveys 2002 Wigan Key Centre

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5 Note that the GMATS survey points lie outside the centre. The reason for this was to maximise the usefulness of the data, particularly in developing traffic models The Key Centre monitoring points for the LTP lie inside a cordon defined by the railway line to the south and west, the A49 to the east and B5375/Frog Lane to the north This latter cordon defines the Key Centre used in this analysis Wigan Key Centre Definition

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 6 Nearly 27,000 were in the Key Centre between 07:00 & 19:00 69% used car 29% used bus only 2% used train Visitors to the Key Centre How many visited the key centre and how did they travel?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 7 44% were shopping 28% were at work Visitors to the Key Centre What were they doing there?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 8 Car dominated all activities with the exception of education –37% education –94% business –87% personal –82% work –72% leisure –51% shopping Visitors to the Key Centre What were they doing there?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 9 79% of car & 88% of bus trips ended within Wigan borough 17% of car trips and 9% of bus trips ended outside Greater Manchester In contrast, 51% of rail trips ended outside GM and only 21% within Wigan borough Visitors to the Key Centre Where did they go after their visit?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 10 For all activities more than 80% ended their trip in the borough 87% of shoppers and 73% of workers finished their trips within Wigan 31% of business visitors finished outside the borough Visitors to the Key Centre How did their destination vary with their activity?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 11 For most activities, car trips were longer on average than bus trips Car trips averaged 7km and bus trips averaged around 4km for all activities Workers travelled twice as far by car (8km) as by bus (4km) Visitors to the Key Centre How far did they travel? Car and bus users only

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 12 92% walked 7% interchanged from another bus Visitors to the Key Centre How did bus users get to their Key Centre bus stop?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 13 On average each car carried 1.45 people Occupancy varied widely with activity in the Centre: –Work 1.19 –Shopping 1.75 –Education 2.01 –Social/leisure % of drivers leaving work and 88% of drivers on business visits travelled alone Visitors to the Key Centre What was the average occupancy of visitors’ cars?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 14 For all activities in the centre more people parked off- street than on-street Only 15% parked on-street 85% of shoppers and 91% of workers parked off-street Visitors to the Key Centre Where did they park?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 15 29% of those parking off-street paid to park compared to 21% who park on-street Only 14% of workers pay to park compared to 49% of shoppers Visitors to the Key Centre What percentage of car drivers paid to park?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 16 91% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were Light Goods vehicles (LGVs) 72% of LGVs had journeys which finished within Wigan No commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were HGVs Commercial Vehicles leaving the Key Centre Where are they going?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 17 20% of all commercial vehicles were collecting or delivering goods 53% of LGVs were on other business in the Key Centre Commercial Vehicles What were they doing in the Key Centre?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 18 The average distance for all goods vehicles was 7 km MGVs travelled 12 km on average compared to 7 km for LGVs Commercial Vehicles How far did they travel?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 19 75% of all trips leaving the Key Centre were going home The next main activities were going shopping 7% and business visits 6% Visitors to the Key Centre What did they do at their destination?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 20 80% of trips finished in Wigan. This did not vary much for different destination activities 14% of people leaving work finished their journeys is in the rest of Greater Manchester and the 14% outside the county Visitors to the Key Centre Where did they go/for what purpose?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 21 All the previous slides have referred to trips starting in the Key centre. These next slides look at all trips crossing the survey cordon In the case of bus trips, all trips crossing the survey cordon are included In the case of rail, only those trips which either start at Wigan Wallgate and Wigan North Western Stations or require an interchange at either Wigan Station are included i.e. passengers on trains such as the Southport to Manchester route were not surveyed unless they changed trains or started at Wigan All trips passing through the survey cordon

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 22 85% of all trips crossing the cordon were made by car, 12% by bus and 3% by rail 81% of car and 87% of bus trips finished within Wigan 54% of rail trips finished outside Greater Manchester All trips passing through the survey cordon How and where were they travelling?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 23 32% of all trips were either ‘Home to Work’ or ‘Work to Home’ trips ‘Home to Shopping’ and ‘Shopping to Home’ accounted for a further 17% of trips 34% of ‘Employers Business to Home’ and 28% ‘Home to Employers Business’ ended outside Greater Manchester All trips passing through the survey cordon What was their purpose?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 24 The average distance travelled for cars was 9km, for buses 6km and for Rail 57km The longest distances for all modes were ‘Home to employers business’ (44km) and ‘Employers business to home’ (26km) ‘Home to work’ trips were 11km by car, 7km by bus and 27km by rail. The return directions were similar All trips passing through the survey cordon How far were they travelling?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 25 96% of people walked from the alighting bus stop 3% caught another bus This is similar for all journey purposes Bus trips passing through the survey cordon How did people get to their destination from the bus?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 26 On average there were 11 people per bus crossing the cordon between 07:00 and 19:00 This varied from an average occupancy of 5 during the morning peak (07:00 to 09:30) and 11 during the inter-peak (09:30 to 15:30) to 15 in the evening peak (15:30 to 18:30) Bus trips passing through the survey cordon What was their average occupancy?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 27 68% walked from their alighting station 8% caught a bus 6% caught another train 6% caught a taxi Other modes were Car (picked-up) 6%, car - driver 3% Rail trips passing through the survey cordon How did people get to their destination from the train?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 28 On average each car had 1.42 occupants Occupancy was lowest in the morning peak with an average occupancy of % of cars had no passengers in the morning peak Car trips passing through the survey cordon What was their average occupancy?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 29 77% of commercial vehicles crossing the cordon were LGVs 70% of all goods vehicle journeys finished in Wigan Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordon Where are they going?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 30 37% of all goods vehicle crossing the cordon were being used to move goods In the case of lorries this rises to over 85% 40% of LGVs were being used for business use and 17% for personal use Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordon What were they doing in the Key Centre?

Wigan Key Centre Analysis 31 For further information on the Wigan Key Centre surveys or any other GMATS surveys please contact: John Wharf Peter Bearon GMATS Surveys 2002