Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 1 This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 996 – GMATS Manchester Regional Key Centre report Whereas report 996 presents detailed tabulations, this presentation has been designed to provide a summary of the main aspects of the data GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 996P – Manchester Regional Key Centre

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 2 The presentation has been designed so that it can be used independently of GMTU Report 996 for those who want an overview of the traffic movements around Trafford but do not wish to see the detailed tabulations GMTU Reports 996 & 996P are part of a series of reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS surveys GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 996P – Manchester Regional Key Centre

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 3 Travellers leaving Manchester Regional Key Centre by car & bus were asked about their journeys as they crossed a cordon around the centre Passengers boarding at the 5 central rail stations and the central zone Metrolink 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 Manchester Regional Key Centre

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5 Note that the GMATS survey points lie outside the Inner Relief Road - this was to ease the collecting of the data and maximise the use of the data for traffic model purposes The Key Centre monitoring points for the LTP lie inside the survey cordon This latter cordon extends to cover part of Salford and defines the Regional Key Centre used in this analysis Manchester Regional Key Centre Definition

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 6 Almost 162,000 were in the Regional Key Centre between 07:00 & 19:00 59% used car 24% used bus 11% used train 7% used Metrolink Visitors to the Regional Key Centre How may visited the key centre and how did they travel?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 7 55% were at work 13% were shopping Visitors to the Regional Key Centre What were they doing there?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 8 With the exception of education where Bus accounted for 58% of trips, car dominated all activities –56% work –46% shopping –47% leisure –79% business –69% personal Visitors to the Regional Key Centre What were they doing there?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 9 23% of car, 49% of bus trips ended within the district of Manchester 24% of car trips, 1% of bus trips and 9% of Metrolink trips ended outside Greater Manchester compared to 52% of rail trips 53% of car, 50% of bus, 45% of rail and 78% of Metrolink ended within the rest of Greater Manchester Visitors to the Regional Key Centre Where did they go after their visit?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 10 26% of all trips ended in Manchester and 53% in the rest of GM For workers 20% of trips ended within Manchester and 59% in the rest of GM Those who had been at a place of education were most likely to finish their journeys within Manchester (52%) Visitors to the Regional Key Centre How did their destination vary with their activity?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 11 Car trips averaged 19km, bus trips 7km and Metrolink 12km On average car trips were longer than bus or Metrolink trips for all purposes Visitors to the Regional Key Centre How far did they travel? Car, bus and Metrolink users only

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 12 96% walked 3% interchanged from another bus Visitors to the Regional Key Centre How did bus users get to their key Centre bus stop?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 13 On average each car carried 1.41 people Occupancy varied widely with activity in the Centre: –Work 1.32 –Shopping 1.77 –Education 1.36 –Social/leisure % of drivers leaving work and 78% of those on business travelled alone Visitors to the Regional Key Centre What was the average occupancy of visitors’ cars?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 14 For all activities other than escort trips, more people parked off-street than on-street Only18% parked on- street 77% of shoppers and 91% of workers parked off-street Visitors to the Regional Key Centre Where did they park?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 15 50% of those parking off-street paid to park compared to only 33% who park on- street 44% of workers pay to park compared to 75% of shoppers Visitors to the Regional Key Centre What percentage of car drivers paid to park?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 16 77% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were Light Goods vehicles (LGVs) 21% of all Goods Vehicles had journeys which finished within Manchester and 22% outside GM Only 4% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were HGVs Commercial Vehicles leaving the Regional Key Centre Where are they going?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 17 49% of all commercial vehicles were collecting or delivering goods in the Key Centre This rose to 70% for MGVs and 79% for HGVs Commercial Vehicles What were they doing in the Key Centre?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 18 The average distance for all goods vehicles was 17.7 km HGVs travelled 31.3 km on average compared to 16.3 km for LGVs and 20.4 km for MGVs Commercial Vehicles How far did they travel?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 19 73% of all trips leaving the Key Centre were going home The next main activities were going to work 8% and business visits 7% Visitors to the Regional Key Centre What did they do at their destination?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 20 26% of trips finished in Manchester district 55% of people going home finished in the rest of Greater Manchester and 21% outside Visitors to the Regional Key Centre Where did they go/for what purpose?

Manchester Regional 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 and Metrolink, only those trips which either start at one of the central stations or require an interchange at one of these stations are included, e.g. passengers travelling on trains from Sheffield to Liverpool were not surveyed unless they interchanged within the regional centre All trips passing through the survey cordon

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 22 65% of all trips crossing the cordon were made by car, 21% by bus, 9% by rail and 5% by Metrolink 64% of car, 32% of bus and 3% of Metrolink trips finished within Manchester district 32% of rail trips finished outside Greater Manchester All trips passing through the survey cordon How and where were they travelling?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 23 40% of all trips were either ‘Home to Work’ or ‘Work to Home’ trips ‘Home to Shopping’ and ‘Shopping to Home’ accounted for another 7% of trips 43% of ‘Employer’s Business to Home’ and 31% ‘Home to Employer’s Business’ trips ended outside the county All trips passing through the survey cordon What was their purpose?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 24 The average distance travelled for cars was 17 Km, for buses 8 Km, Metrolink 20 km and for Rail 59 Km The longest average distances for all modes were ‘Home to employers business’ (56 Km) and ‘Employers business to home’ (55 Km) ‘Home to work’ trips averaged 17 Km by car, 11 Km by bus,17 Km by Metrolink and 41 Km by rail All trips passing through the survey cordon How far were they travelling?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 25 95% of people walked from the alighting bus stop 3% caught another bus Bus trips passing through the survey cordon How did people get to their destination from the bus?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 26 On average there were 18 people per bus crossing the cordon between 07:00 and 19:00 This varied from an average occupancy of 9 during the morning peak to 36 in the evening peak (15:30 to 18:30) Bus trips passing through the survey cordon What was their average occupancy?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 27 48% walked from their alighting station 20% drove and 11% were picked up Other modes were bus (9%), taxi (5%), another train (4%) and cycle (1%) Rail trips passing through the survey cordon How did people get to their destination from the train?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 28 62% walked from their alighting station 13% drove and 4% were picked up Other modes were bus (8%), train (13%) and taxi (1%) Metrolink trips passing through the survey cordon How did people get to their destination from the tram?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 29 On average each car had 1.38 occupants Occupancy was lowest in the morning peak with an average occupancy of only % of cars had no passengers in the morning peak Car trips passing through the survey cordon What was their average occupancy?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 30 75% of all goods vehicle trips through the cordon were made by LGVs 39% of all goods vehicle journeys finished in Manchester and only 15% outside the county Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordon Where are they going?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 31 33% of all goods vehicle crossing the cordon were being used to move goods In the case of HGVs this rose to over 81% 51% of LGVs were being used for business use and 7% for personal use Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordon What were they doing in the Key Centre?

Manchester Regional Key Centre Analysis 32 For further information on the Manchester Regional Key Centre surveys or any other GMATS surveys please contact: John Wharf Peter Bearon GMATS Surveys 2002