1. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 1 This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 997 – GMATS Oldham Key Centre report Whereas report 997 presents detailed tabulations, this presentation has been designed to provide a summary of the main aspects of the data GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 997P - Oldham Key Centre

2. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 2 The presentation has been designed so that it can be used independently of GMTU Report 997 for those who want an overview of the traffic movements around Oldham but do not wish to see the detailed tabulations GMTU Reports 997 & 997P are part of a series of reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS surveys GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 997P - Oldham Key Centre

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

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5. 5 Note that the GMATS survey points lie outside the ring road. 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 the ring road This latter cordon defines the Key Centre used in this analysis Oldham Key Centre Definition

6. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 6 Over 31,000 were in the Key Centre between 07:00 & 19:00 83% used car 17% used bus Less than 1% used train Visitors to the Key Centre How may visited the key centre and how did they travel?

7. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 7 36% were shopping 33% were at work Visitors to the Key Centre What were they doing there?

8. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 8 Car dominated all activities –82% education –84% work –75% shopping –87% leisure –95% business –88% personal Visitors to the Key Centre What were they doing there?

9. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 9 78% of car & 79% of bus trips ended within Oldham borough Only 5% of car trips and 1% of bus trips ended outside Greater Manchester In contrast, 20% of rail trips ended outside GM and only 13% within Oldham borough Visitors to the Key Centre Where did they go after their visit?

10. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 10 For all activities more than 75% ended their trip in the borough Those visiting educational establishments (92%) were most likely to and business visitors (64%) least likely to remain in the borough Business visitors (12%) were most likely to travel outside GM, followed by workers (6%) Visitors to the Key Centre How did their destination vary with their activity?

11. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 11 For most activities, car trips were longer on average than bus trips Bus trips averaged around 4km for all activities and car 6km ON average car trips were significantly longer than bus trips for workers (7.4km), business visits (12.5km) and leisure (9.2km) Visitors to the Key Centre How far did they travel? Car and bus users only

12. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 12 95% walked 4.5% interchanged from another bus Visitors to the Key Centre How did bus users get to their Key Centre bus stop?

13. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 13 On average each car carried 1.51 people Occupancy varied widely with activity in the Centre: –Work 1.24 –Shopping 1.81 –Education 1.77 –Social/leisure 1.73 80% of drivers leaving work and 81% of those on business travelled alone Visitors to the Key Centre What was the average occupancy of visitors’ cars?

14. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 14 For all activities in the centre more people parked off- street than on-street Only 19% parked on-street 83% of shoppers and 91% of workers parked off-street Visitors to the Key Centre Where did they park?

15. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 15 49% of those parking off-street paid to park compared to only 28% who park on- street 32% of workers pay to park compared to 72% of shoppers Visitors to the Key Centre What percentage of car drivers paid to park?

16. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 16 78% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were Light Goods vehicles (LGVs) 66% of all Goods Vehicles had journeys which finished within Oldham and 8% outside GM Only 3% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were HGVs Commercial Vehicles leaving the Key Centre Where are they going?

17. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 17 51% of commercial vehicles were collecting or delivering goods in the Key Centre Commercial Vehicles What were they doing in the Key Centre?

18. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 18 The average distance for all goods vehicles was 7.4 km HGVs travelled 8.2 km on average compared to 5.4 km for LGVs and 15.9 km for MGVs Commercial Vehicles How far did they travel?

19. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 19 68% of all trips leaving the Key Centre were going home The next main activities were going shopping 6% and business visits 6% Visitors to the Key Centre What did they do at their destination?

20. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 20 78% of trips finished in Oldham. This did not change a lot for different destination activities 20% of people going home finished in the rest of Greater Manchester and 5% outside Visitors to the Key Centre Where did they go/for what purpose?

21. Oldham 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 start at Oldham Mumps Station were surveyed and not those passing straight through All trips passing through the survey cordon

22. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 22 87% of all trips crossing the cordon were made by car, 13% by bus and only 0.3% by rail 74% of car and 68% of bus trips finished within Oldham Only 8% of rail trips finished inside Oldham and 10% finished outside Greater Manchester All trips passing through the survey cordon How and where were they travelling?

23. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 23 30% of all trips were either ‘Home to Work’ or ‘Work to Home’ trips ‘Home to Shopping’ and ‘Shopping to Home’ accounted for another 14% of trips 5% of ‘Home to Employers Business’ and 5% ‘Home to Work’ ended outside Greater Manchester All trips passing through the survey cordon What was their purpose?

24. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 24 The average distance travelled for cars was 10km, for buses 6km and for Rail 21km The longest distances for all modes were ‘Home to employers business’ (27km) and ‘Employers business to home’ (26km) ‘Home to work’ trips were 12km by car, 8km by bus and 13km by rail. The return directions were similar except rail at 30km All trips passing through the survey cordon How far were they travelling?

25. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 25 96% 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?

26. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 26 On average there were 13 people per bus crossing the cordon between 07:00 and 19:00 This varied from an average occupancy of 9 during the morning peak (07:00 to 09:30) and 12 during the inter-peak (09:30 to 15:30) to 20 in the evening peak (15:30 to 18:30) Bus trips passing through the survey cordon What was their average occupancy?

27. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 27 72% walked from their alighting station 13% caught another train Other modes were bus (2%), tram (8%), car - picked up (4%) and cycle (2%) Rail trips passing through the survey cordon How did people get to their destination from the train?

28. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 28 On average each car had 1.47 occupants Occupancy was lowest in the morning peak with an average occupancy of only 1.34 75% of cars had no passengers in the morning peak Car trips passing through the survey cordon What was their average occupancy?

29. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 29 69% of all goods vehicle journeys through the cordon finish in Oldham For LGVs 70% and MGVs 66% finish their journey in Oldham 19% of lorries with 3 or more axles finish their journeys outside Greater Manchester compared to 6% of LGVs and 9% of MGVs Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordon Where are they going?

30. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 30 39% of all goods vehicle crossing the cordon were being used to move goods In the case of lorries this rises to over 82% 42% of LGVs were being used for business use and 10% for personal use Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordon What were they doing in the Key Centre?

31. Oldham Key Centre Analysis 31 For further information on the Oldham Key Centre surveys or any other GMATS surveys please contact: John Wharf0161 455 2052 Peter Bearon0161 455 2062 GMATS Surveys 2002