This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 998

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 998P - Rochdale Key
Centre

• This PowerPoint presentation has been created to
  accompany GMTU Report 998 GMATS Rochdale Key
  Centre report
• Whereas report 998 presents detailed tabulations,
  this presentation has been designed to provide a
  summary of the main aspects of the data

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 998P Rochdale Key
Centre

• The presentation has been designed so that it can
  be used independently of GMTU Report 998 for
  those who want an overview of the traffic
  movements around Rochdale but do not wish to see
  the detailed tabulations
• GMTU Reports 998 998P are part of a series of
  reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS
  surveys

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Rochdale Key Centre

• Travellers leaving Rochdale Key Centre by car
  bus were asked about their journeys as they
  crossed a cordon around the centre
• Rail passengers boarding at Rochdale 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

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Rochdale Key Centre Definition

• 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

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Visitors to the Key Centre How many visited the
key centre and how did they travel?

• Nearly 22,000 were in the Key Centre between
  0700 1900
• 78 used car
• 22 used bus
• Only 0.1 by rail

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Visitors to the Key Centre What were they doing
there?

• 41 were shopping
• 33 were at work

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Visitors to the Key Centre What were they doing
there?

• Car dominated most activities
• 83 work
• 67 shopping
• 77 leisure
• 98 Business visits
• over 85 for all other purposes

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Visitors to the Key Centre Where did they go
after their visit?

• 75 of car 76 of bus trips ended within
  Rochdale borough
• Only 9 of car trips and 11 of bus trips ended
  outside Greater Manchester
• In contrast, 44 of rail trips ended outside GM
  and only 9 within Rochdale borough

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Visitors to the Key Centre How did their
destination vary with their activity?

• For most activities at least 65 ended their trip
  in the borough
• 22 of workers finished their journeys in the
  rest of Greater Manchester and 11 outside the
  county

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Visitors to the Key Centre How far did they
travel? Car and bus users only

• For most activities, car trips were only slightly
  longer on average than bus trips
• Bus trips averaged around 5km for all activities
• On average car trips were considerably longer for
  workers (9km) and business visits (11km)

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Visitors to the Key Centre How did bus users get
to their Key Centre bus stop?

• 95 walked
• 4 interchanged from another bus

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Visitors to the Key Centre What was the average
occupancy of visitors cars?

• On average each car carried 1.46 people
• Occupancy varied widely with activity in the
  Centre
• Work 1.22
• Shopping 1.72
• Education 1.80
• Social/leisure 1.58
• 81 of workers travelled alone

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Visitors to the Key Centre Where did they park?

• For most activities in the centre more people
  parked off-street than on-street
• Only 19 parked on-street
• 85 of shoppers and 87 of workers parked
  off-street

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Visitors to the Key Centre What percentage of car
drivers paid to park?

• 52 of those parking off-street paid to park
  compared to only 10 who park on-street
• Only 35 of workers pay to park compared to 67
  of shoppers

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Commercial Vehicles leaving the Key Centre Where
are they going?

• 76 of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre
  were Light Goods vehicles (LGVs)
• 73 of LGVs had journeys which finished within
  Rochdale
• Only 4 of commercial vehicles leaving the Key
  Centre were HGVs, but 56 of these journeys
  finished within the rest of Greater Manchester

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Commercial Vehicles What were they doing in the
Key Centre?

• 52 of all commercial vehicles were collecting or
  delivering goods in the Key Centre
• 42 of LGVs were on other business use and 7
  were on personal business trips

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Commercial Vehicles How far did they travel?

• The average distance for all goods vehicles was
  10 km
• HGVs travelled 38 km on average compared to 6 km
  for LGVs and 21 km for MGVs

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Visitors to the Key Centre What did they do at
their destination?

• 70 of all trips leaving the Key Centre were
  going home
• The next main activities were business visits 7
  and going to work 6

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Visitors to the Key Centre Where did they go/for
what purpose?

• 75 of trips finished in Rochdale. This did not
  vary much for different destination activities
• 15 of people going home lived in the rest of
  Greater Manchester and 10 outside

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All trips passing through the survey cordon

• 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 Rochdale Station or require an
  interchange at Rochdale Station are included i.e.
  passengers on trains such as the Littleborough to
  Manchester service were not surveyed unless they
  changed trains or started at Rochdale

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All trips passing through the survey cordon How
and where were they travelling?

• 89 of all trips crossing the cordon were made by
  car, 10 by bus and 1 by rail
• 74 of car trips and 75 bus trips finished
  within Rochdale
• 53 of rail trips finished at Manchester

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All trips passing through the survey cordon What
was their purpose?

• 29 of all trips were either Home to Work or
  Work to Home trips
• Home to Shopping and Shopping to Home
  accounted for another 17 of trips
• 21 Home to Employers Business ended outside
  Greater Manchester

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All trips passing through the survey cordon How
far were they travelling?

• The average distance travelled for cars was 9 Km,
  for buses 6 Km and for Rail 22 Km
• The longest distances for all modes were Home to
  employers business (18 Km) and Employers
  business to home (18 Km)
• Home to work trips were 11 Km by car, 7 Km by
  bus and 17 Km by rail. The return directions were
  slightly shorter

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Bus trips passing through the survey cordon How
did people get to their destination from the bus?

• 96 of people walked from the alighting bus stop
• 4 caught another bus
• This is similar for all journey purposes

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Bus trips passing through the survey cordon What
was their average occupancy?

• On average there were 11 people per bus crossing
  the cordon between 0700 and 1900
• This varied from an average occupancy of 8 during
  the morning peak (0700 to 0930) and 10 during
  the inter-peak (0930 to 1530) to 15 in the
  evening peak (1530 to 1830)

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Rail trips passing through the survey cordon How
did people get to their destination from the
train?

• 57 walked from their alighting station
• 15 caught a bus
• 13 caught a tram
• 8 caught another train
• Other modes were car - picked up (2) and cycle
  (1)

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Car trips passing through the survey cordon What
was their average occupancy?

• On average each car had 1.48 occupants
• Occupancy varied very little during the day
• 70 of cars had no passengers in the morning peak

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Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey
cordon Where are they going?

• 62 of all goods vehicle journeys through the
  cordon finish in Rochdale
• 66 of LGVs and 53 of MGVs finish their journey
  in Rochdale
• 42 of lorries with 3 or more axles finish their
  journeys outside Greater Manchester

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Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey
cordon What were they doing in the Key Centre?

• 34 of all goods vehicle crossing the cordon were
  being used to move goods
• In the case of lorries this rises to over 77
• 44 of LGVs were being used for business use and
  8 for personal use

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GMATS Surveys 2002

• For further information on the Rochdale Key
  Centre surveys or any other GMATS surveys please
  contact
• John Wharf 0161 455 2052
• Peter Bearon 0161 455 2062