This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 1000 GMATS Trafford Key Centr

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 1000P - Trafford Key
Centre

• This PowerPoint presentation has been created to
  accompany GMTU Report 1000 GMATS Trafford Key
  Centre report
• Whereas report 1000 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 1000P - Trafford Key
Centre

• The presentation has been designed so that it can
  be used independently of GMTU Report 1000 for
  those who want an overview of the traffic
  movements around Trafford but do not wish to see
  the detailed tabulations
• GMTU Reports 1000 1000P are part of a series of
  reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS
  surveys

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Trafford Key Centre

• Travellers leaving Trafford Key Centre
  (Altrincham centre) by car bus were asked about
  their journeys as they crossed a cordon around
  the centre
• Passengers boarding at Altrincham and Navigation
  Road rail and 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

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Trafford Key Centre Definition

• The GMATS interview survey points lie
  considerably outside Altrincham centre especially
  to the west and south. The reason for this was to
  maximise the the usefulness of the data,
  particularly in developing traffic models
• This does mean that some trips that leave the
  centre, will destinate between the key centre
  boundary and the interview cordon and will not be
  observed
• Caution must therefore be exercised in
  interpreting trips from the key centre, as
  shorter trips will be under-recorded

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

• Over 10,000 were in the Key Centre between 0700
  1900
• 79 used car
• 11 used bus
• 9 used Metrolink
• 1 used train

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Visitors to the Key Centre What were they doing
there?

• 34 were at work
• 33 were shopping

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Visitors to the Key Centre What were they doing
there?

• Car dominated all activities
• 75 work
• 70 shopping
• 94 business
• 90 personal
• 86 leisure

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

• 51 of car 66 of bus trips and 77 of
  Metrolink trips ended within Trafford borough
• 26 of car trips ended outside Greater Manchester
  compared to only 6 of bus trips and 1 of
  Metrolink trips
• In contrast, 64 of rail trips ended outside GM
  and none within Trafford borough

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

• 59 of shoppers and 45 of workers ended their
  journey within the borough
• Workers (25) were most likely to travel outside
  GM, followed by business visitors (24)

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

• For most activities, car trips were longer on
  average than bus trips or Metrolink trips
• On average trips by car (11km) and Metrolink
  (9km) were considerably longer than by bus (4.5km)

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

• 89 walked
• 9 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 1.31 people
• Occupancy varied widely with activity in the
  centre
• Work 1.12
• Shopping 1.46
• Social/leisure 1.51
• 91 of drivers leaving work and 88 of those on
  business travelled alone

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Visitors to the Key Centre Where did they park?

• For all activities in the centre more people
  parked off-street than on-street
• Only 27 parked on-street
• 81 of shoppers and 80 of business visitors
  parked off-street

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

• 36 of those parking off-street paid to park
  compared to only 21 who park on-street
• Only 11 of workers pay to park compared to 59
  of shoppers

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Commercial Vehicles leaving the Key Centre Where
are they going?

• 91 of commercial vehicles leaving the key centre
  were light goods vehicles (LGVs)
• 35 of all goods vehicles had journeys which
  finished within Trafford and 17 outside GM
• Only 6 of commercial vehicles leaving the key
  centre were HGVs

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Commercial Vehicles What were they doing in the
Key Centre?

• Only 19 of commercial vehicles were collecting
  or delivering goods in the key centre

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Commercial Vehicles How far did they travel?

• The average distance for all goods vehicles was
  14.7 km
• HGVs travelled 90.8 km on average compared to 9.5
  km for LGVs and 18 km for MGVs

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

• 73 of all trips leaving the key centre were
  going home
• The next main activities were going shopping 7
  and business visits 6

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

• 54 of trips finished in Trafford
• 21 of people going home finished in the rest of
  Greater Manchester and 23 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 car, bus and Metrolink, all trips
  crossing the survey cordon are included
• In the case of rail, only those trips which
  either start at Altrincham or Navigation Road
  Stations are included. Passengers on trains
  passing through the centre (for example from
  Knutsford to Stockport) were not surveyed

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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, 5 by bus, 5 by Metrolink and only 1 by
  rail
• 53 of car, 67 of bus and 45 of Metrolink trips
  finished within Trafford
• 68 of rail trips finished outside Greater
  Manchester and 25 in Stockport

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

• 35 of all trips were either Home to Work or
  Work to Home trips
• Home to Shopping and Shopping to Home
  accounted for another 11 of trips
• 44 of Employers Business to Home and 33
  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 by cars was 19 Km,
  buses 7 Km, Metrolink 13 km and Rail 22 Km
• Home to employers business had the longest
  average distance (51Km)
• Home to work trips were 18 Km by car, 8 Km by
  bus,14 Km by Metrolink and 16 Km by rail

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

• 93 of people walked from the alighting bus stop
• 6 caught another bus
• The percentage walking from the bus stop rises to
  98 for home to education trips

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

• On average there were 8 people per bus crossing
  the cordon between 0700 and 1900
• This varied from an average occupancy of 5 during
  the morning peak (0700 to 0930) and 7 during
  the inter-peak (0930 to 1530) to 13 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?

• 58 walked from their alighting station
• 13 caught a bus, 11 were picked up, 8 caught
  another train and 6 drove themselves

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

• 85 walked from their alighting station
• 7 caught a bus

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

• On average each car had 1.36 occupants
• Occupancy was lowest in the morning peak with an
  average occupancy of only 1.27
• 81 of cars had no passengers in the morning peak

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

• 44 of all goods vehicle journeys through the
  cordon finish in Trafford
• For LGVs 46 and MGVs 43 finish their journey in
  Trafford
• 48 of lorries with 4 or more axles finish their
  journeys outside Greater Manchester compared to
  31 of LGVs and 42 of MGVs

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

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

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GMATS Surveys 2002

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