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GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 1001P - Wigan Key
Centre

• 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

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 1001P - Wigan Key
Centre

• 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

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Wigan Key Centre

• 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

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Wigan Key Centre Definition

• 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

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

• Nearly 27,000 were in the Key Centre between
  0700 1900
• 69 used car
• 29 used bus
• only 2 used train

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Visitors to the Key Centre What were they doing
there?

• 44 were shopping
• 28 were at work

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Visitors to the Key Centre What were they doing
there?

• Car dominated all activities with the exception
  of education
• 37 education
• 94 business
• 87 personal
• 82 work
• 72 leisure
• 51 shopping

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

• 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

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

• 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

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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 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)

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

• 92 walked
• 7 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 1.45 people
• Occupancy varied widely with activity in the
  Centre
• Work 1.19
• Shopping 1.75
• Education 2.01
• Social/leisure 1.43
• 84 of drivers leaving work and 88 of drivers on
  business visits 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 15 parked on-street
• 85 of shoppers and 91 of workers parked
  off-street

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

• 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

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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)
• 72 of LGVs had journeys which finished within
  Wigan
• No commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre
  were HGVs

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Commercial Vehicles What were they doing in the
Key Centre?

• 20 of all commercial vehicles were collecting or
  delivering goods
• 53 of LGVs were on other business in the Key
  Centre

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Commercial Vehicles How far did they travel?

• The average distance for all goods vehicles was 7
  km
• MGVs travelled 12 km on average compared to 7 km
  for LGVs

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

• 75 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?

• 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

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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 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

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

• 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

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

• 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

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

• 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

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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
• 3 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 5 during
  the morning peak (0700 to 0930) and 11 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?

• 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

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

• On average each car had 1.42 occupants
• Occupancy was lowest in the morning peak with an
  average occupancy of 1.30
• 78 of cars had no passengers in the morning peak

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

• 77 of commercial vehicles crossing the cordon
  were LGVs
• 70 of all goods vehicle journeys finished in
  Wigan

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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 85
• 40 of LGVs were being used for business use and
  17 for personal use

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GMATS Surveys 2002

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