This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 994

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 994P - Bury Key Centre

• This PowerPoint presentation has been created to
  accompany GMTU Report 994 GMATS Bury Key Centre
  Report
• Whereas report 994 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 994P - Bury Key Centre

• The presentation has been designed so that it can
  be used independently of GMTU Report 994 for
  those who want an overview of the traffic
  movements around Bury but do not wish to see the
  detailed tabulations
• GMTU Reports 994 994P are part of a series of
  reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS
  surveys

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Bury Key Centre

• Travellers leaving Bury Key Centre by car bus
  were asked about their journeys as they crossed a
  cordon around the centre
• Passengers boarding at Bury Metrolink 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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Bury 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

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

• Nearly 44,000 were in the Key Centre between
  0700 1900
• 75 used car
• 23 used bus
• only 2 used Metrolink

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Visitors to the Key Centre What were they doing
there?

• 40 were shopping
• 27 were at work

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Visitors to the Key Centre What were they doing
there?

• Car dominated most activities
• 82 work
• 68 shopping
• 82 leisure

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

• 65 of car, 78 of bus 56 of Metrolink trips
  ended within Bury borough
• Only 8 of car trips and 2 of bus trips ended
  outside Greater Manchester
• 24 of Metrolink trips ended in Manchester and
  10 in Trafford

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

• For all activities 67 ended their trip in the
  borough
• Leisure visitors (83) were most likely and those
  at work (56) least likely
• 70 of shoppers end their trip within the borough
• 32 of those at work and 26 of shoppers ended
  their trip in the rest of Greater Manchester

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

• The average distance travelled from the centre
  is 6km
• Trips by car averaged 6km, bus 5km and Metrolink
  10km
• On average workers travelled 8km by car, 9km by
  Metrolink and 5km by bus

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Visitors to the Key Centre How did bus and
Metrolink users get to their key centre bus stop?

• 92 walked to their bus stop and 95 to the
  Metrolink station
• 7 of bus users interchanged from another bus
• 3 arrived by car and parked

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

• On average each car carried 1.48 people
• Occupancy varied widely with activity in the
  Centre
• Work 1.23
• Shopping 1.67
• Social/leisure 1.57
• 83 of drivers leaving work 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 18 parked on-street
• 89 of shoppers and 84 of workers parked
  off-street

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

• 35 of those parking off-street and 29 who
  parked on-street paid to park
• Only 26 of workers paid to park compared to 45
  of shoppers

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Commercial Vehicles leaving the Key Centre Where
are they going?

• 88 of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre
  were Light Goods vehicles (LGVs)
• 42 of Goods Vehicles had journeys which finished
  within Bury
• 20 travelled outside
• Only 3 of commercial vehicles leaving the Key
  Centre were HGVs

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Commercial Vehicles What were they doing in the
Key Centre?

• 49 of all 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
  13km
• LGVs travelled 13km on average and MGVs 11km
• LGVs travelled furthest (18km) when undertaking
  personal business

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

• 74 of all trips leaving the Key Centre were
  going home
• The next main activities were business visits
  (6.2) and going shopping (5.7)

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

• 67 of trips finished in Bury. This did not
  change a lot for different destination activities
• 24 of people going home finished in the rest of
  Greater Manchester and 7 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

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

• 86 of all trips crossing the cordon were made by
  car, 12 by bus and 3 by Metrolink
• 63 of car and 67 of bus trips finished within
  Bury
• 51 of Metrolink trips finished in Manchester

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

• 33 of all trips were either Home to Work or
  Work to Home trips
• Home to Shopping and Shopping to Home
  accounted for another 13 of trips
• 23 of Employers Business to Home and 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 11km,
  for buses 8km and for Metrolink 15km
• The longest distances for all modes were Home to
  employers business (30km) and Employers
  business to home (26km)
• Home to work trips were 12km by car, 10km by
  bus and 15km by Metrolink. The return directions
  were all slightly shorter

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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

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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 during the day with an average
  occupancy of 7 during the morning peak (0700 to
  0930), 10 during the inter-peak (0930 to 1530)
  and 18 in the evening peak (1530 to 1830)

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

• 79 walked from their alighting station
• 11 caught a bus
• Other modes were train (3), Car (driver) (2),
  car - picked up (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 only 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?

• 49 of all goods vehicle journeys through the
  cordon finish in Bury
• For both LGVs and MGVs just over 50 finish their
  journey in Bury
• 38 of lorries with 4 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 vehicles crossing the cordon
  were being used to move goods
• In the case of lorries with 4 or more axles this
  rises to 86
• 41 of LGVs were being used for business use and
  19 for personal use

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GMATS Surveys 2002

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