West Yorkshire's new 15-year Local Transport Plan (LTP), setting
out West Yorkshire's transport needs and ambitions until 2016 came
into effect from April 2011.
Drawn up after widespread consultation with the people of West
Yorkshire, the Plan is entitled 'MyJourney' and has three main
objectives:
- Economy: To improve connectivity to support
economic activity and growth in West Yorkshire and the Leeds City
Region;
- Low Carbon: To make substantial progress
towards a low carbon, sustainable transport system for West
Yorkshire, while recognising transport's contribution to national
carbon reduction plans;
- Quality of Life: To enhance the quality of
life of people living in, working in and visiting West
Yorkshire.
The Plan sets out to tackle congestion and a lack of transport
investment which are key contributory factors to lower than average
economic performance in West Yorkshire. It also aims to prepare for
the predicted, post-recession growth in employment, population and
housing and their impact on the reliability of the transport
network.
Four themes run through the Plan to help ensure it achieves its
aims. These are:
- Transport Assets -focusing on the existing
components of the transport network such as roads, bus stations
& stops and traffic lights to ensure we are getting the best
value out of them;
- Travel choices - enabling customers to make
the most sustainable choices about when and how they travel,
- Connectivity - ensuring people can make
integrated and safe journeys using transport networks on which they
can rely.
- Enhancements - improving the overall network
to make it more fit for journeys in the future.
Additionally the Plan concentrates on ensuring equality and
safety, improving the county's natural and built environment,
appropriate decision-making processes and ensuring that the best
use is made of existing and potential alternative sources of
funding and delivery.
You can download the Plan from the Local Transport
Plan website.