Transport accessibility planning

The Department for Transport (DfT) recommends that improving access to essential services such as schools and hospitals should be a vital part of local transport plans. Find out more about accessibility planning from DfT.

As part of our second Local Transport Plan (LTP2) we produced an Accessibility Strategy which looks at access to:

• employment
• education
• healthcare
• healthy food shopping.

See: LTP2 – Accessibility Strategy (Appendix A)

Accessibility Strategy Local Assessments (ASLAs)

The Accessibility Strategy identified a number of Accessibility Strategy Local Assessments (ASLAs) to be carried out between 2005 and 2011:

• Rye (pilot study as part of the LTP2 Accessibility Strategy [Appendix A]) – completed 2005/06
• Hastings and Rother – completed 2005/6
• North Weald Towns and Lewes – in progress
• Eastbourne and Hailsham – due 2008/09
• Southern Coastal Towns – due 2009/10.

If you would like to know more about accessibility planning, contact the Transport policy team.