Provisional Local Transport Plan 2006 – 2011 (LTP2): Accessibility Strategy

In 2003, the government published a report showing the important role of transport in making essential services accessible to as many people as possible.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has issued guidance advising that accessibility should be a vital part of local transport plans. Find out more about accessibility planning from DfT.

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

• employment
• education
• healthcare
• healthy food shopping.

Access is not just about transport and can be influenced by a range of other factors including:

• the location of services – whether they are provided locally
• the design of services – whether are accessible to all groups
• the delivery of services – whether they can also be provide as a mobile or remote service

We asked for your comments using a questionnaire. The closing date for your comments was Friday 27 May 2005.

The results of the consultation are contained in Framework Accessibility Strategy documents below.

Find out more about the current Local Transport Plan.

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Framework Accessibility Strategy - Final Report (1308k) The Framework Accessibility Strategy which sets out the Council’s overall vision, objectives and broad approach for improving access to jobs and key services (education, healthcare and food shopping) in the county.
Annex A - Accessibility Maps (index) (33k) Index to accessibility maps (below) showing bus/walk and road access to employment, further education, schools, surgeries, hospitals, major centres and supermarkets.
Accessibility map - access to employment (1384k) Maps showing bus/walk and road access to employment.
Accessibility maps - access to further education (1372k) Maps showing bus/walk and road access to further education.
Accessibility maps - access to schools (1086k) Maps showing bus/walk and road access to schools.
Accessibility maps - access to surgeries (1397k) Maps showing bus/walk and road access to surgeries.
Accessibility maps - access to hospitals (1355k) Maps showing bus/walk and road access to hospitals.
Accessibility maps - access to major centres (1346k) Maps showing bus/walk and road access to major centres.
Accessibility maps - access to supermarkets (1457k) Maps showing bus/walk and road access to supermarkets.
Annex B - Accessibility Threshold Calculations (30k) Percentage of population within journey time thresholds (bus/walk and road access) to employment, further education, schools, surgeries, hospitals, major centres and supermarkets.
Annex C – Key Stakeholders (402k) List of key stakeholders invited to attend workshops held to inform the development of the Framework Accessibility Strategy.
Annex D – Workshop Outputs (287k) Summary of key points considered by and/or raised at the stakeholder workshops held in April 2005.