6. Measuring success
Overview
In their role of Local Transport Plan 4 (LTP4) co-ordination, which includes measuring success, East Sussex County Council will develop a set of transport outcomes and wider socio-economic and environmental indicators. These indicators will be used to provide an indicative indication of progress towards each objective.
As LTP is significantly unfunded, a decision has been made to not set specific targets or trajectories for each objective. The availability and value of funding priorities are not known (especially in the longer-term) and due to the longer duration of LTP4 (26 years) it allows the plan to be flexible and react to availability of funding and any changes in priorities at national, regional or local levels during the timescales of the plan.
Indicators
A selection of indicators for measuring success for each theme of LTP4 are currently being considered (a range of existing national datasets could be used to measure the following indicators).
Tackling climate change and enhancing our local environment
- Reduction in carbon emissions by transport (data source: National Government datasets)
- Reduction in nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur oxides (Sox) and particulate pollution levels in urban areas
Safer, healthier, and more active travel
- Increase in active travel mode share overtime, by different user groups if data is available (data source: national government datasets)
- Reduction in the number of people killed and seriously injured by road and rail transport (data source: national government datasets)
Integrated and accessible transport for all
- Increase in rail and bus mode share overtime, by different user groups if data is available (data source: national government datasets)
Keeping East Sussex connected
- Reduced minutes delayed and improved journey time reliability on the Strategic Road Network, Major Road Network and local roads (data source: national government datasets)
- Improved operating performance on the railway network, measured by Public Performance Measure (PPM) and other available passenger and freight performance measures, where available (data source: Office or Road and Rail datasets)