This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 996 GMATS Manchester Regional

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 996P Manchester
Regional Key Centre

• This PowerPoint presentation has been created to
  accompany GMTU Report 996 GMATS Manchester
  Regional Key Centre report
• Whereas report 996 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 996P Manchester
Regional Key Centre

• The presentation has been designed so that it can
  be used independently of GMTU Report 996 for
  those who want an overview of the traffic
  movements around Trafford but do not wish to see
  the detailed tabulations
• GMTU Reports 996 996P are part of a series of
  reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS
  surveys

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Manchester Regional Key Centre

• Travellers leaving Manchester Regional Key
  Centre by car bus were asked about their
  journeys as they crossed a cordon around the
  centre
• Passengers boarding at the 5 central rail
  stations and the central zone Metrolink stations
  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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Manchester Regional Key Centre Definition

• Note that the GMATS survey points lie outside the
  Inner Relief Road - this was to ease the
  collecting of the data and maximise the use of
  the data for traffic model purposes The Key
  Centre monitoring points for the LTP lie inside
  the survey cordon
• This latter cordon extends to cover part of
  Salford and defines the Regional Key Centre used
  in this analysis

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

• Almost 162,000 were in the Regional Key Centre
  between 0700 1900
• 59 used car
• 24 used bus
• 11 used train
• 7 used Metrolink

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Visitors to the Regional Key Centre What were
they doing there?

• 55 were at work
• 13 were shopping

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Visitors to the Regional Key Centre What were
they doing there?

• With the exception of education where Bus
  accounted for 58 of trips, car dominated all
  activities
• 56 work
• 46 shopping
• 47 leisure
• 79 business
• 69 personal

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

• 23 of car, 49 of bus trips ended within the
  district of Manchester
• 24 of car trips, 1 of bus trips and 9 of
  Metrolink trips ended outside Greater Manchester
  compared to 52 of rail trips
• 53 of car, 50 of bus, 45 of rail and 78 of
  Metrolink ended within the rest of Greater
  Manchester

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

• 26 of all trips ended in Manchester and 53 in
  the rest of GM
• For workers 20 of trips ended within Manchester
  and 59 in the rest of GM
• Those who had been at a place of education were
  most likely to finish their journeys within
  Manchester (52)

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

• Car trips averaged 19km, bus trips 7km and
  Metrolink 12km
• On average car trips were longer than bus or
  Metrolink trips for all purposes

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Visitors to the Regional Key Centre How did bus
users get to their key Centre bus stop?

• 96 walked
• 3 interchanged from another bus

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

• On average each car carried 1.41 people
• Occupancy varied widely with activity in the
  Centre
• Work 1.32
• Shopping 1.77
• Education 1.36
• Social/leisure 1.78
• 75 of drivers leaving work and 78 of those on
  business travelled alone

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Visitors to the Regional Key Centre Where did
they park?

• For all activities other than escort trips, more
  people parked off-street than on-street
• Only18 parked on-street
• 77 of shoppers and 91 of workers parked
  off-street

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

• 50 of those parking off-street paid to park
  compared to only 33 who park on-street
• 44 of workers pay to park compared to 75 of
  shoppers

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Commercial Vehicles leaving the Regional Key
Centre Where are they going?

• 77 of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre
  were Light Goods vehicles (LGVs)
• 21 of all Goods Vehicles had journeys which
  finished within Manchester and 22 outside GM
• Only 4 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
• This rose to 70 for MGVs and 79 for HGVs

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Commercial Vehicles How far did they travel?

• The average distance for all goods vehicles was
  17.7 km
• HGVs travelled 31.3 km on average compared to
  16.3 km for LGVs and 20.4 km for MGVs

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

• 73 of all trips leaving the Key Centre were
  going home
• The next main activities were going to work 8
  and business visits 7

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

• 26 of trips finished in Manchester district
• 55 of people going home finished in the rest of
  Greater Manchester and 21 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
• In the case of bus trips, all trips crossing the
  survey cordon are included
• In the case of rail and Metrolink, only those
  trips which either start at one of the central
  stations or require an interchange at one of
  these stations are included, e.g. passengers
  travelling on trains from Sheffield to Liverpool
  were not surveyed unless they interchanged within
  the regional centre

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

• 65 of all trips crossing the cordon were made by
  car, 21 by bus, 9 by rail and 5 by Metrolink
• 64 of car, 32 of bus and 3 of Metrolink trips
  finished within Manchester district
• 32 of rail trips finished outside Greater
  Manchester

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

• 40 of all trips were either Home to Work or
  Work to Home trips
• Home to Shopping and Shopping to Home
  accounted for another 7 of trips
• 43 of Employers Business to Home and 31
  Home to Employers Business trips ended outside
  the county

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

• The average distance travelled for cars was 17
  Km, for buses 8 Km, Metrolink 20 km and for Rail
  59 Km
• The longest average distances for all modes were
  Home to employers business (56 Km) and
  Employers business to home (55 Km)
• Home to work trips averaged 17 Km by car, 11 Km
  by bus,17 Km by Metrolink and 41 Km by rail

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

• 95 of people walked from the alighting bus stop
• 3 caught another bus

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Bus trips passing through the survey cordon What
was their average occupancy?

• On average there were 18 people per bus crossing
  the cordon between 0700 and 1900
• This varied from an average occupancy of 9 during
  the morning peak to 36 in the evening peak (1530
  to 1830)

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

• 48 walked from their alighting station
• 20 drove and 11 were picked up
• Other modes were bus (9), taxi (5), another
  train (4) and cycle (1)

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

• 62 walked from their alighting station
• 13 drove and 4 were picked up
• Other modes were bus (8), train (13) and taxi
  (1)

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Car trips passing through the survey cordon What
was their average occupancy?

• On average each car had 1.38 occupants
• Occupancy was lowest in the morning peak with an
  average occupancy of only 1.31
• 77 of cars had no passengers in the morning peak

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Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey
cordon Where are they going?

• 75 of all goods vehicle trips through the cordon
  were made by LGVs
• 39 of all goods vehicle journeys finished in
  Manchester and only 15 outside the county

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Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey
cordon What were they doing in the Key Centre?

• 33 of all goods vehicle crossing the cordon were
  being used to move goods
• In the case of HGVs this rose to over 81
• 51 of LGVs were being used for business use and
  7 for personal use

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GMATS Surveys 2002

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