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John Pope

John Pope. Head of Passenger Transport Essex County Council Member of Passenger Transport Team Thurrock Council - shared service arrangement Policy Adviser Public Transport Consortium Local Government Association Chairman Bus and Coach Working Group Stansted Airport Transport Forum.

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John Pope

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  1. John Pope Head of Passenger Transport Essex County Council Member of Passenger Transport Team Thurrock Council - shared service arrangement Policy Adviser Public Transport Consortium Local Government Association Chairman Bus and Coach Working Group Stansted Airport Transport Forum

  2. The Public Transport Consortium (PTC) is a special interest group of the Local Government Association, representing the interests of shire counties and unitary authorities in England and Wales. Membership includes in excess of 30 authorities.

  3. The Consortium aims to: • act as forum for discussion and promotion of public transport issues affecting local authorities outside metropolitan areas; • Promote the exchange of experience and good practice between member authorities and in liaison with other bodies; • advise appropriate committees or other executive bodies of the LGA on public transport issues; and • represent interests of member authorities to Government, the Local Government Association, operators and other organisations involved in public transport

  4. Stansted Airport in 2010 • 18.5 million passengers per annum • 17 airlines fly to 158 destinations • 181 companies on the airport employ 10200 people, 75% of whom live in Essex or Hertfordshire • Cargo firms transported 202756 tonnes of goods

  5. Surface Access Strategy • Airports impose demands on surface transport networks • development of transport services to aid travel to and from the airport can provide great benefits for the local community

  6. Stansted Area Transport Forum • One of the largest public, private partnerships • Set up in 1999 to establish a partnership approach to the way in which surface access to and from the Airport and within the surrounding area could be improved • 70 organisations represented • Focus on delivery

  7. Surface Access Strategy for Stansted Airport : update 2011-5 • Planning permission to grow airport to 25 million passengers per annum • Sets out clear framework for setting challenging targets in the development of surface access to support the Airport development to 2015 • Contributes significantly towards sustainability and climate change agendas • Contributes to and influences Local Development Framework and Local Transport plans

  8. Steering Group • Acts as an Executive Board for the Transport Forum • Sets objectives and monitors Working Groups • Includes: • Monitoring Group • Bus and Coach Working Group • Rail Working Group • Travel Plan and Local Access Working Group • Highways Working Group

  9. Aims • Kick start bus and coach services • Infrastructure investment to improve rail, bus and coach interchange • Target Kiss and Fly 20%

  10. Surface Access to Stansted • 630 bus and coach departures • 180 rail departures per day • 19departures per hour to London • Staff Travel Planning: • 19.8% of employees used public transport in 2011 (up from 7% in 2003) • 73.4% of those used airport travelcard

  11. CAA Statistics • Quarter 1 2012:49.3% air passengers used public transport • October – December 2011 passenger transport mode share 51.7% : 25.7% rail 26% bus and coach Private car use decreased from 52.8% in 2000 to40.3% in 2011

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