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GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 994P - Bury Key Centre

This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 994 – GMATS Bury Key Centre Report Whereas report 994 presents detailed tabulations, this presentation has been designed to provide a summary of the main aspects of the data. GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 994P - Bury Key Centre.

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 994P - Bury Key Centre

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  1. This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 994 – GMATS Bury Key Centre Report Whereas report 994 presents detailed tabulations, this presentation has been designed to provide a summary of the main aspects of the data GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 994P - Bury Key Centre

  2. The presentation has been designed so that it can be used independently of GMTU Report 994 for those who want an overview of the traffic movements around Bury but do not wish to see the detailed tabulations GMTU Reports 994 & 994P are part of a series of reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS surveys GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 994P - Bury Key Centre

  3. Travellers leaving Bury Key Centre by car & bus were asked about their journeys as they crossed a cordon around the centre Passengers boarding at Bury Metrolink station 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 GMATS Surveys 2002 Bury Key Centre

  4. Note that the GMATS survey points lie outside the ring road. The reason for this was to maximise the usefulness of the data, particularly in developing traffic models Bury Key Centre Definition

  5. Nearly 44,000 were in the Key Centre between 07:00 & 19:00 75% used car 23% used bus only 2% used Metrolink Visitors to the Key Centre How may visited the key centre and how did they travel?

  6. 40% were shopping 27% were at work Visitors to the Key Centre What were they doing there?

  7. Car dominated most activities 82% work 68% shopping 82% leisure Visitors to the Key Centre What were they doing there?

  8. 65% of car, 78% of bus & 56% of Metrolink trips ended within Bury borough Only 8% of car trips and 2% of bus trips ended outside Greater Manchester 24% of Metrolink trips ended in Manchester and 10% in Trafford Visitors to the Key Centre Where did they go after their visit?

  9. For all activities 67% ended their trip in the borough Leisure visitors (83%) were most likely and those at work (56%) least likely 70% of shoppers end their trip within the borough 32% of those at work and 26% of shoppers ended their trip in the rest of Greater Manchester Visitors to the Key Centre How did their destination vary with their activity?

  10. The average distance travelled from the centre is 6km Trips by car averaged 6km, bus 5km and Metrolink 10km On average workers travelled 8km by car, 9km by Metrolink and 5km by bus Visitors to the Key Centre How far did they travel? Car and bus users only

  11. 92% walked to their bus stop and 95% to the Metrolink station 7% of bus users interchanged from another bus 3% arrived by car and parked Visitors to the Key Centre How did bus and Metrolink users get to their key centre bus stop?

  12. On average each car carried 1.48 people Occupancy varied widely with activity in the Centre: Work 1.23 Shopping 1.67 Social/leisure 1.57 83% of drivers leaving work travelled alone Visitors to the Key Centre What was the average occupancy of visitors’ cars?

  13. For most activities in the centre more people parked off-street than on-street Only 18% parked on-street 89% of shoppers and 84% of workers parked off-street Visitors to the Key Centre Where did they park?

  14. 35% of those parking off-street and 29% who parked on-street paid to park Only 26% of workers paid to park compared to 45% of shoppers Visitors to the Key Centre What percentage of car drivers paid to park?

  15. 88% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were Light Goods vehicles (LGVs) 42% of Goods Vehicles had journeys which finished within Bury 20% travelled outside Only 3% of commercial vehicles leaving the Key Centre were HGVs Commercial Vehicles leaving the Key Centre Where are they going?

  16. 49% of all commercial vehicles were collecting or delivering goods in the Key Centre Commercial Vehicles What were they doing in the Key Centre?

  17. The average distance for all goods vehicles was 13km LGVs travelled 13km on average and MGVs 11km LGVs travelled furthest (18km) when undertaking personal business Commercial Vehicles How far did they travel?

  18. 74% of all trips leaving the Key Centre were going home The next main activities were business visits (6.2%) and going shopping (5.7%) Visitors to the Key Centre What did they do at their destination?

  19. 67% of trips finished in Bury. This did not change a lot for different destination activities 24% of people going home finished in the rest of Greater Manchester and 7% outside Visitors to the Key Centre Where did they go/for what purpose?

  20. All the previous slides have referred to trips starting in the key centre These next slides look at all trips crossing the survey cordon All trips passing through the survey cordon

  21. 86% of all trips crossing the cordon were made by car, 12% by bus and 3% by Metrolink 63% of car and 67% of bus trips finished within Bury 51% of Metrolink trips finished in Manchester All trips passing through the survey cordon How and where were they travelling?

  22. 33% of all trips were either ‘Home to Work’ or ‘Work to Home’ trips ‘Home to Shopping’ and ‘Shopping to Home’ accounted for another 13% of trips 23% of ‘Employers Business to Home’ and ‘Home to Employers Business’ ended outside Greater Manchester All trips passing through the survey cordon What was their purpose?

  23. The average distance travelled for cars was 11km, for buses 8km and for Metrolink 15km The longest distances for all modes were ‘Home to employers business’ (30km) and ‘Employers business to home’ (26km) ‘Home to work’ trips were 12km by car, 10km by bus and 15km by Metrolink. The return directions were all slightly shorter All trips passing through the survey cordon How far were they travelling?

  24. 93% of people walked from the alighting bus stop 6% caught another bus Bus trips passing through the survey cordon How did people get to their destination from the bus?

  25. On average there were 11 people per bus crossing the cordon between 0700 and 1900 This varied during the day with an average occupancy of 7 during the morning peak (07:00 to 09:30), 10 during the inter-peak (09:30 to 15:30) and 18 in the evening peak (15:30 to 18:30) Bus trips passing through the survey cordon What was their average occupancy?

  26. 79% walked from their alighting station 11% caught a bus Other modes were train (3%), Car (driver) (2%), car - picked up (3%) Metrolink trips passing through the survey cordon How did people get to their destination from Metrolink?

  27. On average each car had 1.42 occupants Occupancy was lowest in the morning peak with an average occupancy of only 1.30 78% of cars had no passengers in the morning peak Car trips passing through the survey cordon What was their average occupancy?

  28. 49% of all goods vehicle journeys through the cordon finish in Bury For both LGVs and MGVs just over 50% finish their journey in Bury 38% of lorries with 4 or more axles finish their journeys outside Greater Manchester Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordon Where are they going?

  29. 34% of all goods vehicles crossing the cordon were being used to move goods In the case of lorries with 4 or more axles this rises to 86% 41% of LGVs were being used for business use and 19% for personal use Commercial Vehicles passing through the survey cordon What were they doing in the Key Centre?

  30. For further information on the Bury Key Centre surveys or any other GMATS surveys please contact: John Wharf 0161 455 2052 Peter Bearon 0161 455 2062 GMATS Surveys 2002

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