Core Strategy Preferred Options document - Amazon Web Services

Strategies, Activities and Actions - Transport
T4– Alternative Options
Option Why is it not preferred?
In addition to
workplaces and
schools, residential
development will be
accompanied with
travel plans.
Require all new
employment
development to be
accompanied by a
travel plan.
Cycling and Walking
The pattern of journeys originating from
residents’ homes is more varied, with
residents having multiple destinations
and different needs and travel choices
over time. This, coupled with there
being no single company or institution to
provide continuity and a common point
of interest for residents, means that
such plans are unlikely to be sustainable
in the long-term. Notwithstanding the
above, we will take a positive approach
to innovative forms of development
which aim to reduce car dependency
through the implementation of travel
plans which are shown to be viable and
sustainable.
This would be overly burdensome on
small employers.
Increased opportunities for cycling and walking not only provide health
and leisure benefits, but can also help reduce car dependency for certain
journey types.
A two-pronged approach will be necessary to improve people’s
opportunity to cycle: an improved network of safe and convenient cycle
paths, together with the provision of secure cycle parking and other
facilities such as lockers, changing rooms, showers etc at destinations.
T5 Cycling and Walking – Preferred Option
We will work with Essex County Council, along with other
organisations such as Sustrans, to ensure that a safe and convenient
network of cycle and pedestrian routes are put in place that link
homes, workplaces, services and town centres. Where developments
generate a potential demand to travel, developers will be required to
contribute to such a network. We will also continue to require
developers to provide facilities for cyclists at destinations.
We will also seek the further development of cyclepaths, footpaths and
bridleways that, having regard to ecological interests, open up and
develop the access network alongside the District’s rivers.
69
64% of the working
population commute
out of the District to
work elsewhere.
With high car
ownership and a high
proportion of car
usage in the District,
several different
opportunities of travel
must be offered in
order to encourage a
higher use of more
sustainable transport
methods.
Transport plans have
been successfully
implemented in other
areas of the County,
and have succeeded
in reducing single
occupancy in vehicles,
thus decreasing the
number of cars on the
roads. 60% of all
schools in the County
have adopted a
successful travel plan.
In light of the District’s
ageing population, it is
important that access
to services (e.g.
doctors surgeries and
shops) is enhanced
and maintained, and to
help achieve the aims
of the Sustainable
Community Strategy.