Sustainable transport
The following objective is from the Core Strategy.
To reduce the need to travel and deliver a sustainable transport network that supports Plymouth's long-term growth, improves its connectivity with the rest of the UK, Europe and beyond, and provides an improved environment and a high quality of life for the city's communities.
The city’s transport and communication links are vital to its economic and social wellbeing.
It is important that Plymouth has good links to London and the continent. People also need to be able to travel easily and safely in their daily lives. We aim to improve the road network to enable Plymouth to grow in a sustainable way. We also plan to reduce the increasing traffic congestion by promoting a choice of alternatives to the car, for example bus, cycling or walking. We monitor a number of facts and figures to enable us to understand how well our policies are working.
Did you know that:
- 84 per cent of households in deprived areas can reach the hospital or employment opportunities at Derriford by bus within 30 minutes in peak times, or 88.5 per cent in off-peak times.
- The number of journeys made by bus has increased by 1.5 per cent since 2006.
- There has been a decrease in car use of 5.7 per cent since 2006.
- Our roads are getting safer with a reduction since 2006 of 1 per cent in the number of people killed or seriously injured and 17 per cent fewer people suffering minor injuries.
- The airport closed in 2011.
The current picture is one of a decreasing dependence on the car and increased use of public transport. We also need to improve rail services to the rest of the country, particularly to London. A Rail Connectivity Study has just been completed and will be used to lobby for improvements to the south west rail franchise. We will also be looking for opportunities to improve broadband connections.
Find out more about our monitoring performance by looking at the following sections:
- Airport passengers
- Access by bus
- Accident casualties
- Public transport
- Vehicle mileage
- Air quality
- Access to buses
- Public transport service for east Plymouth
The most recent Local Transport Plan has been published by Plymouth Transport and Highways - Plymouth’s Third Local Transport Plan (2011 to 2026).
This page of the annual monitoring report was last updated December 2011.