TOWN AND CORRIDOR STUDIES IN SOMERSET (DEVELOPING TRANSPORT STRATEGIES IN A RURAL COUNTY)

In 1994 Somerset County Council embarked on an integrated transport study of Taunton, the county town with a population of about 50,000 people. The aim was to evolve a transport strategy to the year 2011, the end date of the emerging Structure and Local Plans. This strategy would inform decision making and priority setting in transport. It would also form a 'package' bid in the annual Transport Policies and Programme (TPP). The study took into account the need to integrate land use planning and transport. The location of new development in Taunton was in part informed by the transport study and vice versa. Officers from planning and transport disciplines have worked closely together throughout the process. The town study programme was quickly expanded to include the 15 Somerset towns. Two smaller settlements, Dunster and Cheddar, were added to the list due to the specific tourism related transport issues affecting them. The corridors broadly follow existing corridors of movement, both road and rail. They cover the whole of the hinterland of the county's rural communities and settlements, including those not covered by town studies. To reflect the true patterns of transport demand and movement, they extend beyond the boundaries of Somerset. The combination of the Town and Corridor Study areas mean that 100 per cent coverage will be achieved. As the study programme developed Primary Objectives were evolved with elected Members. These were subsequently formally approved by the Council's Environment Committee. These objectives guide the studies and are non-negotiable. All potential solutions to transport problems emerging from the studies are measured against these objectives. For the covering abstract see IRRD E101938.

• Corporate Authors:

  ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS

  EDGBASTON PARK, ROSPA HOUSE, 355 BRISTOL ROAD
  BIRMINGHAM,   United Kingdom  B5 7ST
• Authors:
  • HENSLEY, B
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 6 p.
• Serial:
  • ROAD SAFETY STRATEGIES AND TARGETS. PROCEEDINGS OF ROSPA 64TH ROAD SAFETY CONGRESS HELD 1-3 MARCH 1999, ASHFORD INTERNATIONAL, KENT
  • Publisher: ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Decision making; Demand; Highways; Land use; Local government agencies; Personnel; Planning; Policy; Railroad transportation; Research projects; Strategic planning; Transportation; Transportation corridors; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 1116: Corridor (transp); 2248: Decision process; 285: Demand (econ); 2755: Highway; 356: Land use; 192: Local authority; 102: Personnel; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 141: Priority (gen); 1173: Rail bound transport; 8557: Research project; 1155: Transport; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00769862
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Oct 7 1999 12:00AM