Transcription of STPR2 Draft Technical Report
1 STPR2 Draft Technical ReportJanuary 2022 Strategic Transport Projects review 2 Draft Technical ReportiSTRATEGIC TRANSPORT PROJECTS review 2 Project No: B2356701 Document Title: Draft Technical ReportRevision: FinalDate: January 2022 Further copies of this document are available, on request, in audio and visual formats and in community languages. Any enquiries regarding this document / publication should be sent to us at UK Ltd. 95 Bothwell Street Glasgow, Scotland G2 7HX United Kingdom T +44.
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3 Jacobs and AECOM accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever for, or in respect of, any use of, or reliance upon, this document by any third images in the document have been sourced from Jacobs, AECOM or Transport Scotland unless otherwise Transport Projects review 2 Draft Technical ReportiiContentsExecutive Summary ..vii1. Introduction .. Background .. Scope of the Second Strategic Transport Projects review .. Phased Delivery .. Supporting Documents .. Report Structure ..72. Policy Context.
4 Introduction .. NTS2 and Delivery Plan .. Introduction .. The Vision, Priorities and Outcomes .. Embedding NTS2 .. NTS2 Delivery Plan .. Climate Change Considerations.. Climate Change Plan .. Climate Change Route Map .. Cleaner Air for Scotland 2: Towards A Better Place for Everyone .. National Planning Framework 4 .. The Bute House Agreement .. Infrastructure Investment Plan for Scotland .. Capital Spending review .. Existing Funding Commitments .. Summary ..243. STPR2 Approach.
5 Introduction .. Application of the STAG Process .. Integration of SEA and Impact Assessments .. Stakeholder Engagement ..334. National Case for Change .. Introduction .. Challenges for Transport and Infrastructure.. COVID-19 Pandemic .. The Economy and Employment .. Transport Trends .. Travel by Purpose .. Future Attitudes, Impacts and Opportunities .. Summary in Context for STPR2 .. Dealing with Uncertainty ..44 Strategic Transport Projects review 2 Draft Technical Reportiii5. Establishing Transport Planning Objectives.
6 Overview .. Setting Objectives .. National and Regional TPOs ..476. Option Generation and Sifting .. Introduction .. Defining Strategic Interventions.. Approach to Sifting .. Generate Long List of Options .. Option Cleaning .. Option Sifting .. Output from Sifting Process ..577. Phase 1 Report .. Summary of Approach .. Themes/Recommendations ..598. Appraisal .. Approach .. Preliminary Appraisal .. Future Appraisal Scenarios .. STPR2 Objectives .. STAG Criteria.
7 Established Policy Directives .. Deliverability .. Progression to Detailed Appraisal .. Detailed Appraisal: Packages Appraised .. Overview .. Packaging Approach .. Packages Appraised .. Appraisal Approach .. Reporting .. Consideration of Climate Change Within STPR2 .. Strategic Environmental Assessment and Climate Change ..749. Final Draft Recommendations .. Introduction .. Improving Active Travel Infrastructure .. Connected neighbourhoods (1) .. Active freeways and cycle parking hubs (2).
8 Village-town active travel connections (3) .. Connecting towns by active travel (4) .. Long-distance active travel network (5) ..84 Strategic Transport Projects review 2 Draft Technical Influencing Travel Choices and Behaviour .. Behavioural change Initiatives (6) .. Changing road user behaviour (7) .. Increasing active travel to school (8) .. Improving access to bikes (9) .. Expansion of 20mph limits and zones (10) .. Enhancing Access to Affordable Public Transport .. Clyde Metro (11).
9 Edinburgh & South East Scotland Mass Transit (12) .. Aberdeen Rapid Transit (13) .. Provision of strategic bus priority measures (14) .. Highland Mainline Rail Corridor Enhancements (15) . Perth-Dundee-Aberdeen Rail Corridor Enhancements (16) .. Edinburgh/Glasgow-Perth/Dundee Rail Corridor Enhancements (17) .. Supporting integrated Journeys at ferry terminals (18) .. Infrastructure to provide access for all at railway stations (19) .. Investment in Demand Responsive Transport and Mobility as a Service (20).
10 Improved public transport passenger interchange facilities (21) .. Framework for Mobility Hubs (22) .. Smart, integrated public transport ticketing (23) .. Decarbonising Transport .. Ferry vessel renewal and replacement and progressive decarbonisation (24) .. Rail decarbonisation (25) .. Decarbonisation of the bus network (26) .. Behavioural change and modal shift for freight (27) .. Zero emission vehicles and infrastructure transition (28) .. Increasing Safety and Reliability on the Strategic Transport network .
