Issue - meetings

Mr. Max Hunt CC asked the Chairman the following questions under Standing Order 7(3):-

“1.        Would the Chairman please provide the Commission with the following performance figures from the current LTP on tackling congestion by increasing the use of public transport, walking and cycling with less growth in car mileage and more effective vehicle use of congested road space, tabulated with the Baseline, Target, Outcome or Estimate at Target date and, where Estimated for 2010/11, the last statistic available:

Key Outcomes

·         Person journey time per mile on key routes in urban Central Leicestershire;

·         Time lost per vehicle km 07:00-10:00 in Loughborough;

Intermediate Outcomes

·         Bus passenger journeys (boardings) per year;

·         % of all residents satisfied with bus services;

·         % of all residents satisfied with public transport information;

·         % of buses between 1 minute early and 5 minutes late departing at the start of bus routes;

·         % of buses between 1 minute early and 5 minutes late departing at intermediate timing points;

·         % of buses between 1 minute early and 5 minutes late departing at bus stops between timing points;

·         % of journeys to school by car as only pupil;

·         Levels of cycling at representative counting points.

Contributory Outputs

·         % of schools with adopted school travel plans;

·         % of major employers (>250) with workplace travel plans.

2.         What progress have the City and County Authorities made on a joint project, referred to last January, for a smart card system for the effective management of concessionary fare usage within Leicester and Leicestershire; for use with individual bus companies; and an inter-operator smart card system, similar to the Oyster cards used in London?

3.         Would the Chairman give an update on the Leicester and Leicestershire Integrated Transport Model development and, in particular, what traffic systems it is currently capable of modeling, what it is proposed to model and how it can contribute to LTP3?”

The Chairman replied as follows:-

“1.        The answer to the question is enclosed in the table below and recorded per performance indicator (PI):