Full guidance on Local Transport Plans: Second edition
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Foreword by Charlotte Atkins MP, Minister for Local Transport
- Introduction
- Aims of this Guidance
- Changes from the first edition
- Summary: Key Elements of a good LTP
- Part 2: Developing a High Quality LTP
- Part 3: Priorities for Local Transport Planning
- Part 4: Value for Money
- Part 1 - The Government's approach to delivering better local transport
- The Government's Transport Strategy
- Performance management and direct engagement
- Part 2 - Developing a high quality LTP
- Setting Transport in its Wider Context
- Locally relevant targets
- Indicators and Trajectories
- Key outcome indicators subject to mandatory LTP targets
- Annual Progress Reporting
- Reviewing and maintaining the LTP
- Part 3 - Priorities for local transport planning
- The Shared Priority for Transport
- Shared Priority - Tackling Congestion
- Delivering Accessibility
- Shared Priority - Safer Roads
- Shared Priority - Better Air Quality
- Other Quality of Life Issues
- Part 4 - Value for money
- LTPs to show the value to be delivered for a known amount of money
- Value for money and DfT decision making
- Forecasting, Modelling and Analytical Tools for LTPs
- Block allocations for integrated transport - and 'planning guidelines'
- Achieving Value for Money through Major Schemes
- Affordability and prioritisation of major schemes
- Exceptional schemes
- Achieving value for money through buses
- Delivering value for money LTP solutions through railways
- Value for money and light rail
- Achieving value for money by managing car use
- Achieving value for money through asset management
- Efficiency in Highway Maintenance
- Transport Asset Management Plans
- Block allocations for maintenance
- Achieving value for money from revenue-funded programmes
- Part 5 - Local transport plan practicalities
- Preparing and presenting the new LTP
- Principles of LTP Assessment
- Advice and help available from Government and other sources
- Setting out the scheme and policy implementation programme
- Environmental Implications - Strategic Environmental Assessment
- Consultation on new LTPs
- Arrangements for authorities rated 'excellent' by the Audit Commission
- Rights of Way Improvement Plans
- Taxis and private hire vehicles
- Supplementary bids
- Centres of Excellence in Local Transport Delivery
- Submission deadline
- Availability, publication and accessible formats
- Annex A - Mandatory and Best Value Performance Indicators
- Annex B - Sources of guidance and best practice
- Annex C - LTP assessment
- Element 1 - Quality of Planning
- The assessment criteria and sub-criteria
- Element 2 - Impact of LTP targets
- Element 3 - Deliverability
- Integration of the three elements of LTP assessment
- Annex D - Timetable and planning guideline illustration
- Timetable for second round of LTPs
- Planning Guidelines - an illustrative fictional example
