Greater Manchester Transport Strategy 2050 and Delivery Plan Consultation

You can read more about our streets and roads policies (DP2 to DP18) in section 11 of the GM Transport Strategy 2050 or section 8 of the summary at the top of this page.

Improving our streets to be welcoming and safe spaces for everyone, enabling more travel by walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport, while creating better places that support local communities and businesses. 

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Enabling and encouraging more people to travel actively by walking and wheeling. 

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Enabling and encouraging more people to cycle. 

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Improving services and having more electric vehicles to make bus the first choice for more journeys.

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Reducing journey times, improving reliability with more bus priority, and enhancing the accessibility and quality of our bus stops.

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Making neighbourhood transport services (like Local Link and Ring and Ride) easier to use.

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Supporting sustainable freight and logistics solutions that enable economic growth.

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Coordinating and managing strategic roads (such as motorways) and our local road network together to deliver safer and more reliable journeys.

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Planning the road network in a way that is sensitive to local needs and takes all road users into account.

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Improving the operational efficiency of our road network – balancing the needs of all users and local communities – to maximise safety, to minimise disruption, improve journey time reliability, and encourage use of active travel and public transport.

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Managing the supply of parking and our kerbsides in a way that supports the vitality and viability of our town centres, employment and residential areas and other key destinations, while avoiding excessive parking provision that encourages increased car use.

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Working with partners to promote the use and availability of car clubs as sustainable and cost-effective alternatives to private car ownership.

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Promoting the use of bike hire and e-scooter hire and ensure that such modes are integrated into the Bee Network.

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Supporting the use of motorcycles, mopeds, and legal use of e-scooters as part of our transport mix, recognising the need for effective management of these vehicles.

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Working with the taxi industry across Greater Manchester to offer safe and high-quality taxi services from a strong, thriving, and well-regulated sector, which is integrated with the wider transport network.

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Working with operators of coach services to integrate facilities, services, and information into the Bee Network, encouraging them to expand routes and frequencies.

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Facilitating and encouraging the transition towards electric vehicles.

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You can read more about our rail and light rail policies (DP19 to DP23) in section 11 of the GM Transport Strategy 2050 or section 8 of the summary at the top of this page.

Working with Network Rail/Great British Railways (GBR) and partners to bring local rail services into the Bee Network.

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Working with Network Rail/Great British Railways and rail industry partners to improve reliability and increase capacity on regional and national routes. The initial focus will be on delivering the Liverpool to Manchester section of Northern Powerhouse Rail.

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Working with partners to deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail, delivering a new Liverpool –Warrington –Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly line first.

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Maintaining and improving the existing Metrolink network as an integral part of our Bee Network.

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Extending the Metrolink network and new stops on the existing network to serve more locations.

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Developing options to provide a significant capacity increase to/across the regional centre, including tunnelled metro options.

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Improving transport hubs, interchanges, and connections to make them easier to travel across the Bee Network, and connect with, and between different services. 

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Provision of improved car and secure cycle parking facilities at tram stops and rail stations.

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Do you have any further comments you would like to make about our rail and light rail policies?

You can read more about our ways of working policies (DP24 to DP26) in section 11 of the GM Transport Strategy 2050 or section 8 of the summary at the top of this page.

Improving customer information across all types of transport with campaigns to enable and encourage people to use walking, cycling and public transport for more of their journeys.

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Using new technology and innovation to better plan, maintain, and operate our network (e.g. using artificial intelligence to improve traffic flow or using innovative construction methods and materials).

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Working to improve cross-boundary connections and coordination of activities.

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Do you have any further comments you would like to make about these ways of working policies?