The teams primarily responsibility is for preparing and overseeing the delivery of the Local Transport Plan, current third Local Transport Plan (LTP3). Further information on the work the team does is available on our service standard
Further information can be found in the pdf document below.
Transport Policy service standard 2011 (pdf 98kb opens in new window)
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Every local authority has an obligation to produce a Local Transport Plan for the area the authority covers. Our current third Local Transport Plan (LTP3) contains the policies and strategies for local transport, and sets out the ways in which we will tackle the transport issues in the East Riding.
Further information can be found in the pdf document below -
Local Transport Plan LTP3 Document (pdf 26mb opens in new window)
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The Local Transport White Paper published in January 2011 sets out plans to award £560 million to local authorities outside London to fund transport improvements in their area over a four year period (2011/12 to 2014/15).
The Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) is intended to fund both revenue and capital measures that stimulate local economies and reduce carbon emissions. Bidding for the LSTF was split into two tranches and we submitted a final tranch two bid in February 2012.
We made the decision to base our LSTF bid on Goole and the bid has been developed to address a number of key transport challenges in the Goole area. These challenges include reducing the high number of short car trips by Goole residents to travel to local facilities and ensuring that those households in Goole that do not own a car or van are still able to access employment and other essential services. It is also important to ensure that the trips generated by the employment and housing growth forecast for Goole can be accommodated without adversely affecting the local transport networks.
Our LSTF bid has been developed to complement our third Local Transport Plan and is based around four package elements. These are -
- Travel plans for businesses, schools, Goole Hospital, Goole Leisure Centre and Goole Railway station
- Improvements to the local cycle network and associated promotional initiatives
- Expansion to the Wheels to Work Scheme
- Transport marketing and Personalised Travel Planning
These measures will encourage more people in Goole to travel using sustainable transport, particularly for short distances, which will reduce localised traffic congestion and improve journey time reliability and will increase the attractiveness of Goole to both existing and new businesses.
Our LSTF bid and accompanying annexes can be viewed below. A decision on whether our LSTF bid has been successful is expected in June 2012.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council LSTF Bid (pdf 2mb opens in new window)
East Riding of Yorkshire Council LSTF Bid Annexes (pdf 3mb opens in new window)
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Considerable progress has been made in reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI) on local roads. The total number of KSIs in 2009 was the lowest ever recorded in the East Riding at 195.
There is still considerable work to be done to reduce this figure further with over £600,000 per year being allocated through the Local Transport Plan (LTP3) to be spent on improving road safety. These funds will be used on a variety of schemes, including reviewing current speed limits, funding enforcement at known casualty sites, and introducing road safety awareness schemes in schools across the East Riding.
Further information can be found in the pdf document below.
LTP3 Strategy (pdf 5.6mb opens in new window)
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The introduction of 20mph zones are being considered on some residential streets in larger towns in order to improve road safety for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.
Any proposed 20mph zones will undergo full public consultation and if local residents are not in favour then the proposals will not go ahead.
Further information on this can be found in the document below.
20mph Limits in Towns and Villages (pdf 3.29mb opens in new window)
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A local car share scheme is run in partnership with liftshare. The scheme aims to encourage people to car share as a way to help reduce travel costs, cut congestion and help the environment as well as being a great way to make a regular journey more interesting!
The site is free to use, and is open to all residents of the East Riding, and to anyone who begins or ends their journey in the area.
East Riding Car Share scheme (external website)
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The council are committed to encouraging more people to travel using sustainable transport options, such as walking and cycling. Our aim is to provide a network of safe and attractive walking and cycling routes for people to travel on, and these will be developed further as schemes are implemented through the third Local Transport Plan LTP3.
The countryside access team manages the Walking The Riding website which contains details of over 300 leisure walking routes across the area:
Walking The Riding (external East Riding website)
Information on places to visit, public rights of way, mountain biking routes, horse riding routes and access to the countryside can also be obtained from the countryside access team.
Cycle maps
We and our partners have also developed a number of cycling and walking maps for areas across the East Riding:
Beverley Cycle Map (pdf 1.8mb opens in new window)
Pocklington Cycle Map (pdf 1.22mb opens in new window)
Bridlington Cycle Map (pdf 2.5mb opens in new window)
Bridlington Walking Map (pdf 2.12mb opens in new window)
If you would like a printed copy of any of these maps to be posted to you, please contact us using the online enquiry link at the top right of this page.
Further information
For further information on cycling routes the following links may be of interest:
Visit Hull and East Yorkshire - Big Skies Big Rides (external East Riding website)
The Way of the Roses cycle route (external website)
Trans-Pennine Trail (external website)
Cyclestreets (external website)
Transport Direct (external website)
Please note: East Riding of Yorkshire Council is not responsible for the content of any external websites. If you decide to follow a suggested journey on the cyclestreets website please take care on unfamiliar sections; proceed at your own risk (as route quality cannot be guaranteed).
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