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Connected Southampton - Transport Strategy 2040

Meeting: 30/08/2018 - Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Item 7)

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Report of the Chair of the Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel requesting that the Panel consider the draft Local Transport Plan and, if agreed, submit a response to the consultation.

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The Panel considered the report of the Chair of the Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel requesting that the Panel consider the draft Local Transport Plan, Connected Southampton - Transport Strategy 2040. 

 

The Cabinet Member for Transport and Public Realm was in attendance and addressed the meeting.

 

RESOLVEDthat the Cabinet Member for Transport and Public Realm consider the following issues when finalising the Transport Strategy:

 

(i)  Active Travel Zones – The Panel noted that there was a need to engage with the poorer communities in Southampton in order to encourage support for Active Travel Zones from neighbourhoods across the City;

(ii)  Access by public transport to health services – The Panel re-iterated the importance of good public transport links to health services, especially Southampton General Hospital, and encouraged initiatives that would make access by bus to the hospital easier that would result in more regular and reliable services from all parts of Southampton.

(iii)  Vision for the public realm – The Panel requested that the evidence form the Netherlands and other countries be used to, consider the opportunities to be more ambitious with regards to reducing the impact of the private car on the public realm in Southampton.

(iv)  Home to school transport – The Panel supported the prioritising of modal shift activity on encouraging children to walk and cycle to school.

(v)  University of Southampton – The Panel encouraged the Cabinet Member for Transport and Public Realm to use the City Council influence to encourage an alignment of the University of Southampton’s campus re-development proposals with the aspirations in the draft Local Transport Plan.  In particular the Panel wished to see the encouragement of and the promotion of cycling.

(vi)  Risks associated with inactivity – As part of the wider campaign to promote active travel options the Panel would welcome the inclusion of messages that outline the risks to health and wellbeing associated with inactivity.

(vii)  Mobility – The Panel considered that Local Transport Plan needed to be more explicit with regards to how people with limited mobility will be able to access key services and facilities within Southampton in the future.

(viii)  Road safety – The Panel noted that the number of children killed or seriously injured on roads is higher in Southampton than many comparable areas.  The Panel requested that the Local Transport Plan needed to give consideration to the reasons behind this and what actions can be taken to improve this outcome.

(ix)  Measures of success – That the Panel considered that including a measure for reducing an inequality in health outcomes in Southampton be used as a success measure within the Local Transport Plan.