Before we design a system of buses, trains, bikes and roads, it helps to be clear about what that system is for and who it should serve.
We tend to reach the “transport” part too quickly and skip the “whys” and “hows” that should shape it. Good questions and ideas get lost as a result.
These six principles set out the thinking that guides the TfLD approach to designing access and transport for the Lake District.
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People, not cars
Explanation
Start with people and where they need to go, not with vehicles. Manage and reduce excess traffic – improving mobility for people and the economy, not for cars.
Aim for really good, not just less bad
Explanation
It’s easy to start with the problems – congestion, poor air, unreliable buses – and try to reduce them. But fixing what’s broken only gets you back to tolerable. We’d rather ask what a genuinely good system looks and feels like, then build towards it.
“So good, I’d want to use it”
Explanation
Design transport services and infrastructure that is of quality that is world class, so that people feel great using it. Make sure that the system works so that journey times are reliable all year round.
Community and fairness at the heart of transport design
Explanation
Co-design and plan access and transport in partnership with resident, visitor and business communities; deliver through meaningful local partnerships. Make sure transport is for all.
Transport with world-class environmental quality
Explanation
Make sure that the transport system not only minimises emissions, noise and pollution, but is seen as an exemplar.
Balance ambition with pragmatism
Explanation
Real, meaningful change needs to be rigorous, affordable, and deliverable – without diminishing the need for boldness, a willingness to challenge orthodoxies, and acceptance of some risk along the way.
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People, not cars
Explanation
- Transport planning and delivery that is designed for people – to get where they want or need to when they want to – not (just) focussing on cars, buses or bikes
How
- Design transport on existing patterns of where people want or need to travel from and to
- Work out what are the best ways for people to make these journeys at different times of the year, and make sure that the right services are in place and presented to people in ways that are appealing
- integrated transport systems with traffic management at peak times
Really good, not just less bad
Explanation
- What does world class look like for the Lake District’s transport system?
- What would we be jealous about if we saw it in a national park overseas?
How
- Engage widely on what really good looks, functions and feels like – not just about what current problems are that need tackling.
- What are people’s experiences of world-class transport elsewhere and what aspects could translate back to here?
- Vision-led transport planning & design for localities