Situation now Sustaining Dunbar: Draft 2025 Dunbar and District Transport Vision and Action Plan
Barriers from the consumer’s Milestones
point of view: What resources Activities Participation are needed to Short term Medium Term Long term What needs to be done? Who needs to be involved? 1. Cost: Public transportation is be able to make 5 years 10 years 15+ years change? expensive. More local 2. Availability: Lack of local employment/ work. A. Identify what we need employment and entertainment, lack of local transport for now e.g. More car shares Local livelihoods are people and goods. and electric cars the norm. supplies; Lack of local health Joined up public B. Identify what needs to be transport services; Lack of access to train More connected There are local station from the south; Public done to reduce the need Demand responsive and resilient health care facilities Evidence to travel and transport transport neighbourhoods transportation not available or C. Identify the barriers to Affordable public Most of what people joined up when and where Aim transport More of what needed, lack of cycle paths and 1500+ local people active travel and use of need and want will Adequate parking at people need and be accessible locally throughout ward 7 public transport. joined up paths; lack of parking By 2025 we are train station want is locally have indicated D. Develop a vision and at train station; no safe more locally Joined up paths produced and Harbour is used by that they do want action plan for overcoming Fewer barriers, available more boats crossing on A1; not easy to take to be able to resilient Policy these barriers easier and safer to bikes on train; lack of Legislation access public because we are E. Review of SES Plan and walk and cycle to Significant The air smells fresh information timetables and SOA reduction in the transportation and able to fulfil alignment with SOA. ELC, school and work. routes. ELC need for travel too It is quiet on the be less reliant our transport Public F. Ensure SOA drives enabling Public, Adequate facilities far to work, streets and roads 3. Lack of time: Public demand transportation policies. Farmers, for bikes on public upon oil but the needs using transportation and at shopping, health transport slow because not existing barriers do 50% less fossil Business G. Ensure ELC implements a Businesses, care, We are able to NHS Schools stations joined up or demand not make it easy fuels. local transport policy. Car Club entertainment, fulfil our Public education responsive; people having to for them to do so. H. Understand what and why Community transport needs transport travel too far for work, family, Interviews with operators ELC can’t make the minibuses We have a local using 50% less entertainment, health services. local farmers and situation better and plan More bike parking train service. fossil fuels. businesses to fill the gaps Action Plan for Active 4. Existing accessibility: Buses Transport exists Local service s are Interviews with I. Identify who needs to do ill equipped for disabled. Public Relocalisation Action joined up and ELC what transportation ill equipped for Plan exists integrated with long Research into J. Implement the action plan bikes, buggies and prams. distance journeys. published and K. Design efficient and Street lights 5. Existing Maintenance: dirty unpublished resilient local transport powered by paths, lack of gritting of information services renewable energy footpaths, street lights, L. Feasibility study of a local tarmacing where needed. train service.
Overall situation is: External Factors
What will make this work: East Lothian Council have: What East will prevent Lothian this Council do notfrom have:working: 6. All Transportation heavily enabling policies in place Enabling policy in place reliant upon fossil fuels. Joined up Planning Joined up Planning Legislation will be enforcing positive No Legislation to enforce positive change 7. Our need to travel for our change Business and consumers are not welcoming of necessities has reduced our Assumptions Business and consumers are welcoming of this change. local resilience. East Lothian Council will agree and align: this change. Funding is not available to enable Research, Policy will be enabling and in place Funding is available to enable Research, Technology and Skills Development. 8. Public transport is privately Joined up Planning Technology and Skills Development. owned and not integrated with Legislation will be enforcing positive change each other and have different Business and consumers will be welcoming of this change Funding will be available to enable Research, Technology and Skills Development fair structure, rules and regulation.