Solent Transport has been responsible for developing policy and research for cross Solent transport issues since 2008. Tap into our wealth of resources covered under these key categories.
An archive of older studies, reports and information prepared by TfSH between 2007 and 2014 is available at our archive page.
Policy and strategy documents
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Transport Delivery Plan (TDP)
The TDP, published in 2013, was developed from the Sub Regional Transport Model Evidence Base and identifies the prioritised transport schemes and interventions needed to support economic growth over the period to 2026.
Click here to view the Transport Delivery Plan document
The Transport Delivery Plan (TDP) provides a clear statement of the transport scheme priorities to be progressed by Solent and its member authorities and provides a robust starting point from which to take forward scheme development and funding bid preparation. It also provides partners with a clear view of Solent Transport scheme priorities.
The TDP is a strategic delivery plan and it does not include the full range of transport schemes being implemented by Local Transport Authorities (LTAs).
The Local Transport Plan implementation plans of Hampshire County Council, Isle of Wight Council, Portsmouth City Council, and Southampton City Council set out the full range of transport schemes being progressed by the LTAs. For the Hampshire County Council area, all schemes (local and strategic) will be included in Borough/District Transport Statements and in Town Access Plans.
The TDP represents the TfSH position at early 2013 on forecast growth. It is planned that a revised version of the TDP will be published in 2019, reflecting changes to the transport and development context across Solent over the last five years.
Consultation was an important part of the TDP development, and the approach taken is summarised in section 3.6 of the TDP. Feedback notes from the consultation are provided in these separate documents:
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Joint Local Transport Plan (LTP) Strategy
Hampshire County Council, Southampton City Council, and Portsmouth City Council have worked in partnership to produce the joint Local Transport Plan (LTP3) Strategy for South Hampshire, which will guide the development of their transport networks until 2031. The South Hampshire Joint Strategy has been produced following extensive consultation with the public and our strategic partners.
Local Transport Strategy for South Hampshire
The twenty year (from 2011 to 2031) joint transport strategy also forms the LTP3s of Portsmouth City Council and Southampton City Council, and will be included within the Hampshire County Council LTP3. Each LTA is also responsible for developing its own supporting implementation plan, outlining how the policies and strategies that will be put into practice.
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Public Transport Delivery Plan 2014-2036
Building on the work of the Transport Delivery Plan, this work considers the priorities for public transport investment across the Solent.
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Reduce Strategy
As part of the original Transport for South Hampshire "Reduce – Manage – Invest" approach to transport strategy, the 2009 Reduce Strategy outlined the best ways of reducing the demand for travel, particularly through behavioural change programmes, as part of a balanced transport programme. The Strategy was peer reviewed by Professor Phil Goodwin, who is a leading academic on the subject. The approach proposed in the Reduce Strategy has been successfully taken forward into the Better Connected South Hampshire Local Sustainable Transport Fund project, which includes a comprehensive behavioural change programme. Read more here.
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Freight Strategy
With two major international Ports and an international airport, the Solent is an important location for freight distribution. The 2009 Freight Strategy for Urban South Hampshire offers solutions to problems that can be caused by freight services, such as encouraging the use of low-emission vehicles to improve air quality. It also promotes understanding and communication between local authorities and freight/logistics operators, and raises the profile of freight in local transport planning.
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Mobility Hubs
Solent Transport, in partnership with Highways England, have developed this guide to assist local authorities, transport operators, developers and community groups in designing and establishing Mobility Hubs; a crucial element for creating sustainable public transport systems.
Research
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Sub Regional Transport Model (SRTM)
As the key transport evidence base for the Solent, the SRTM is supported by a number of technical reports. These provide background information on the development of the SRTM, including surveys and calibration and validation, to demonstrate that the SRTM is compliant with Government appraisal guidance. Report R6 is the main technical study, which supported the development of the Transport Delivery Plan (TDP). It includes a detailed appraisal of a full range of transport schemes and the best performing of these were shortlisted for inclusion in the TDP.
- Evidence Base - Report on Surveys
- Report on Surveys: Appendices A and B
- Report on Surveys: Appendices C to G
- Evidence Base - Model Development Report 2
- Road Traffic Model Calibration and Validation Summary Report 4
- Evidence Base - Public Transport Model Calibration and Validation Report 5
- Evidence Base - Case and Options for Intervention Report R6
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Better Connected Project
The Better Connected South Hampshire Local Sustainable Transport Fund project is supported by a full research programme, to assess the success of the project. A number of documents have already been published and the research will continue to assess the project over its delivery period.
This document sets out the approach being taken to the monitoring and evaluation of the Better Connected programme:
Download: Outcomes Monitoring PlanThis document reports on the first year of the Better Connected South Hampshire LSTF programme, setting the baseline position with regards traffic levels, public transport usage and attitudes towards sustainable transport. This will form the basis against which the project will be evaluated over the remaining 2 years of the programme:
Download: Baseline monitoring reportThis report summarises the outcomes from 2012/13, the first year of the project:
Download 2012/13 Highlight ReportThis report summarises the outcomes from 2013/14:
Download 2013/14 Highlight ReportThis report provides detailed monitoring results for the final year of the project (2015)
Download 2015 monitoring report
This report summarises "lessons learned" in the implementation of the project. This information may be useful for future behaviour change project planning.
Download "lessons learned" report
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Better Bus Area Fund Project
An update has been produced to summarise progress on this project: click here to download
Partner Strategies
A number of key strategies are published by our Member authorities and by key stakeholders and partners. These strategies and plans are key documents setting out how these organisations plan to deliver improvements to the parts of the transport network that they are responsible for. Solent Transport has provided strategic level input (for example through the South Hampshire Joint Strategy, or through responding to consultations) to many of these strategies and plans. Links to these strategies are provided below.