1 Newcastle Fit for Cycling Cycle City Ambition bid April 2013 2 Newcastle Fit for Cycling Cycle City Ambition bid April 2013 Councillor Joyce McCarty Deputy Leader of the Council Labour, Wingrove Ward 166 Wingrove Road Fenham Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 9BX Leader’s Office, Civic Centre Cycle City bids (Wave 1 and 2) Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 2BN Department for Transport Phone: 0191 211 5151 2/16 Great Minster House Fax: 0191 211 4815 33 Horseferry Road [email protected] London www.newcastle.gov.uk SW1P 4DR Date: 25th April 2013 Dear Sir/Madam Reference: Newcastle’s Cycle City Ambition Fund bid Please find enclosed Newcastle City Council’s Cycle City Ambition Fund bid, entitled ‘Newcastle Fit for Cycling’. Our bid has been prepared in partnership and we are delighted to include letters of support from a broad range of stakeholders. Newcastle is a city that fundamentally wants to change how its people travel. Our commitment to cycling is not just for today or this week but for the longer term. We will make every effort to use our own funds and source other funding to continue to invest in cycling. Within ten years, Newcastle will:  Have made significant progress towards achieving European levels of cycling  Be a safer, more attractive place to move through and live in  Be healthier, more prosperous and sustainable We are ambitious. Our vision is to achieve a 12% cycle mode share for trips under 5 miles. The first two years will set the direction for this transformational long-term cycling strategy. The ‘Newcastle Fit for Cycling’ programme is holistic. We have combined the development of a strategic cycling network, supporting city centre regeneration, housing growth and access to employment, training and services across the City Deal area, with a complementary package of measures to encourage and enable more cycling in the city. Our programme will increase cycling trips by 73% (1,232,177 additional cycling trips are forecast) and will achieve a maximum BCR of 8:1, representing excellent value for money for the DfT. We look forward to working with our partners to make Newcastle a city that is ‘Fit for Cycling’. Yours sincerely Councillor Joyce McCarty Wingrove Ward Councillor and Deputy Leader of Newcastle City Council This matter is being dealt with by Gary MacDonald 0191 277 8971 [email protected] 3 Newcastle Fit for Cycling Cycle City Ambition bid April 2013 4 Newcastle Fit for Cycling Cycle City Ambition bid April 2013 Foreword Applicant information Newcastle is a city that Local authority name: fundamentally wants to change how its people travel. Newcastle City Council At a time when the UK economy faces low growth and uncertain prospects, Newcastle has ambitious plans. Bid Manager name and position: Over the next 10 years, city centre regeneration and housing development will re-ignite investment, and job Gary MacDonald, Transport Policy Manager creation will reconnect local residents with their city through transformational public realm projects. Telephone: 0191 277 8971 We are committed to ensuring that this economic Email address: [email protected] expansion of our city is sustainable. Postal address: Civic Centre, Barras Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8QH Our plans are underpinned by the need to make a step change in transport connectivity, relieve congestion on Website address for published bid: city centre roads, improve journey time reliability, www.newcastle.gov.uk/parking-roads-and- minimise the environmental impact of car use and transport/cycling/cycle-city-ambition improve health and well-being. Cycling levels in the North East are among the lowest SECTION A - Project description in the UK with 8% of people currently cycling once a week (against a national average of 10%), yet the and funding profile majority of journeys are under five miles. That is why we have developed and are investing in the delivery of our cycling strategy. A1. Project name: Newcastle Fit for Cycling That strategy and this bid build upon strong A2. Headline description: foundations. We are already a leader in delivering better neighbourhoods through our extensive 20 mph This programme will build a strategic cycling schemes. We are incorporating our new public health network, supporting city centre regeneration, duty into our work. We are also building on our values housing growth and access to employment, as a council. We want Newcastle to: training and services across the City Deal area.  Be a working city creating good quality jobs, Within ten years, Newcastle will: helping local people develop the skills to do them and giving them the means to get to them  Have made significant progress towards safely and sustainably achieving European levels of cycling  Create decent neighbourhoods by working with  Be a safer, more attractive place to move local communities to look after each other through and live in through ‘friendly streets’ projects and other measures  Be healthier, more prosperous and sustainable  Tackle the discrimination and inequalities which The first two years will set the direction for this prevent people from fulfilling their potential transformational long-term cycling strategy.  Become a fit for purpose council which leads our city by enabling and empowering others to Four out of seven of our strategic cycling routes will be achieve operational, linking Newcastle’s densely populated inner suburbs to a revitalised urban core. Through all of this and the support of our strong cycling community we will make Newcastle a city that is ‘Fit for A complementary package of measures to encourage Cycling’. and enable more cycling in neighbourhoods will transform everyday travel for all. Councillor Joyce McCarty Deputy Leader of Newcastle City Council 5 Newcastle Fit for Cycling Cycle City Ambition bid April 2013 A3. Geographical area: Civil Society organisations The programme has support from the following civil The Newcastle-Gateshead City Deal Area comprises society organisations: Sustrans, the CTC and Living the City of Newcastle and Gateshead Quays. Streets. Newcastle’s bid prioritises changes to the urban core and to the inner suburbs, within 2 miles of the city Transport Operators centre. The programme is supported by Nexus and East Coast Radial cycle routes will be constructed east through Mainline. Byker, west to Elswick and north to Gosforth. The Northern Route will be extended along the Great Partnership bodies will have a role(s) on the North Road to Newcastle Great Park which is the main management and co-ordination groups listed below: housing growth area for Newcastle. 1. Programme management group (meets quarterly) Maps illustrating the City Deal Accelerated Development Areas, locations of proposed schemes, Responsibilities: project ownership and accountability, existing transport infrastructure and other points of strategy, vision, oversight and approval of project interest to this bid, are provided in Appendix 1. implementation (ensuring alignment with wider sustainable transport and public health programmes), OS Grid Reference: 425800 562800 milestones, budget, PR, outputs and outcomes, monitoring and evaluation, risks and issues. A4. Type of bid (please tick relevant box): 2. Technical co-ordination group (meets monthly) Responsibilities: infrastructure design iteration, best Large project bids practice and benchmarking, cycle schemes evidence (requiring DfT funding of between £5m and £20m) base, input on wider transport strategy issues, street audits and consultations (ensuring needs of local Scheme Bid cyclists and pedestrians are met and decisions are A5. Equality analysis communicated), infrastructure user group consideration assessments. Has any Equality Analysis been undertaken in line with 3. Stakeholder group (meets quarterly) the Equality Duty? Responsibilities: supporting delivery and penetration Yes of programme, ensuring coherence and organisational In line with Newcastle City Council policy and Equality co-operation in relation to programme delivery, Duty, an Integrated Impact Assessment has been promoting community awareness, providing data and undertaken to ensure that decisions and activities in feedback on delivery effectiveness and potential relation to our proposed programme of work do not programme enhancements. disadvantage different groups within our community. A7. Local Enterprise Partnership / The full Integrated Impact Assessment is available on Local Transport Body Involvement request. Have you appended a letter from the LEP / LTB to A6. Partnership bodies support this case? Appendix 2 includes a full list of the partnership bodies Yes that we will work with to design and deliver the programme. We have appended a letter from the North East Local Enterprise Partnership. Stakeholder groups The programme has support from the following stakeholder groups: North East Local Enterprise Partnership, the Integrated Transport Authority, local business groups, local strategic community organisations and the cycling campaign and forum. 6 Newcastle Fit for Cycling Cycle City Ambition bid April 2013 SECTION B – The business case How our bid meets City Cycle Ambition fund requirements The table below sign-posts to supporting evidence within the bid (hyperlinks are included): Our City Cycle Ambition fund bid… Supporting evidence within the bid Supports a range of different types of cycling Our 10 year cycling ambition is outlined on page 9 and on measures that form part of a long-term strategy page 18. Our 2 year Cycle City Ambition work programme is detailed in full from page 11 onwards, including a summary of transport problems and our solutions on page 20. Supports the local economy and facilitates economic We have considered how each scheme within our 2 year work development programme will support the economy from page 30 onwards. Our programme is estimated to create 61 new jobs, as outlined on page 9. Includes commitment to a 10-year plan Our cycling ambition is shared. Over an 18 month consultative process involving Newcastle City Councillors, Newcastle Cycle Forum and private sector bodies, we have achieved unanimous Is ambitious and has cross-party support and cross-party political and community support. A statement of commitment to a long-term vision for transformational commitment from the opposition party is included on page 10. change Councillor Joyce McCarty, Deputy leader of Newcastle City Council champions our bid on page 5 and on page 10. Will offer overall value for money As detailed in Appendix 9: Economic Appraisal Report (on page 104) our 2 year programme will achieve a maximum BCR of 8:1. Monetised benefits included in the assessment of value for money are: impacts on health, decongestion, carbon emissions and amenity value. Includes engagement with the Acting Director of Our bid is supported by Dr Dawn Scott, Acting Director of Public Public, Health and Health and Well-being Boards Health on page 12 (also see letter of support on page 68). Dr Scott will join the programme management group, ensuring co-ordination of activities with the Health and Well-being strategy Explains how Health and Well-being Boards and (see governance structure detailed on page 127). We have local authorities' own public health teams will be confirmed £776K in public health match-funding. involved in the co-design and delivery of the cycling ambition Our bid is supported by Councillor Veronica Dunn, Cabinet Member for Adult and Culture Services and member of the Newcastle Health and Well-being Board (see letter of support on page 70). Will reduce carbon emissions, traffic noise and Our programme will increase cycling trips by 73%. improve air quality through enabling big shifts in the amount of cycling 1,232,177 additional cycling trips are forecast to result from our two year work programme. We have modelled the impacts and benefits of our programme in our Economic Appraisal Report (see Appendix 9: Economic Appraisal Report on page 104) Will improve the health of the local population and We will work in the city’s most deprived wards, where there reduce health inequalities, in particular by targeting are high levels of deprivation, physical inactivity and ill health. the most physically inactive groups Our programme of community engagement will focus on removing barriers to cycling amongst inactive and hard to reach Will have a positive impact on pedestrians and hard groups (as described on page 29. Also see details of how the to reach groups scheme was selected on page 34). 7 Newcastle Fit for Cycling Cycle City Ambition bid April 2013 Our City Cycle Ambition fund bid… Supporting evidence within the bid This priority is particularly highlighted in our letters of support from Dr Dawn Scott, Acting Director of Public Health (on page 68) and Councillor Veronica Dunn, Cabinet Member for Adult and Culture Services and member of the Newcastle Health and Well- being Board (on page 70). Is part of a holistic package to increasing walking and We have modelled the impact that our Cycle Friendly Areas cycling scheme will have on pedestrians and cyclists (see page 26). Our programme will increase physical activity through walking Will achieve well-being impacts through improved and cycling. It is widely acknowledged that increased physical public realm activity promotes mental well-being. Has a strong level of local commitment, both in terms Support for our programme is widespread, as demonstrated by of the priority afforded to it for growth, and the Councillor Joyce McCarty’s foreword on page 5, commitment to ensure delivery as soon as possible which recognises the programme’s contribution to growth, and a wide range of letters of support from page 66 onwards. We demonstrate our commitment to creating a step-change in cycling on page 10 and deliverability on page 38. Has a sound implementation strategy for Our implementation strategy is outlined from page 38. infrastructure delivery during 2013/14 and 2014/15 A full project plan details output milestones in Appendix 11 (on page 126). Includes ambitious and realistic output milestones, to measure progress towards delivery of the package We have set out high level delivery milestones for the next 2 components to time and budget over the period to be years on page 38. We have considered key risks and have set covered by the funding out a strategy for how we will manage them on page 39 and in Appendix 13: Risk management strategy and QRA – part A Includes planned measures for managing risks (on page 131). We have considered commercial viability and procurement on page 37. Has a procurement strategy Details how implementation will be managed across We have considered the range of partners that would be involved Newcastle and Gateshead City Deal area and clearly in achieving our Cycle City Ambition on page 6 and on page 50. identifies the roles, responsibilities and the level of involvement of partnership bodies in the delivery We have detailed the roles that each partner would play and process have mapped out a programme governance structure that will appropriately and efficiently channel partner expertise and enable all to play their vital role (on page 127). Has senior level support from our partner organisations. A series of letters of support confirm partner commitment from page 66 onwards, including a letter from key partners Gateshead Council (John McElroy, Cabinet Member for Transport). Demonstrates a wide spectrum of community We have developed our vision for cycling over an 18 month participation in decision-making and delivery, consultative process involving a range of stakeholders from the drawing on the ideas and expertise of the community community, voluntary and private sectors (as shown on page and voluntary sector beyond cycling 19). Going forward, technical and stakeholder groups will consult on programme delivery (as shown on page 6 and on page 127). Will make use of the Annual Population Survey APS baseline data on page 16 shows that in all cases, the Tyne (APS) to explore what, if any, impact better cycling and Wear score is slightly lower than the England average. and walking provision might make on the four measures of well-being included in the survey It will be possible to compare the levels of subjective well-being in Tyne and Wear before and after the programme. This approach is documented in our Monitoring and Evaluation Plan on page 161. 8 Newcastle Fit for Cycling Cycle City Ambition bid April 2013 B1. The scheme – summary Delivery of the strategy will be underpinned by:  Transformational city centre regeneration under Our programme has the following objectives: NewcastleGateshead Urban Core Area Action Plan  Development of a city-wide strategic cycle Specific objective Economic growth Carbon reduction  nbeAene chatwoabmovleripo kmlu eoromf rcseehen acvtnyaegcrnyle i nn pmger owega crsayumcrleems re ot ouo tfee tnsac roguertaegde and To increase cycling by delivering a Supporting the economic expansion of the city step change in the quality,  attractiveness and perception of cycling Over the next 10 years, our strategy will address major opportunities within Newcastle. cycle safety and severance issues to transform everyday travel for all, complementing the economic To make cycling more competitive with expansion of the city. car use (particularly for shorter  journeys) Investment in cycling generates jobs, both in the construction of infrastructure and through the delivery To heighten public awareness and of soft measure interventions. We estimate that 11 jobs  acceptability of cycling are created for every £1 million of investment in sustainable transport infrastructure. To enhance the public realm / street scene and create more attractive, safe  and welcoming local environments Our Cycle City Ambition programme is estimated to create 61 jobs; 54 jobs through infrastructure To ease congestion / bottlenecks and investment and a further 7 jobs at the Active Travel smooth traffic flows into and out of the   Centre and through Community Outreach work. city City centre regeneration To enhance access to employment, training and services for all sectors of Our strategic cycle network will pass through and link the community, with a specific focus on communities to opportunities in the following improving access to: regenerated urban employment centres:  urban employment centres  Newcastle city centre/shopping centre/urban  development sites that have the   core (which is being extended) potential to create housing  Gateshead town centre/urban core  development sites that have the (which is undergoing continued revitalisation) potential to create jobs Housing growth  the Enterprise Zone, located along the North Bank of the Tyne We will improve access to the following new housing growth sites: Our 10 year ambition  Newcastle Great Park  Scotswood Newcastle has an ambition to be a healthier, more  Walker prosperous and sustainable city that is  Newburn ‘Fit for Cycling’, with safer, more attractive places  Gateshead town centre/urban core to move through and live in. (incorporating development of Northumbia University student housing which is currently under construction). In 10 years we would anticipate approximately 12% cycle mode share for trips under 5 miles Access to training (see: Levels of cycling investment on page 10). We will improve access to training opportunities. The strategic cycle network will provide safe cycling Our cycle strategy sets out how we will achieve an access and facilities for Newcastle University (20,000 increased cycle mode share for all short trips. students), Northumbria University (30,000 students), Newcastle College (30,000 students) Gateshead 9 Newcastle Fit for Cycling Cycle City Ambition bid April 2013 College (14,000 students) and the proposed University Levels of cycling investment Technical College (900 students). Newcastle City Council’s existing capital plan enables Access to employment us to commit to expenditure of £10 per population head beyond Cycle City Ambition Investment, into 2016. We will improve access to the following development sites with the potential to create jobs: In 2016 (year 3) we plan to progress phase 1 of two additional schemes:  Newcastle Science Central (major office 1. The Longbenton strategic route (linking the city development at this site will offer opportunities centre to the north east) for businesses to co-locate with Newcastle 2. West Denton strategic route (linking the city University) centre to the south west)  Stephenson Quarter and Newcastle Central rail station (this area is primed to become a major These routes are budgeted in Appendix 6: Full new office district in the next decade) breakdown of package costs.  East Pilgrim Street (an under-utilised area adjacent to the city centre’s main business and Budgets are not yet confirmed for future years, but we retail district, set to become a substantial can confirm that Newcastle is committed in principle mixed-use development) towards maintaining investment at this level and  Gateshead Quays and Baltic Business Quarter creating a city that is ‘Fit for Cycling’. (which will host a significant new mixed-use development, including an international conference and exhibition centre)  The Enterprise Zone, located along the North Bank of the Tyne. Our commitment to creating a step change in cycling Our cycling ambition is shared. Over an 18 month consultative process involving Newcastle City Councillors, Newcastle Cycling Forum and private sector bodies, we have achieved unanimous “Our commitment to cycling in Newcastle is cross-party political and community support. not just for today or this week but for the longer term. Like all councils we cannot be certain about our future funding but we will make every effort to use our own funds and source other funding to continue to invest in “We have always been cycling. This as an investment in the future of strong supporters of Newcastle and the lives of our residents cycling in Newcastle, which will help us meet priorities for our city.” for its obvious benefits to reduce carbon Councillor Joyce McCarty emissions, ease traffic Deputy Leader of Newcastle City Council congestion, improve the local environment and promote public health. Assuming that the £10 per head spend is maintained, The Liberal Democrat administration and that any future investment made will provide the drafted the city’s cycling strategy in 2011 same uplift in cycling as modeled for the Cycle City and, following the change in political Ambition period (over the longer term), by year ten we control, we were pleased that the incoming would anticipate approximately 12% cycle mode Labour administration adopted it and is share for trips under 5 miles. moving it forward. The strategy received unanimous cross- party support when it was adopted last year.” Councillor Gareth Kane Opposition Spokesman on Environment and Sustainability 10 Newcastle Fit for Cycling Cycle City Ambition bid April 2013