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National Transport Targets

RELEVANT NATIONAL TRANSPORT TARGETS

NATIONAL PSA TARGETS

  • Reduce congestion on the inter-urban trunk road network, and in large urban areas in England, below 2000 levels by 2010.

  • Improve accessibility, punctuality and reliability of local public transport (bus and light rail) with an increase in use of more than 12 per cent from 2000 levels by 2010.

  • Reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured in Great Britain in road accidents by 40 per cent and the number of children killed or seriously injured by 50 per cent, by 2010 compared with the average for 1994-98, tackling the significantly higher incidence in disadvantaged communities.

  • Improve air quality by meeting our national air quality strategy objectives for carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, particles sulphur dioxide, benzene and 1-3 butadiene (shared with DEFRA).

10-YEAR PLAN TARGETS and INDICATORS (not covered by the above)

  • By 2010 to triple the number of cycling trips compared with a 2000 base.

  • To achieve a one-third increase in the proportion of households in rural areas within about 10 minutes walk of an hourly or better bus service by 2010.

  • Provide sufficient resources to local authorities to halt the deterioration in the condition of local roads by 2004 and to eliminate the backlog by the end of the Plan period.