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National Transport Committee 17th June 2011 at AECOM offices Leeds - Minutes and papers

28th Jul 2011

This meeting held in Leeds with the hosts as AECOM and Leeds City Council was well attended and covered a number of interesting topics including a review of  and visit to a number of schemes in Leeds.

The Agenda was as follows.

TAG NATIONAL TRANSPORT  COMMITTEE  MEETING FRIDAY 17^th June

  1030 at AECOM’s OFFICES 5th Floor, 2 City Walk, Leeds, LS11 9AR

 AGENDA

 1)        WELCOME  TO LEEDS – Phil Mitchell

            WELCOME TO AECOM – Nigel Wilso      

2)         APOLOGIES

3)         MINUTES AND MATTERS ARISING FROM  18^TH MARCH MEETING  (attachment)

 4)        TAG AGM AND PRESIDENTS SEMINAR REPORT (Satbir Gill)

 5)         PRESENTATION OF SCHEMES IN LEEDS – Phil Mitchell

 6)        TMA IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS INCLUDING CIVIL         ENFORCEMENT

a)         The work, problems and issues coming from the Traffic Managers Forum – Phil Mitchell

b)         Enforcement of moving vehicle offences outside London (Attachment) JE, Phil Moore, Martin Low, and Caroline Green

c)         Extending CPE to all authorities (attachment JE plus Nick Lester’s comments) See also

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tpm/tmaportal/tmafeatures/tmapart6/secparkingfactsheets/parkingenforcepwers

7)          HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORT JOINT BOARDS INCLUDING ASSET MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

a)         UKRLG Minutes and TAG representation Anthony Radford Foley (attached)

b)         ADEPT TAG Highways and Asset Management Working Group (Anthony Radford-Foley)

c)         Highways Management Efficiency Programme volunteers and issues

d)         UK Roads Liaison Group updates to the Codes of Practice -

Management of Highway Structures - A Code of Practice the Complementary Guidance latest update published today http://bit.ly/kMYGh0

Well - maintained Highways - Code of Practice the Complementary Guidance latest update published today http://bit.ly/lXh26Q

An updated version of Section 4.3 on Training of the Highway Risk and Liability Guide for the 2nd edition available at http://bit.ly/jy4yaD

e)         Replacement for Matt Williams (Dudley) on UK Lighting board from outside London (John Clarke stood in in April) volunteer hopefully found.

f)          Audit Commission report - Going the distance - Achieving better value for money in road maintenance - http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/nationalstudies/localgov/Pages/20110526goingthedistance.aspx

8)         LATEST POSITION ON FUNDING, POLICY DIRECTION, INFLUENCING GOVERNMENT ETC

a)         Latest on Localism bill, Strategic Planning Infrastructure Commission, National Planning Policy Framework and roundtable discussion, Community Infrastructure Levy (2 attachments - JE, Emma Cockburn, Michael Bach, Nicky Linihan)

b)         Possible meeting with Chair of HOCTC Louise Ellman (TAG President, JE, Phil Moore)

c)         Network Rail - Northern Route Utilisation Strategy (RUS) - http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browseDirectory.aspx?dir=%5CRUS%20Documents%5CRoute%20Utilisation%20Strategies%5CRUS%20Generation%202%5CNorthern&pageid=4449&root=%5CRUS%20Documents%5CRoute%20Utilisation%20Strategies

d)         Competition Commission Provisional Findings Report on Local Bus Services - http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/inquiries/ref2010/localbus/provisional_findings.htm

e)         EU – White Paper -  Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system -  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0144:FIN:EN:PDF

f)          McNulty Report – Rail Value for Money Study - http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.10401

9)       CONSULTATIONS GOVERNMENT/ HOUSE OF COMMONS   TRANSPORT COMMITTEE/ REPORTS Etc

a)         London First Connectivity consultation by 10^th June – Any responses from others?  http://www.london-first.co.uk/documents/Connectivity_-_Call_for_Evidence.pdf

b)         Consultation on the possibility of allowing an increase in the length of articulated lorries (DFT-2011-6) (Owen Davies writing Draft for urgent comment to follow shortly)

http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/open/2011-06/consultationdocument.pdf

c)         Government response to HOCTC report on Transport and the Economy (attached)

d)         HOCTC Report winter weather Dec 2010 (attached)

e)         Highway Agency Review (2 attachments including CIHT response with TAG)

f)          Government Red Tape challenge (attached John Lamb’s comments)

10)           TRAFFIC LIMITATION, SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL AND TRAVEL PLANNING

a)         Review of parking standards PPG13, 4, 6 etc TAG ‘guidance/advice to LAs – (Emma Cockburn, Chris Pagdin, Michael Bach,  Andrew Hiley, Keith Gardner, Nicky Linihan, Paul Willis)

b)         ACT Travelwise  developments (Rhian Davies)

c)         PTRC including CILT (Daniel Parker-Klein/John Rider /Sabrina Isfaq)

11)       ROAD SAFETY ISSUES

a)         Update on Road Safety initiatives (Georgina Dean, Josie Wride)

b)         Strategic Framework for Road Safety -http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/strategicframework/

c)         Camera partnerships and funding (Nick Clennett and others) latest position)

12)       PROGRESS AND ISSUES ARISING ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNS REVIEW ETC

   a)         Update from Dave Johnson, John Clarke and Michael Bach

b)         Traffic signs regulations Statutory Instrument 2011 No. 1040 can be viewed by following the link below

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1040/introduction/made

A PDF version is available at this link

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1040/pdfs/uksi_20111040_en.pdf

c)         The following new Traffic Advisory Leaflets (TALs) are published:-

TAL 2/11 Portable Traffic Signals for the Control of Vehicular Traffic

TAL 3/11 Signal-controlled Pedestrian Facilities at Portable Traffic Signals

PDF versions of the TALs can be downloaded free of charge at http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tpm/tal/         

            13)       LIAISON, CONFERENCE & TECHNICAL INFORMATION

a)         Outcomes from TAG supported PTEG cycling conference Sheffield 30^th March (Matt Steele) And  the news release on the associated Sustrans report:

http://ptegblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/20-things-i-learned-from-our-big-city-cycling-conference-in-sheffield/

http://www.pteg.net/MediaCentre/PressReleases/cyclingreport.htm

 b)        b) PTRC events (see attachment)

c)         PTEG Stakeholder update (attachment)

 14)       AOB

 15)       LUNCH

 16)       VISIT TO PUBLIC REALM SCHEMES IN LEEDS          

DATES AND LOCATIONS OF FUTURE MEETINGS

Friday September 16^th at LGA Smith Square

Friday December 2^nd     at LGA Smith Square

Anybody wanting any papers from the Agenda or attached with the minutes please contact John Elliott - johnrelliott@btinternet.com 

 

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