Vision Objectives and Challenges
Vision
"A transport system that supports Staffordshire's economy, and safely and conveniently connects people and services within Staffordshire and beyond; it provides opportunities for services and jobs to be accessed in a sustainable way, and makes sure that the adverse effect of transport on Staffordshire's rich environment and on residents' quality of life is minimised."
Objectives and Challenges
To achieve this vision, seven countywide objectives and 17 challenges have been identidied. The objectives and challenges are inter-related. In delivering them, care will be taken and compromises made to ensure that measures to meet one objective do not undermine efforts to meet another.
Whilst all of the objectives are important, the three main ones are:
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Support growth and regeneration.
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Maintaining the highway network.
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Making transport easier to use and places easier to get to.
Some objectives are more important in certain parts of the county than in others and this will be recognised in the District Integrated Transport Strategies.
Countywide Objectives and Challenges
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Objective
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Challenges
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Support Growth and Regeneration
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Provide opportunities for residents to access jobs, training and education.
Help businesses access suppliers, markets and a workforce.
Enable economic growth without causing congestion.
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Maintaining the Highway Network
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Maintain the current condition of the highway network and its infrastructure.
Keep the highway safe and serviceable whilst achieving value for money
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Making Transport Easier to Use and Places Easier to Get to
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Reduce social exclusion faced by residents.
Make 'access for all' a key consideration when planning new housing and employment sites, services and facilities.
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Improving Safety and Security
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Improve the skills of all road users.
Maintain the current road safety record.
Tackle crime, fear of crime, and anti-social behaviour on the highway network.
Improve the resilience of the highway network to events that pose safety threats to highway users.
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Reducing Road Transport Emissions and Their Effects on the Highway Network
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Reduce emissions from road transport.
Respond to current and future climatic conditions
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Improving Health and Quality of Life
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Encourage active travel.
Maximise opportunities for transport to positively contribute towards people's quality of life.
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Respecting the Environment
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Minimise the impact of transport on the environment.
Enhance the environment through the management and maintenance of the highway network
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