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Cardiff 'most transport friendly town'

24/02/2009

Cardiff has been named as Britain's top 'transport friendly town' in a new study.

The research, conducted in 2008 by property consultants GVA Grimley, examined the transport networks in 12 major UK centres. It follows on from similar work conducted in 2003.

Cardiff, which was placed third in 2003, was found to have benefited from improved rail services, while demand from office development had dropped off. Sheffield took the second spot, having dropped from first place in 2003.

Meanwhile, increased transport expenditure and reduced demand lifted Glasgow from seventh place to third.

Birmingham and Bristol remained bottom of the 12 cities. The study found some improvement in Birmingham's transport networks, but noted that the city still had relatively few roads and a low level of spending. Progress was judged to have been "slow" in 12th-placed Bristol's major transport schemes.

The research identified plans for significant transport improvement in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester and Nottingham, but it warned that these remain uncertain and that some were due to have been completed by now.

>a href="http://www.gvagrimley.co.uk/x10701.xml" target="_blank">Dr Jim Whelan, author of the study, warned that reduced demand resulting from the recession might be used by councils to claim an apparent 'success' in transport planning.

"This perception needs to be avoided if the economic recovery of the cities is to be assisted rather than hindered by transport provision," he added.

"The recession should be seen as an opportunity for UK cities as it will reduce the pressure on the transport systems allowing cities to tackle transport deficiencies for when the markets return.

"The delivery - or non-delivery - of the proposed schemes is likely to affect the competitiveness of these towns for the future."

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