Special Interest Group annual report to LGA Board.
Contact information
Lead Member: Cllr Alexander Nicoll
Lead Officer: John Pope
Email: [email protected]
Address: 45 Sycamore Road, East Leake, Loughborough Leics LE12 6PP
Telephone: 07757 944689
Website: Publictransportconsortium.org.uk
Membership
- Bath & North East Somerset
- Blackpool Council
- Brighton & Hove Council
- Bristol City Council
- Buckinghamshire Council
- Cheshire East Council
- Cheshire West & Chester Council
- Devon County Council
- Durham Council
- East Sussex Council
- Essex County Council
- Gloucestershire County Council
- Halton Council
- Hampshire County Council
- Hertfordshire Council
- Kent County Council
- Lancashire County Council
- Lincolnshire County Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Norfolk County Council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- Somerset County Council
- South Gloucestershire
- Staffordshire County Council
- Suffolk County Council
- Surrey County Council
- Thurrock Council
- Warwickshire County Council
- WECA
Aim
The Consortium aims to:
- act as a forum for discussion and promotion of public transport issues affecting local authorities outside metropolitan areas;
- promote the exchange of experience and good practice between member authorities and in liaison with other bodies;
- advise appropriate committees or other executive bodies of the LGA on public transport issues;
- represent interests of member authorities to Government, the Local Government Association, operators and other organisations involved in public transport
- provide advice and guidance to member authorities concerning Passenger Transport policy and operations.
Key activities/outcomes of work undertaken
- Hosted five plenary and three executive meetings: most held virtually, but the Annual General Meeting was held as a hybrid meeting, with attendees at 18 Smith Square as well as via MS Teams.
- Revived the annual study tour – members visited an electric bus depot in London to learn how it had been developed and functioned. Plenary meeting at 18 Smith Square included a discussion on electric vehicle infrastructure.
- Exchanged correspondence with the following Ministers: Andrew Stephenson, MP
- Liaised with Department for Transport Officers and LGA Officers.
- Provided members with the opportunity to consider the following topics at Plenary meetings:
- Alternative fuels (Discussion hosted by Cllr Steve Forster, Hampshire County Council)
- Current bus user satisfaction and attitudes to concessionary bus travel (Discussion hosted by David Sidebottom, Transport Focus)
- Transport East’ Transport Strategy (Discussion hosted by Andrew Summers, Strategic Director, Transport East)
- Great British Rail Transition Team (Discussion hosted by Gary Nolan, GBRTT)