Liverpool Sustainable Urban Mobility Study

Abstract

University of Sydney and Arup have been engaged as research and development consultants by iMOVE and Liverpool City Council to develop a Sustainable Urban Mobility Study (SUMS) for the FAST corridor focusing on the areas of Miller, Middleton Grange, and Austral. The study aims to assess the suitability of key transport and land use scenarios and identify recommendations that are practical, sustainable, complimentary of outstanding committed transport infrastructure and commensurate with national, regional and local policy. Recommendations intend to provide input into future Fifteenth Avenue Corridor transport and master planning work. The study reviews existing multi-modal mobility data and travel behaviour in the Liverpool LGA, and summarises the key findings of the Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS) public engagement activities, undertakes access analysis for future transport and land use scenarios, and based on the scenario outcomes and community concerns provides a suite of modal recommendations aligned to the planning priorities identified in the Draft LSPS. The study supplements the LSPS and serves as a transport action plan. It aims to demonstrate how transport will be improved in suburbs such as Miller, Middleton Grange and Austral but also establish principles to improve transport services for all the suburbs in Liverpool. The aims and objectives of this study include: Assess what mobility options might exist in the future for the Liverpool community and the opportunities these present. Identify how to achieve improved urban mobility outcomes in areas surrounding the FAST Corridor including particularly: New release locations (eg. Austral and Middleton Grange); Existing locations with significant socio-economic challenges (eg. Miller). Propose recommendations with indicative staging that aligns with the Draft LSPS including policy actions to help inform the review process of Liverpool Council's DCP and LEP process as well as supporting the Liverpool Local Housing Strategy, and improve transport services across the Liverpool LGA.