The West Yorkshire authorities and key partners are working together in order that residents, businesses and visitors will enjoy a high quality integrated local transport system that:

• is efficient, reliable, affordable and safe;
• meets the travel needs of all of the people and businesses of West Yorkshire;
• secures a high quality environment, with the environmental impacts of traffic carefully managed in order to improve road safety and avoid compromising standards relating to noise, air quality and severance;
• provides access to a wide range of goods and services without the need for private motorised transport; thus ensuring that car use is seen as a choice rather than a necessity;
• does not have unacceptable effects on the local or global environment;
• offers seamless transfer between different modes of transport; and 
• will help to reduce social exclusion.

This is the second West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan Annual Progress Report which has been prepared for submission to the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.

The report highlights progress that has been made in implementing the Local Transport Plan strategies during 2000/01. It also indicates what progress has been made in further developing the strategies.

Monitoring the effects of our actions has been ongoing for a number of years. The report summarises the monitoring that has been undertaken and the progress we are making towards achieving the Local Transport Plan Targets. More detail is provided in separate appendices.

Contents and Introduction

Chapters 2 and 3

Chapters 4 to 6