Our Vision
Our vision:
Transport is a vital part of everyday life — which is why our transport strategy must be bold and ambitious, delivering a system that works for people, businesses, and the planet.
Our vision for the peninsula is clear:
to transform transport across the region, enabling our society and economy to thrive while allowing our unique and outstanding environment to flourish.
The vision was consulted on in 2021, the results of the consultation summary sets out the results.
This vision is underpinned by the following five transport and mobility goals:
The Regional Evidence Base (REB) details the regional transport challenges and opportunities, in addition to prioritising the schemes submitted.
Key challenges on the current transport network included:
- Increased traffic volumes on our strategic road networks
- High visitor numbers place further strain on networks (21m domestic visitors in 2017)
- High journey times within the peninsula and beyond
- Vulnerability and resilience of existing rail infrastructure
- High proportion of business population is rural
- Low utilisation of bus for Travel to Work (<4% average.)
- Limited connectivity to wider transport, creating reliance on car mode
- Ageing port and airport infrastructure
