{"id":1568,"date":"2023-04-19T13:17:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T13:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westerngatewaystb.org.uk\/making-the-right-choices\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T06:47:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T06:47:53","slug":"making-the-right-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westerngatewaystb.org.uk\/making-the-right-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the right choices"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Western Gateway STB launches &#8216;Making the right choices&#8217; engagement<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As Western Gateway STB (Sub-national Transport Body) prepares to develop its Strategic Transport Plan up to 2050, it is seeking views to help define and achieve its aims across all transport modes over the plan period.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u2018Making the right choices: Issues and opportunities for the Strategic Transport Plan 2025-2050\u2019 sets out the issues facing the Western Gateway STB area, including planned housing growth and the need to enable economic growth while addressing the predominant issue of decarbonisation. It examines regional concerns about car use and congestion, rural journeys, freight and connectivity, and sets out an assortment of opportunities that could be combined to help address these issues. These opportunities range from improving rail, bus and coach services and increasing multi-modal journeys to promoting active travel and alternative fuels.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To help inform Western Gateway STB\u2019s long-term Strategic Transport Plan, \u2018Making the right choices\u2019 asks for views on the issues and opportunities that have been identified. Responses are requested to five key questions that will determine if the right issues and opportunities have been considered and what the priorities should be for the region.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Cllr Mike Greene, Western Gateway STB Chair,&nbsp;said: \u201cWestern Gateway STB\u2019s vision is to speak with one regional voice to design a long-term investment programme that will deliver a well-connected, clean, resilient and reliable strategic transport system that creates opportunities, boosts productivity and provides a better quality of life for people across the region. We look forward to hearing views about how we can best achieve this as we work to develop our Strategic Transport Plan 2025-2050.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u2018Making the right choices: Issues and opportunities for the Strategic Transport Plan 2025-2050\u2019 can be accessed online <a href=\"https:\/\/westerngatewaystb.org.uk\/strategy\/making-the-right-choices\/\">here<\/a> or by emailing <a href=\"mailto:WesternGatewaySTB@westofengland-ca.gov.uk\">WesternGatewaySTB@westofengland-ca.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The engagement period is now open and closes on Friday 19th May 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>For further information and to access &#8216;Making the right choices: Issues and opportunities for the Strategic Transport Plan 2025-2050&#8217; <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westerngatewaystb.org.uk\/strategy\/making-the-right-choices\/\">click here<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/westerngatewaystb.org.uk\/our-work\/rural-mobility\/\">.<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Western Gateway STB prepares to develop its Strategic Transport Plan up to 2050, \u2018Making the right choices\u2019 sets out the issues and opportunities facing transport planning in the region and seeks views on what the priorities should be to develop this long-term plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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