| What needs to be done | Partners we need to work with | Indicative cost | Indicative Timescale |
| 2007 - 2010 | 2010 - 2015 | 2015 - 2025 |
| PT01. Improve passenger transport services |
| Improve frequency Oban - Glasgow rail service | - Transport Scotland
- Rail operator
- Hitrans
| £250,000 | green | green | |
| Introduce rail commuter service, Dalmally - Oban | £200,000 | green (1) | | |
Enhance passenger transport links to main tourist centres in our area, e.g. LLTNP visitor destinations:- Dunoon, Argyll Forest Park and the Coastal Villages
- Lomond Parkway and the Arrochar Alps
- Helensburgh
| - Hitrans
- SPT
- LLTNP
- Transport operators
| - | red | green | |
[(1) - denotes Project Development 2007-08, Project Delivery to begin 2009]
| What needs to be done | Partners we need to work with | Indicative cost | Indicative Timescale |
| 2007 - 2010 | 2010 - 2015 | 2015 - 2025 |
| PT02. Improve service integration |
| Encourage alignment of services to allow onward travel, i.e. to regional centres such as Oban, Lochgilphead, Dunoon, Campbeltown, Helensburgh and Rothesay, and to national gateways such as Glasgow, Edinburgh or Inverness | - Hitrans
- SPT
- Transport operators
- Travelling public
| £25,000 per annum | red (1) | green | |
[(1) - denotes Project Development 2007-08, Project Delivery to begin 2009]
| What needs to be done | Partners we need to work with | Indicative cost | Indicative Timescale |
| 2007 - 2010 | 2010 - 2015 | 2015 - 2025 |
| PT03. Review passenger transport fares |
| Investigate current fare costs across all modes of transport in the area to ensure equity and maximum benefit | - Hitrans
- SPT
- Scottish Executive
- Transport operators
| - | red (begin 2009) | | |
| Continue to support national and local concessionary travel schemes (e.g. Scotland-wide free bus schemes for older and disabled people, concessionary travel scheme for young people) | - Transport Scotland
- West of Scotland Partner Authorities
| - | green | green | green |
| What needs to be done | Partners we need to work with | Indicative cost | Indicative Timescale |
| 2007 - 2010 | 2010 - 2015 | 2015 - 2025 |
| PT04. Promote demand responsive services |
| Continue to support existing demand responsive services in the area and investigate / encourage new services to be established | - Hitrans
- SPT
- Transport operators
- Community transport providers
| - | red (1) | green (complete by end 2012) | |
[(1) - denotes Project Development 2007-08, Project Delivery to begin 2009]
| What needs to be done | Partners we need to work with | Indicative cost | Indicative Timescale |
| 2007 - 2010 | 2010 - 2015 | 2015 - 2025 |
| PT05. Encourage Community Transport provision |
| Campaign for sustainable funding streams for Community Transport | - Hitrans
- SPT
- Community Transport Association (CTA)
- Community transport providers
| - | red | green | green |
| Investigate other areas within Argyll and Bute that would benefit from Community Transport | - Community groups
- NHS Scotland
- Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS)
| - | red | | |
| Encourage communities to take active part in the provision of Community Transport | - | red | green | green |
| Continue to work with partner agencies in integrating community / health and mainstream public transport | - NHS
- SAS
- Community transport providers
- CTA
- Transport operators
- Scottish Executive
| - | red | green | green |
| Continue to work with partner agencies in simplifying criteria for health / community transport | - | red | green | green |
| What needs to be done | Partners we need to work with | Indicative cost | Indicative Timescale |
| 2007 - 2010 | 2010 - 2015 | 2015 - 2025 |
| PT06. Develop air services |
| Achieve licensed status for Oban, Coll and Colonsay airports | | - | green | | |
| Review success of Argyll Air Services project and consider further enhancements | - Air Service operator
- Users of the air service
| - | red (begin 2009) | green | |
| What needs to be done | Partners we need to work with | Indicative cost | Indicative Timescale |
| 2007 - 2010 | 2010 - 2015 | 2015 - 2025 |
| PT07. Develop an Accessibility Planning model |
| Develop an accessibility planning model to inform the optimum provision of services in the area | | £25,000 | red | | |
| What needs to be done | Partners we need to work with | Indicative cost | Indicative Timescale |
| 2007 - 2010 | 2010 - 2015 | 2015 - 2025 |
| PT08. Improve passenger transport information |
| Review existing timetable literature and produce in more accessible, easy to read formats, e.g. large print | - Transport operators
- Disability forums
- Local communities
| - | red (1) | green (complete by end 2012) | |
| Provide a variable message sign for Jura - Islay ferry route to improve information on service status | - Scottish Executive
- Initiative at the Edge
- Community Planning Partnership (CPP)
| £10,000 | green | | |
| Expand the use of real time information throughout the network. | - Hitrans
- SPT
- Transport operators
| - | green | green | green |
| Ensure timetable information published on the Council's website is updated on time | | - | green | green | green |
[(1) - denotes Project Development 2007-08, Project Delivery to begin 2009]
| What needs to be done | Partners we need to work with | Indicative cost | Indicative Timescale |
| 2007 - 2010 | 2010 - 2015 | 2015 - 2025 |
| PT09. Improve passernger transport ticketing |
| Investigate the provision of booking facilities in locations other than bus/ rail stations e.g. local supermarkets, Post Offices, Tourist Information Centres, Health Centres, etc. | - Transport operators
- Local industry
- CPP
| £20,000 per location | red | green | |
| Promote book in advance discounts for public transport use | - Transport operators
- Hitrans
- SPT
| - | red | green | |
| Introduce "Islander ticket" trial for Jura - Islay ferry service to reduce cost of travel | - Scottish Executive
- Initiative at the Edge
- CPP
| - | green | | |
| Encourage ticketing arrangements which allow easier travel between different modes of transport and different operators, e.g. ferry / bus / train, car (parking) / train, car (parking) / bus | - Hitrans
- SPT
- Transport Operators
| - | red (1) | green (complete by end 2012) | |
[(1) - denotes Project Development 2007-08, Project Delivery to begin 2009]
| What needs to be done | Partners we need to work with | Indicative cost | Indicative Timescale |
| 2007 - 2010 | 2010 - 2015 | 2015 - 2025 |
| PT10. Improve passenger transport infrastructure |
| Improve the faciliities in transport interchanges to make our journeys easier, e.g. better luggage facilities, improved facilities for those with mobility problems, improved information provision regarding onward travel, etc. | - Transport operators
- Hitrans
- SPT
- Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland (MACS)
| - | red (begin 2009) | green | |
| Improve bus infrastructure throughout the network, e.g. provision of bus-bays, bus shelters, turning circles, "bus-boarders" that make it easier for those with mobility problems to board a bus | - Hitrans
- SPT
- Local developers
- Transport operators
| £1.8 million | green | green | green (complete by end 2020) |
Bus fleet upgrade throughout the network - provision of accessible low floor vehicles
(All vehicles to be compliant with Disability Discrimination Act by 2020) | - Transport operators
- Hitrans
- SPT
| £200,000 per annum | green | green | green (complete by end 2020) |
| What needs to be done | Partners we need to work with | Indicative cost | Indicative Timescale |
| 2007 - 2010 | 2010 - 2015 | 2015 - 2025 |
| PT11. Improve parking at transport interchanges |
| Improve parking facilities at Craigendoran rail station | | £500,000 | red | green | |
| Improve parking facilities in Helensburgh for all those using rail / bus services | | £500,000 | red | green | |
Improve parking facilities at the following West Highland rail stations:- Helensburgh Upper
- Arrochar and Tarbert
- Ardlui
- Bridge of Orchy
| | £500,000 | red | green | |
| Improve parking provision at Oban transport interchange (existing ferry/ rail terminals) | - Hitrans
- Scottish Executive
- Network Rail
| £1 million | red | red | green |
| Ensure adequate provision for taxis at transport interchanges throughout the area | - Taxi and bus operators
- Scottish Executive
- Network Rail
| £50,000 | red | green | |
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