Connecting Dunbar

Connecting Dunbar

Local Travel Survey Report

March 2011

1. INTRODUCTION

In 2009, Sustaining Dunbar was awarded a grant by the Climate Challenge Fund for its Connecting Dunbar Project. The aims of this project were to make it easier to walk, cycle and use public transport in Dunbar and the surrounding areas. One of the four main tasks in order to make this happen was to carry out a series of travel surveys, the results of which would then be used to gain an understanding of current travel behaviour. It would then be possible to prepare and target specific advice and information in future projects to give people the knowledge they need to make the change to sustainable travel. The survey results would also establish baseline data to evaluate the effects of future projects and to lobby for improvements and funding.

2. BACKGROUND

The four main tasks of the Connecting Dunbar (2010) project were:-

• To carry out a programme of surveys to identify how many short journeys are made by car and why.

• Preparation of route maps for cyclists, pedestrians and public transport users showing existing routes/timetables and highlighting required improvements and links.

• Collation and study of previous work. • Publicity to promote travel by sustainable modes.

The detailed description of the survey programme stated that:-

“A programme of surveys will be carried out to determine the travel behaviour of residents and visitors to Dunbar, particularly with regard to journeys of less than 5 miles which could transfer to walking or cycling. Residents and visitors will also be asked to provide information regarding their concerns about the existing travel network and how it could be improved to encourage people to walk and cycle more. The programme of surveys will include:-

• Household Travel Surveys, in the form of travel diaries to provide information on how many journeys could become more carbon friendly and highlight the areas to be addressed.

• Employer Travel Surveys, to provide information on where employees travel to and from and how. This will again help to identify which trips could transfer to cycling, walking or public transport.

• Shopping Surveys to provide information on where customers have travelled to and from and how, also to highlight travel problems with shopping in town. This information could be used to help the town to become a more attractive shopping destination, reducing long distance trips.

• Travel to School Surveys. These are currently carried out at Dunbar Primary School as part of the national “Walk to School Week” initiative. It is hoped that they will be extended to the Grammar School. “

Unfortunately, at the time the shopping surveys were due to take place, a planning application for a major out of town retail development was being considered, which would have had a significant impact on responses. It was therefore decided to instead carry out a study of pupil travel behaviour during the P7/S1 transition year from primary to grammar school.

A detailed list of objectives for each survey, taking the above as the basis, is included in Appendix A. The groups covered by these surveys were:-

1. School pupils – walk to school week surveys and P7/S1 transition study 2. Parents of school age children – household surveys 3. Employees – employee surveys 4. Visitors to doctors surgeries and libraries – household surveys 5. Playgroup parents – household surveys 6. People with mobility problems (day centres, pensioners groups) –

household surveys 7. Young people (youth and community centre, Dunbar) – household

surveys.

The gaps were households without school age children in Dunbar and villages, particularly those who didn’t work in Dunbar. It was decided to employ a group of local volunteers to carry out surveys in the form of interviews using the household survey forms. The survey forms used may be found in Appendix B. The household form was developed with help from Scottish Participatory Initiatives, specialists in grass roots survey techniques.

3. SURVEY SPECIFICATION

The programme of surveys was carried out from May to November 2010. It comprised of:-

3.1 HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL SURVEYS

The household survey was developed with help from Scottish Participatory Initiatives, who have experience in grass roots survey techniques. It was designed for self completion and comprised of two parts; a questionnaire enabling people to give their views about the problems encountered in their everyday travel and suggest improvements, and a travel diary to gather information about travel behaviour. (A copy of the survey form can be found in the Survey Report in Appendix B). A pilot study was carried out in the Sustaining Dunbar office and we then spent a morning with parents at a local toddler group trialling the survey forms and getting feedback. Following some minor tweaking, the surveys were distributed to all local primary and secondary school pupils during “Walk to School” week in the neutral month of May. Schools were given a small monetary incentive of 20p for every completed form received. The survey was also available at local libraries, doctor’s surgeries, the Be Green shop in Dunbar Town Centre and at local events such as Family Open Days and school fairs, local pensioner and youth groups also participated, and the household survey was made available on the Connecting Dunbar website. In order to obtain a fair sample, local people were recruited as surveyors to interview residents not covered by the above opportunities. Publicity was in the form of a newspaper article, website information, posters and a town centre shop window display. A total of 520 responses were received from both urban and rural areas, most of which provided a great deal of detailed information.

3.2 EMPLOYER TRAVEL SURVEYS

Following discussions with employers, it was decided that the employee survey would be in the form of an on-line survey. The survey asked for tick the box answers about walking, cycling and car usage and ownership and again provided the opportunity for people to give their views about the existing travel network; problems and solutions and what could be done to encourage less car usage. The employee survey was carried out online by four employers in the Dunbar area. These were Torness, Lafarge, Sustaining Dunbar and the John Muir Birthplace. 77 responses were received, which was a little disappointing, but perhaps understandable as there was no form of monetary incentive provided. However, the responses received were completed to a very high standard, providing a great deal of useful information

3.3 TRAVEL TO SCHOOL SURVEYS

Walk to school surveys were carried out at all five Primary Schools and Dunbar Grammar School May 2010 as part of the Connecting Dunbar programme of travel surveys. Each pupil was given a short A5 questionnaire to complete about their journey to school and any after school activities. This was the first time that

a secondary school had taken part in a walk to school survey in the study area, and response rates were encouraging. It is thought that this was because form teachers gave pupils the opportunity to complete the survey during registration, rather than taking it home, when response rates go down. A total of 347 responses were received.

A travel survey of P7/S1 pupils was also undertaken to study travel behaviour and changes during the transition from primary to grammar school. The P7 study was carried out in the classroom using mapping techniques developed by Scottish Participatory Initiatives and gave pupils the opportunity to think about how they would get to the Grammar School; would they use the same mode as they did to the Primary School, what route would they take, would they arrange to meet up with friends on the same route, were they hoping to make new friends on the way and any problems they could foresee. We decided to build on this work by carrying out a follow up study with the same pupils in S1 to find out if travel behaviour had changed, and the reasons for this; national data indicates that pupils often change travel behaviour when they move up from primary to secondary school, in particular giving up cycling. A questionnaire consisting of 7 short, easy to answer questions was handed out to every pupil in S1, and again completed during registration, thus ensuring that every pupil was given a form and time at school to complete it. A total of 113 completed forms were received, giving a huge response rate of 81%. This work was done with the assistance of the geography department at the Grammar School

3.4 RESPONSE RATE

A detailed table of response rates for each of the surveys may be found in Tables 1 and 2, Appendix C. In summary:-

AREA HOUSEHOLD SURVEY

WALK TO SCHOOL SURVEY

EMPLOYEE SURVEY

P7/S1 SURVEY

TOTAL

Dunbar/West Barns

416 273 51 88 828

East Linton 55 24 2 6 87 Villages 40 41 5 8 94 Unknown/Outside Ward 7

9 4 19 9 41

TOTAL 520 342 77 111 1050 1050 responses from approx., 5500 households.

3.4.1 Response Distribution

Of the 520 responses received to the household survey

80% were from Dunbar

11% were from East Linton

8% were from the villages

4. SURVEY RESULTS

4.1 Vehicle Ownership Rates

Looking first at vehicle ownership rates for the whole survey area:-

4.1.1 Cycle Ownership Rates

Number of Bikes Number of Households Percentage 0 125 26% 1 55 12% 2 77 16% 3 65 14% 4 99 21% 5 40 8%

6+ 17 3% Total 478 100%

n.b. only households providing information were analysed

The 478 households providing data owned a total of 1254 bikes, an average bike ownership of 2.6/household. Unfortunately, there are no figures for bike ownership in Scotland, but the DfT (2007) estimates that 43% of people in Great Britain aged 5 and over own a bicycle. Figures from our surveys indicate that there are 1254 bikes and 1637 people, giving a possible rate of 77%! Of course, some households have more bikes than people, particularly families as children grow out of their bikes quite quickly, but even if this is taken account of (i.e. by reducing the number of maximum number of bikes/household so it matches the number of people in the household), the figure still remains much higher, at 69%.

A detailed breakdown of bike ownership data can be found in Table 3, and Figure 3 Appendix C. In summary, the newer residential areas in the south of Dunbar have a bike ownership well over 3 bikes per household, reflecting many factors such as the number of households with young families, the higher quality routes in this area and socio-economic factors. Interestingly, Belhaven also has a very high rate of almost 4 bikes per household, which may be a result of its distance from Dunbar being ideal to cycle.

Bike ownership per household appears to be lowest in areas to the north of Dunbar such as Parsonspool, the Trees, Ashfield, and the Summerfield Road area, possibly for socio-economic reasons, but also because of the lack of routes which are perceived to be safe by cyclists. The older parts of town such as the Harbour and High Street with higher density housing where bike storage could

be an issue also have lower bike ownership rates. More information about bike usage can be found later in the report.

4.1.2 Car Ownership Rates

Number of Cars Number of Households Percentage 0 82 17% 1 204 43% 2 163 34% 3 23 5% 4 5 1%

5+ 1 - Total 478 100%

n.b. only households providing information were analysed

The 478 households providing data owned a total of 659 cars, an average car ownership of 1.4/household.

Comparison with national figures (UK 2007)

0 cars 1 car 2+ cars UK 24% 44% 32% Household Survey 17% 43% 40%

Unfortunately, the UK figures are now four years old and may not be a true reflection of the situation now, but are more relevant than the 2001 census.

A detailed zonal breakdown of car ownership may be found in Table 3 and figure 4, Appendix C, but in summary, car ownership per household appears to be lowest, at 1 car or less, in areas in the north of Dunbar such as Countess, Parsonspool, Wingate, Summerfield Road area and also the older areas such as the Harbour and High Street. Areas with lower density housing such as those around Middlemas Road and Moray Avenue, Winterfield and Belhaven show higher levels at around 1.5 cars per household. As expected, the more rural areas and villages have a much higher average of almost 2 cars/household, reflecting distance to amenities and lack of public transport and suitable alternatives.

This pattern of ownership is similar to that shown in the bike ownership figures, suggesting the conclusion that socio-economic factors are a major influence in vehicle ownership.

4.2 Travel Diary Information

Information about 3600 movements was obtained.

4.2.1 Mode of Travel

52% of movements were made by foot

30% of movements were made by car/van

12% of movements were made by bike

4% of movements were made by bus

2% of movements were made by train

A detailed zonal breakdown of mode of travel can be found in Table 4, Appendix C, but in summary, modes of transport used are:-

Area %age trips walking

%age trips car/van

%age trips bike

%age trips bus

%age trips train

Dunbar 56% 25% 14% 3% 2% East Linton 38% 39% 6% 16% 0% Villages 12% 78% 3% 6% 1% Total 52% 30% 12% 4% 2%

Analysing the data by household rather than individual movement gives a further insight into travel behaviour:-

Area %age households walking

%age households car/van

%age households bike

%age households bus

%age households train

Dunbar 78% 54% 29% 8% 8% East

Linton 47% 51% 12% 40% 5%

Villages 10% 97% 15% 24% 2% Total 70% 56% 26% 12% 7%

Conclusions:-

• 52% of our daily journeys are made by foot, comparing well with the East Lothian average of 21%. This is borne out by other sources, the Dunbar and East Linton Community Profile (2009) noted that “twice as many people within ward 7 walk to work than across East Lothian as a whole”. Both schools in Dunbar have high levels of active travel to school which will also increase the average walking trip rate. Cycling rates are also

much higher, reflecting the culture of cycling to school, particularly in Dunbar.

• Bus trips are noticeably lower, probably as a result of the poor provision of bus services in the east of the county, although there are high levels of bus usage in East Linton and the villages. It is possible that people who use public transport from the more rural areas may have been more likely to take part in the survey in order to comment on the poor public transport service from rural areas.

• As you would expect, car use is much higher in the rural village areas. • Looking at the second table, 70% of households made walking trips on the

survey day and 26% made cycling trips meaning that a large majority of households used at least one form of active travel during the day, although this is countered somewhat by the fact that almost 60% made at least one car trip.

4.2.2 Trip Rate

Looking now at trip rates, i.e. the number of trips made by each household each day:-

Area Walk Trip Rate

Cycle Trip Rate

Car Trip Rate

Bus Trip Rate

Train Trip Rate

Total Trip Rate

Dunbar Average

4.47 1.08 1.96 0.26 0.16 7.93

East Linton 1.92 0.31 1.98 0.82 0.00 5.04 Villages 0.77 0.18 4.91 0.36 0.05 6.27 Overall Average 3.87 0.92 2.23 0.33 0.13 7.48

Findings:-

• Walking trip rates are higher in the urban area of Dunbar, reflecting the compact nature of the town and its services. Walking trip rates are considerably lower in rural areas.

• Car trip rates are almost 2 per day per household in Dunbar and East Linton and much higher in more rural areas, at almost 5 per day per household.

• The bus trip rate is much higher in East Linton than anywhere else, perhaps reflecting the fact that it has no railway station. Surprisingly, the bus trip rate is slightly higher in the villages than in Dunbar.

Car trip rates are highest in the more rural areas and West Barns, reflecting their distance from amenities. In Dunbar, as you would expect, the car trip rates are higher in areas which have high car ownership such as Moray Avenue and Middlemas Road areas, and the older residential area of Winterfield, which interestingly has high car ownership and trip rate, but also has high walking and

bus trip rates too, possibly as a result of a slightly older population in this area. Rates are lowest in the High Street, Summerfield Road, Countess, Parsonspool and Wingate areas where there are lower car ownership rates.

There appears to be no correlation with public transport rates other than higher train usage in Dunbar than East Linton and the villages because of the easier access to train services. Interestingly, Dunbar has a lower bus trip rate than either East Linton or the villages, probably because of availability of train services, and the fact that many essential services are within walking distance. As mentioned before, it is possible that people who use public transport from the more rural areas may have been more likely to take part in the survey in order to comment on the poor public transport service from rural areas.

A detailed zonal breakdown of these results can be found in Appendix C.

4.2.3 Purpose of Travel

Looking at the purpose of trips made by each mode:-

Work Education Shopping Social/ Recreational

Dog Walking

Medical Mode Change

Company Business

Other Total

Walking Trips

6% 40% 7% 23% 4% 1% 7% 1% 11% 100%

Cycling Trips

9% 51% 6% 22% 0% 0% 13% 0% 9% 100%

Bus Trips

17% 2% 16% 18% 0% 2% 0% 0% 45% 100%

Train Trips

74% 4% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 22% 100%

Car Trips

22% 25% 13% 23% 0% 1% 3% 0% 12% 100%

TOTAL 14% 35% 9% 22% 2% 1% 5% 0% 13% 100%

This data can also be analysed to show the modal split for each purpose:-

%age walking

%age cycling

%age bus

%age train

%age car

Total %age

Work 23% 9% 4% 11% 52% 100% Education 57% 19% 0% 0% 23% 100% Shopping 39% 9% 6% 0% 46% 100% Social/Recreational 51% 13% 3% 0% 34% 100% Dog Walking 99% 0% 0% 0% 1% 100% Medical 42% 0% 6% 0% 52% 100% Mode Change 71% 8% 0% 0% 21% 100% Company Business 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% Other/Not specified

44% 9% 12% 4% 32% 100%

Note: The number of car journeys for educational purposes is somewhat higher than the data collected from walk to school week. It is thought that this is because taking a child to school by car could involve as many as four car journeys as the child has to be escorted to the school; to school and home in the morning and to school and home in the afternoon, whereas a child walking or cycling to school would often be unescorted, therefore making only two journeys.

It is interesting to note:-

• The high percentage of medical trips made by car. This is an indication of the very poor public transport provision from this area to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, and to some extent Roodlands, which is quite a long walk from the bus stop, particularly if you are poorly.

• 34% of social/recreational trips are made by car. This could possibly be reduced by advertising the many recreational opportunities available locally within walking and cycling distance and reachable by public transport.

• 46% of shopping trips are made by car. Again, this could be reduced by advertising what is available locally and by greater use of local delivery services by both retailers and shoppers.

• 9% of journeys to work are made by cycle. This is much higher than the East Lothian average of 1%. Analysis of the data suggests that this is a reflection of the number of employees who cycle to work at Torness. Lafarge and Spott Road Industrial Estate in Dunbar.

A further question about modes of travel was asked in the household survey. People were asked if they walked, cycled and used public transport regularly, often, occasionally or never. A brief summary of the results follows:-

Walking

Q1. Do you make walking trips regularly/often/occasionally/never?

Cycling

Q3. Do you cycle regularly/often/occasionally/never?

62%

17% 16%

5%

47%

0%

32%

21%

27%

7%

27%

39%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Regularly OTen Occasionally Never

Dunbar

East Linton

Villages

22%

14%

27%

36%

29%

0%

29%

41%

15%

5%

18%

62%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%


Dunbar

East Linton

Villages

Public Transport

Q5. Do you use public transport regularly/often/occasionally/never?

The responses to these questions reinforce the information gathered for trip rates:-

• People living in rural areas walk, cycle and take public transport less. • Walking is the most dominant of all three sustainable travel modes. • Public transport is particularly significant in East Linton. • Around 40% of people never cycle in Dunbar and East Linton. This rises

to over 60% in rural areas.

4.2.4 Distances of Journeys

This analysis concentrates on data for the three major modes; walking, cycling and car journeys. Analysis of public transport trips may be found in Section XX.

Walking Journeys

Dunbar, north of railway line

Dunbar, south of railway line

Outskirts of Dunbar (Belhaven, West Barns, Torness)

East Linton Villages Total


645 167 53 1 3 869

14%

8%

33%

45%

36% 36%

9%

18% 14%

10% 14%

62%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%


Dunbar

East Linton

Villages


172 91 8 0 0 271

Outskirts of Dunbar (Belhaven, W.Barns, Torness)

54 9 17 7 1 88

East Linton 2 0 6 63 1 72 Villages 3 0 1 1 14 19 Total 876 267 85 72 19 1319 The figures above are an approx. 10% sample of all walking trips.

Findings

• It is estimated that there are around 7500 very local walking trips in Dunbar each day.

• There are over 10000 local walking trips in Dunbar daily. • The fact that most services in Dunbar are located north of the railway line

is reflected in walking patterns.

Figures 5 and 6 in Appendix C show the major walking movements in Dunbar and East Linton.

Cycling Journeys




East Linton Villages Total


125 126 27 1 0 279


112 12 5 0 1 130


24 7 4 0 2 37

East Linton 1 0 0 15 1 17 Villages 0 1 2 1 4 8 Total 262 146 38 17 8 471 The figures above are an approx. 10% sample of all cycling trips.

Figures 7 and 8 in Appendix B show the major cycling movements in Dunbar and East Linton.

Findings

• The major cycling movement is between the areas to the north and south of the railway line in Dunbar. The journey to school from the newer residential

areas of town accounts for most of this. This journey is of an ideal distance for cycling and the routes are adequate.

• The level of cycling movements in the area north of the railway line in Dunbar is higher than expected considering the poor standard of routes in this older area. Anecdotally, the number of younger children cycling to primary school from these areas is slowly beginning to increase, despite the lack of good routes. Cycling to recreational amenities such as Lauderdale Park, the library and the tennis club also appears to be increasing.

Additional Information about Bike Usage

Of the 478 households providing information, some 125 (26%) cycled regularly on weekdays or at the weekend, leaving 353 (74%) who didn’t. Of those 353 households, 125 did not own bikes, leaving 228 households (48%) who owned bikes but did not use them regularly. Looking at the data in detail, and assuming a sample rate of around 10%, shows that the 125 households who cycled regularly owned 467 bikes, leaving 787 bikes unused! This means that over 60% or 8000 bikes in Ward 7 are not being used regularly. The main reasons for not cycling stated in the questionnaire were:-

• Lack of cycle paths • Safety concerns • Villages – no crossing of the A1

Looking at the cycle ownership figures in conjunction with the travel diaries, we can determine which areas have the highest rate of households owning bikes but not using them. A detailed breakdown of this data follows:-

Area Percentage who own bikes, but don’t use

Percentage who own bikes and use

High Street, Dunbar 79% 21% Harbour, Dunbar 82% 18% East Beach, Dunbar 58% 42% Walker Homes, Dunbar 82% 18% Countess, Dunbar 40% 60% Parsonspool, Dunbar 100% 0% Lauderdale, Dunbar 62% 38% Wingate, Dunbar 50% 50% Winterfield, Dunbar 100% 0% Belhaven 60% 40% Trees, Dunbar 55% 45% Summerfield, Dunbar 81% 19% Bruntsfield, Dunbar 71% 29% Ashfield, Dunbar 69% 31%

Middlemas, Dunbar 45% 55% Moray Ave, Dunbar 52% 48% West Barns 50% 50% East Linton 79% 21% Villages 91% 9%

Findings:-

• In Dunbar, the areas which have the highest percentages of households using bikes but not using them are all to the north of the railway line. They are generally the older parts town, which often have problems with narrow routes and high levels of on-street parking.

• Households which do use their bikes are mostly the newer residential areas to the south of town, with wide roads and pavements. However, two areas of Dunbar, Countess and Wingate also show high level of bike usage. The Wingate area of town is home to many households with children.

• As expected, bike usage figures are low in the less urban areas, particularly in the villages. This reflects the lack of safe cycle routes and the distances from villages to other destinations.

Employee Survey Data

Travel information was gathered from 76 employees in the Ward 7 area. Of the 76 employees, 56 (74%) have access to a bike. 25 of these employees cycle to work regularly or sometimes. Some employees have access to a bike, but live too far away from work to cycle, or have mobility issues. 20 employees have access to a bike and live close enough to cycle, but choose not to, driving instead.

Car Journeys




East Linton

Hadd’ton/ N.Berwick

Other E. Lothian

Edin-burgh

Other Total


161 146 58 3 13 29 21 5 436


150 39 35 3 12 15 24 7 285


66 25 22 4 1 9 1 3 131

East Linton 4 3 5 44 17 11 3 1 88 Haddington/ N.Berwick

16 12 1 17 0 5 0 0 51

Other East Lothian 26 10 13 11 6 34 6 2 108 Edinburgh 19 23 2 4 0 7 1 0 56 Other 7 8 3 1 0 2 0 12 33 Total 449 266 139 87 49 112 56 30 1188

The figures above are an approx. 10% sample of all car trips.

Figures 9 to 11 show the major car movements in the survey area.

Findings

• It is estimated that around 2000 car trips in Dunbar are very local and are of an ideal distance to walk or cycle.

• Almost 3000 car trips are made between the areas to the north and south of the railway line in Dunbar. This distance is also possible to walk or cycle.

• Over 400 car trips are of a very short distance entirely within East Linton. • Upwards of 900 car trips are made from Dunbar to Edinburgh each day. • Over 900 car trips are made between Dunbar, East Linton, Haddington

and North Berwick, all areas which are connected by regular bus services.

Additional Information about Car Journeys

Using data from the questionnaire to investigate reasons why people chose to use their car for these local trips:-

REASON NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS

%AGE

Quicker 70 20% Convenience 50 14% Time constraints 41 11% Car to carry shopping 20 5% Have a car so use it 17 5% Flexibility 16 4% No convenient public transport 15 4% Too far to walk or cycle 13 4% Rain/Weather 12 3% Carrying stuff 12 3% Disabled/Health problems 11 3% Work nightshift 10 3% Gave someone a lift 10 3% Only way can see kids 8 2% Need car for work 7 2% Drive kids to school 7 2% I walk sometimes 6 2% No alternative 5 1% Fireman/Life boatman, on call 4 1%

I’m very busy 3 1% Prefer to drive 3 1% Tired children 2 1% Hair gets messy in wind 2 1% Have a small baby 2 1% Just lazy 2 1% Cost 2 1% No need to shower after journey to work

2 1%

Lack of cycle path (Dunbar-Torness)

2 1%

Independence 1 -

Findings:

• Almost 200 respondents said that they use the car for convenience/time reasons. Half of these gave reasons which suggest that it there would be no practical reason why they could not change to more sustainable travel modes.

• 74 respondents had reasons for using the car which could make it difficult for them to switch to more sustainable travel modes, such as carrying things, mobility problems or need the car for work.

• 35 respondents thought that they had no alternative; no convenient public transport, distance or lack of cycle path.

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Factors influencing the choice of car as travel mode

Factor Local Trips Long Distance Trips Easier/Convenience 44% 67% Time Constraints 17% 10% Carrying stuff/shopping 14% 6% Have got a car 7% 2% Speed/Flexibility 7% 1% Too far to walk/cycle 6% 14% Gave a lift 5% 1%

Convenience is by far the biggest factor influencing the choice of the car for both local and long distance trips. Time constraints and carrying stuff are important factors in local trips, whereas the fact that a journey is too far to walk or cycle is a factor in longer distance trips.

4.2.5 RAIL TRAVEL

The following is an analysis of the data relating to train travel collected during the Connecting Dunbar Household and Employee Travel Surveys of 2010.

Q6. Which public transport services do you use and where do you go?

N.b. Information relating to train journeys only shown in table.

SERVICE NUMBER USERS PERCENTAGE Dunbar/Edinburgh 74 73% Dunbar/Glasgow 7 7% Dunbar/London 6 6%

Dunbar/Berwick-upon-Tweed

5 5%

Dunbar/York 2 2% Dunbar/Newcastle 1 1%

Dunbar/Peterborough 1 1% Dunbar/South of England 1 1%

Dunbar/Falkirk 1 1% Drem/Edinburgh 2 2% Train Generally 2 2%

TOTAL 102 101% Local trips to Edinburgh are dominant, accounting for 75% of journeys. Very long distance trips make up 8% of journeys, similar to the percentage of journeys made between Dunbar and Glasgow.

Q10. Do you make other journeys at the weekend? What would typical weekend journeys be, and how are they made?

N.b. Information relating to trains only shown in table.

SERVICE NUMBER USERS PERCENTAGE Car/Train generally 6 10%

Train generally 12 20% Dunbar/Edinburgh 35 57% Dunbar/Newcastle 3 5% Dunbar/Motherwell 1 2% Dunbar/Aberdeen 1 2% Dunbar/Glasgow 1 2% Dunbar/London 1 2% Drem/Edinburgh 1 2%

TOTAL 61 102%

Q11/12. What could be done to help you to use your car less?

N.b. Information relating to non specific public transport and trains only shown in table.

COMMENT NUMBER PERCENTAGE Cheaper public transport 10 15%

More regular public 9 14%

transport Better public transport 8 12% More convenient public

transport 3 5%

Better public transport links to Edinburgh

2 3%

More trains 10 15% Better train service to

Edinburgh 7 11%

Cheaper train fares 7 11% Train service to Fort

Kinnaird 2 3%

Railway station in East Linton

2 3%

More trains at Newcraighall park and ride

1 1%

Improve train service to standard of North Berwick

service

1 1%

Buses and trains are excellent

1 1%

TOTAL 66 99% The majority of respondents would like to see cheaper fares and more services to help them use their car less.

Q.7 What are the problems with public transport in your local area?

N.b. Information relating to non specific public transport and trains only shown in tables.

PROBLEM NUMBER PERCENTAGE Public transport fares too

expensive 27 16%

Not enough/regular public transport services

14 9%

More information about public transport services

required

7 4%

Public transport timetable information not available

3 2%

Public transport travel times too long

2 1%

Reliability/Accuracy of public transport timetables

2 1%

Accessibility of public transport (elderly, parents

and buggies etc.)

1 1%

Services never on time 1 1% Train Frequency 24 15%

Cost of train fares 13 8% Later trains required 14 9%

Later trains needed at weekend

9 5%

Improved train service to 11 7%

Edinburgh required Train station at East Linton

needed 6 4%

More local trains with local stops required

6 4%

Better train service at rush hour needed

4 2%

Train service has improved 3 2% Use Newcraighall park and

ride 2 1%

Increased weekend service needed

4 1%

Train service generally 1 1% Trains overcrowded 2 1%

Later trains at Drem needed 1 1% Train fares ok with railcard 1 1% Improved bike parking at

station needed 1 1%

Scotrail services at wrong times

1 1%

160 99%

The majority of respondents thought that fares were too expensive and services not frequent enough. A significant number of respondents also wanted better timetable information.

4.2.6 BUS TRAVEL

The following is an analysis of the data relating to bus travel collected during the Connecting Dunbar Household and Employee Travel Surveys of 2010. Journey to School surveys were also undertaken covering school bus trips. This information has not been included in the analysis below, but may be found in Section 4.3., about the Journey to School.

Q6. Which public transport services do you use and where do you go?

N.b. Information relating to bus journeys only shown in table.

JOURNEY NUMBER OF PASSENGERS

PERCENTAGE

Dunbar - Edinburgh 46 20% Dunbar - Asda 42 18% Dunbar - Haddington 34 15% Dunbar – Local Destinations in Dunbar (excl. Asda)

23 10%

Dunbar – East Linton 11 5% Dunbar – North Berwick 10 4%

Dunbar – West Barns 9 4% East Linton - Edinburgh 8 3% Dunbar - Innerwick 6 3% East Linton - Haddington 3 1% Dunbar - Tranent 3 1% Dunbar – Berwick upon Tweed 2 1% Dunbar - Spott 1 0.5% Dunbar - Tyninghame 1 0.5% Dunbar – Co’path 1 0.5% Dunbar - Grantshouse 1 0.5% Dunbar - Thurston 1 0.5% Dunbar - Broxburn 1 0.5% West Barns - Edinburgh 1 0.5% Innerwick - Haddington 1 0.5% Innerwick - Edinburgh 1 0.5% Broxburn - Edinburgh 1 0.5% Bus (non-specific) 14 6% Eves (non-specific) 8 3% First (non-specific) 1 0.5% TOTAL 230 99.5%

As buses are able to cater for more local travel, there are a large number of origins and destinations. Summarising the specific information above gives the following major destinations of bus travel from Ward 7:-

DESTINATION NUMBER OF PASSENGERS

PERCENTAGE

Edinburgh 57 28% Ward 7 Local Trips (excl. Asda) 53 26% Asda 42 20% Haddington 38 18% North Berwick 10 5% Out of East Lothian (excl. Edinburgh)

4 2%

Tranent 3 1% TOTAL 207 100%

Q10. Do you make other journeys at the weekend? What would typical weekend journeys be, and how are they made?

N.b. Information relating to buses only shown in table.

JOURNEY NUMBER USERS PERCENTAGE Edinburgh 8 38%

Bus Generally 5 24% Scotland 2 10%

East Linton 1 5% Tranent 1 5%

West Barns 1 5% Haddington 1 5%

Innerwick – Dunbar 1 5% Innerwick - Edinburgh 1 5%

TOTAL 21 102%

Q7. Are there any problems with local public transport? If yes, what could be done to improve the services?

n.b. Information relating to buses only shown below.

GENERAL COMMENTS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT

• Fares costly (30 respondents) • Lack of information/timetables (14 respondents) • Not enough public transport services (10 respondents) • Not often enough (9 respondents) • Need better public transport between towns in East Lothian (4

respondents) • Public transport unreliable/never on time (3 respondents) • No public transport for shift workers (2 respondents) • Travel time too long (2 respondents)

GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT BUS SERVICES

• More frequent buses needed (17 respondents) • First/Eve buses take too long going round the houses (6 respondents) • Need later buses (6 respondents) • Buses not reliable (6 respondents) • Poor customer care from First (2 respondents) • East Linton bus services are limited and expensive (2 respondents) • Poor evening service to Edinburgh (1 respondent) • 120 service ok for school pupils, but not frequent enough for workers (1

respondent) • 253/First buses too close (1 respondent) • More frequent East Linton buses required (1 respondent)

COMMENTS ABOUT THE COST OF BUSES

• Buses too dear (10 respondents) • Local fares between Dunbar/East Linton/West Barns/Haddington

expensive (7 respondents) • More flexible fares needed; day passes, family tickets, smart cards, ability

to use debit cards (the fares are high enough!) (6 respondents) • First buses overpriced (4 respondents)

• No change on First buses (3 respondents) • Older school pupils have to pay adult fare (2 respondents) • Can’t use school bus passes when doing after school activities (1

respondent)

COMMENTS ABOUT CONNECTIVITY

• Innerwick/Dunbar buses should tie in with Dunbar trains (3 respondents) • Bus services don’t connect with each other (2 respondents) • Perrymans service doesn’t connect with trains (1 respondent) • Buses and trains don’t connect (1 respondent) • Dunbar bus should connect with Gullane bus at Haddington (1

respondent) • Better bus service to/from railway station (1 respondent)

COMMENTS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE

Vehicles

• Coach style buses are not suitable for the elderly, people with mobility problems and those with buggies/young children (10 respondents)

• Need newer/more comfortable buses (4 respondents) • 1A is too small to get shopping trolley on, not good for shopping service (1

respondent) • 253 needs more luggage space (1 respondent) • Buses are stuffy (1 respondent)

Information

• Availability of bus timetables (3 respondents) • Need electronic bus signs (2 respondents) • Timetables at bus stops are eligible (2 respondents)

Other Issues

• Buses drive too fast (2 respondents) • Young people sit on priority seats (1 respondent) • Moaning bus drivers (1 respondent) • Innerwick bus stop in wrong place, should be at bottom of hill (1

respondent)

• East Linton bus stop is too far from the Day Centre (East Linton Day Centre Response)

There were many suggestions for route changes/improvements to the existing local bus services. These are shown in the table below:

SUGGESTION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ROUTES

SUGGESTED ROUTE IMPROVEMENT NUMBER OF COMMENTS

DUNBAR Bus service to Torness (including shift workers) 13 Buses to the new houses in Dunbar (Moray Avenue/Brodie Road)

3

Direct bus to Musselburgh 3 More direct buses Dunbar - Edinburgh 3 Direct buses to other towns in East Lothian, always have to change at Haddington

2

Better Sunday service 2 Bus service should go to Ashfield, Dunbar 2 Bus service should go to Queens Place, Dunbar (buses often miss out this stop)

2

More direct routes to towns in East Lothian (without having to change at Haddington)

1

Buses from Midlothian to Dunbar 1 More direct buses Dunbar – Haddington (missing out East Linton)

1

Direct bus to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 1 Need bus service Dunbar/Prestongrange 1 All services should go via Middlemass Road 1 More buses Dunbar/Fort Kinnaird 1 Better bus service in West Barns 1 VILLAGES Later bus service Co’path/Innerwick 5 More buses to Innerwick 3 Village buses (dial-a-bus) 2 Improve service to Oldhamstocks 2 Need circular village service (Whittinghame, East Linton, Tyninghame, West Barns, Dunbar, Asda, Spott, Pitcox, Stenton)

1

Need buses between Oldhamstocks and Co’path 1 Short turnaround time Oldhamstocks/Dunbar bus 1 Improve bus service to Stenton 1 No buses in Skateraw 1 No buses in Cove 1 No buses in Pease Bay 1 No buses in Pinkerton 1 EAST LINTON Minibus service East Linton - Haddington 1 Direct bus East Linton – Edinburgh (missing out Haddington) in peaks

1

Conclusions from the table above:

• There is a demand for a bus service to Torness, including shift workers. • People would like the Dunbar bus services to stop at additional residential

areas. • Better direct bus routes from Dunbar to major locations in East Lothian

and Edinburgh are required. • There is a need for an improved bus service for the villages, possibly

circular.

These findings lead to an overall conclusion that a two tier bus service would be ideal; a regular local bus serving residential areas and villages which feeds into an express service to larger conurbations with a very limited number of stops.

Q8. Do you use the 1A bus service (ASDA bus)?

• Regularly 22 respondents (6%) • Often 10 respondents (3%) • Occasionally 55 respondents (16%) • Never 267 respondents (75%)

Q9. If this service was changed to a circular route serving all areas of town, where do you think it should stop, and would you use it?

• Yes 20 • No 62 • Possibly 17 • Need more Information about service 3

Suggestions for stops

SUGGESTED STOP NUMBER OF RESPONDETNS All over Dunbar 8 High Street 6 Belhaven/Belhaven Church 6 West Barns 5 Villages (Innerwick, Spott, Co’path) 4 Ashfield 3 Top of Brodie Road/Moray Avenue 3 New houses/Middlemas Road 2 New Lochend estate/Lochend Road 2 Walker Homes 2

Harbour 2 Youth Centre/Countess Centre 2 Pool 2 Nearer the Schools 2 Belhaven Church 2 Dunbar Grammar School 1 Tennis Courts 1 Sites where activities run 1 West Port 1 Victoria Street 1 New Primary School 1 Jet petrol station 1 Wingate 1 Spott Road 1 North Berwick 1 Route ok, but long 1 Circular Route 1 Thurston Manor 1 John Muir Country Park/East Links Family Park Street

1

East Beach 1 The 1A bus has a number of purposes; as a local service between residential areas and the High Street in Dunbar, as a service to Asda, and as a link to the villages. The majority of its passengers are concessionary pass holders.

4.2.7. WEEKEND TRIPS

Information about almost 600 trips made at the weekend was collected:-

GENERALLY WALK CYCLE PT CAR TOTAL DUNBAR 2 14 10 6 36 68 ASDA 4 0 0 0 11 15 DUNBAR HIGH STREET 1 3 0 0 2 6 HALLHILL 0 2 2 0 1 5 FAMILY/FRIENDS 8 4 1 1 20 34 BEACHES 3 3 1 0 22 29 SHOPPING 2 1 0 2 16 21 PARKS 2 6 1 0 0 9 POOL 1 0 0 0 1 2 SPORTS 1 0 1 0 2 4 OTHER REC 2 1 5 0 9 17 BELHAVEN CHURCH 1 0 0 0 2 3 EAST LINKS 1 0 0 0 2 3 WORK 2 0 1 0 2 5 EDINBURGH 22 0 0 56 89 167 EDINBURGH SHOPS 5 0 0 0 7 12

FORT KINNAIRD 5 0 0 0 25 30 CINEMA, EDINBURGH 1 0 0 2 2 5 NORTH BERWICK 2 0 0 0 15 17 VILLAGES 3 0 1 1 13 18 TOWNS 4 0 0 1 10 15 EAST LINTON 2 0 1 1 2 6 HADDINGTON 1 0 0 2 12 15 EYEMOUTH POOL 0 0 0 0 7 7 OUTSIDE E.LOTHIAN 14 0 0 11 36 61 TOTAL 89 34 24 83 344 574

Findings:-

• 60% of weekend trips were made by car. The most popular destination for these car trips was Edinburgh, including Fort Kinnaird, although there were a significant number of local trips around Dunbar.

• Most of the trips made to Edinburgh by public transport were made by train. It is encouraging to see the significant share of trips to Edinburgh which are made by public transport.

• It is also encouraging to see the number of relatively local trips made. This indicates a high level of self-sufficiency for many aspects of life. The challenge is to try to get people out of their cars for these trips by providing information about the alternatives and the fun which can be had walking and cycling.

4.2.8 ATTITUDES TO SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL

Q11. What would be the main reason for using your car less?

Of

It can be seen that cost would be the main factor for using the car less. As the cost of fuel rises, people are becoming increasingly aware of how much a journey costs. Providing information about sustainable alternatives for short journeys and eco-driving will give people the opportunity to reduce the cost of travel while also reducing CO2. Environmental concerns and health/exercise are not far behind. It should be easier to persuade these people to reduce their car travel.

Q12. What could be done to help you to use your car less?

Respondents gave many suggestions. The most popular were:-

3%

10%

25%

41%

21%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

Nothing

Other

Environmental Concerns

Cost

Health/Exercise

Main Reason for Using Car Less

Improvements to public transport services were the most often suggested measures to reduce car use. Respondents wanted to see improved public transport to Edinburgh, the larger towns in East Lothian, and the villages. They also wanted cheaper and more flexible fares with the option to buy cheaper tickets in advance. It is encouraging to see that only around 15% of respondents thought that nothing could be done to reduce their car usage. Unfortunately nothing can be done to improve the weather!

4.2.9 ANALYSIS OF COMMENTS

Almost 1400 comments have been received from the surveys, 1300 of which outlined problems and possible solutions. A full framework analysis of all comments received, along with suggestions for the way forward and details of programmed East Lothian Council improvement schemes may be found in Appendix D and on the Connecting Dunbar website www.sustainingdunbar.org/projects/connecting-‐dunbar/

Summary of the comments received about daily travel:-‐

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

More cme

Need car for job

Other

Improved public transport to villages

Improve/provide cycle routes

Nothing

Beder weather

Cheaper/more flexible fares

Improve Public Transport to Towns/Edinburgh

Suggested Measures to Reduce Car Usage

CATAGORY OF COMMENT

NUMBER OF COMMENTS

MAIN ISSUE

Cycling Issues 300 • More cycle routes • Safety issues • Hallhill • Cycle routes to

Torness Pedestrian Issues 197 • Condition of footpaths

• Countess Road • Spott Road • Back Road • Hallhill

Litter 156 • General dog fouling • Dog fouling on specific

routes (Hallhill in particular)

Buses 115 • More frequent service • Cheaper fares • Accessibility of buses

Trains 102 • Frequency of service • Cost of service

Crossing Facilities 86 • Dunbar High Street • Belhaven/Edinburgh

Road Public Transport Generally

77 • Expensive fares • More frequent

services needed Traffic Speeds and Volumes

68 • Roads around schools • Spott Road • Belhaven/Edinburgh

Road 1A Bus Route 66 • Suggestions for

alternative routes Bus Routes (not 1A) 60 • Suggestions for

alternative routes (Torness, villages, other towns in East Lothian)

• More direct services to Edinburgh,

Haddington General 52 • Maintenance issues

such as street lighting, potholes etc.

Paths for cyclists/pedestrians

50 • Lochend Woods

Problems caused by parked cars

35 • Dunbar High Street • Areas around schools

Planning Issues 10 • Out of town development

• Improvements to Dunbar

TOTAL 1374

Cycling

It is interesting to note that the category with the greatest number of comments is cycling, indicating the general dissatisfaction with cycling routes in both the urban and rural areas. People would like well designed, safe cycle routes, both in towns and on village routes. In the older parts of Dunbar in particular, people feel that the narrow roads are not safe to cycle on. This is further reinforced by looking at the bike usage figures which show that the highest rates of households owning bikes but not using them are in areas to the north of the railway line, whereas higher bike usage rates can be observed in the newer residential areas around Middlemas Road and Moray Avenue. On the negative side, this has resulted in bike congestion on the narrow paths around Hallhill at School peak times which has also led to a certain amount of pedestrian/cyclist conflict. There were many comments from the employee surveys regarding the cycle path from Dunbar to Lafarge/Torness. Many people would like to cycle to their work, but said that the path was in poor condition and not maintained. Based on the survey, this path would undoubtedly be used more by employees at both Lafarge and Torness if it was brought up to standard.

It is, however, encouraging to note that so many people felt concerned enough to make comments about cycling, indicating great interest in this form of sustainable transport, and the potential to encourage residents to cycle more, thus reducing car use, particularly for short journeys.

Pedestrians

Pedestrian comments tended to be very localised, with people commenting about their local neighbourhood. The condition of footpaths was by far the biggest issue in this category, particularly in the older parts of town, where

footpath width was also an issue. The lack of inadequate footpaths on four main pedestrian routes was a recurring issue. These routes were:-

• Countess Road - Footpath condition • Spott Road - Lack of adequate width footpath • Back Road - Lack of footpath • Hallhill – Paths not wide enough for the large volumes of pedestrian and

cycle traffic

Litter

Dog fouling was the single biggest issue raised by all respondents (10% of the comments received related to dog fouling). Anecdotally, Dunbar appears to have a high level of dog ownership, and walking the dog is a very popular activity, with many attractive routes in and around the survey area. All green spaces in Dunbar (Bleachingfield, Winterfield and Hallhill) suffer from high levels of dog fouling, but it is also a problem on many footpaths and in East Linton.

Public Transport

The majority of comments received about public transport requested more frequent and cheaper services. Train users wanted later services, particularly at weekends. (the last train from Edinburgh to Dunbar is currently at 7pm on Saturdays), and more local services. East Linton residents requested a train station in East Linton. Looking at bus routes, later services were also requested (the last First bus from Edinburgh to Dunbar currently leaves at 10pm on weekdays). Local fares were also considered to be very expensive (the First single fare from Dunbar to Haddington is £3.70, and from Dunbar to East Linton is £3.20). More flexible fares such as family tickets and books of pre-paid reduced fare tickets were suggested, as was the use of debit cards on First buses. Respondents were unhappy that First do not give change on their services. This often results in over payment and the inconvenience of having to keep large quantities of coinage.

Another issue which respondents felt strongly about was accessibility; First bus now regularly uses coach style buses, with steep steps which many people find inaccessible. Wheelchair ramps are installed, but anecdotally, drivers do not appear to be fully trained and reluctant to use them. A bus service for workers at Lafarge/Torness was also requested, as were more direct bus services to Edinburgh and other towns in East Lothian.

Crossings

The four main locations where road crossings were an issue were:-

• Dunbar High Street – The current informal crossings are ambiguous, considered to be unsafe and disliked. Respondents wanted to see

formal zebra or pelican crossings. This was discussed in the Dunbar Traffic Management and Environmental Improvements Study, East Lothian Council have proposals for a pelican crossing at the south end of the High Street and the replacement of the setts at the uncontrolled crossing points in their short term (5 year) programme.

• Belhaven/Edinburgh Road – Respondents, particularly pupils at Dunbar Grammar School, would like to see a crossing on this road to help the safe journey to school. Again, this was investigated in the DTMEI Study, but has not yet been brought forward because a location cannot be agreed.

• Countess Road toucan crossing at Dunbar Primary School – Parents and school pupils are concerned about the overcrowding at this junction, which could become worse with the opening of the new campus.

• Lammermuir Crescent/Doon Avenue- Respondents would like to see this junction made safer. It is very wide and on a main route to both Dunbar Primary School and Dunbar Grammar School.

Traffic Volumes and Speeds

• Roads around Schools: Parents and pupils are concerned about both traffic volumes and speeds around schools. 20mph limits are in force around schools in the survey area, but are not always enforced and are therefore not particularly effective.

• Spott Road: Traffic volumes have risen considerably in this road due to both residential and retail development in the immediate area and it is now one of the busiest roads in Dunbar. The footpaths are not ideal, and the road is relatively straight and therefore speeds are high. The main route to school from residential areas in the east of the town involves crossing this busy road, yet there are no formal crossings. Respondents stated that they did not feel safe walking or cycling along Spott Road, and its junction with Queens Road is over capacity at peak times. A scheme to extend the footway and install a pelican crossing is included in East Lothian Council’s short term (5 year) programme.

Other Issues Arising from the Survey

• Lochend Woods – Respondents would like to see a better path network through the woods, possibly lit, which could be used for functional journeys. At the time of the surveys, a major tree felling was taking place for conservation reasons which proved to be quite an emotive subject.

• Parking on Dunbar High Street – Pedestrians and cyclists said that this caused problems, particularly the double parking which often takes place and the large numbers of service vehicles unloading. They stated that this made it difficult to cross the road and cycle along the High Street.

• Parking around the Schools – This was also an issue. Parents would like to see safe, designated drop off zones.

4.3 WALK TO SCHOOL ANALYSIS

4.3.1 DUNBAR PRIMARY SCHOOL

INTRODUCTION

The Connecting Dunbar Project is run by local charity Sustaining Dunbar. For the past year, the project has been collecting information about how people travel in and around Dunbar and looking at ways to make it easier to walk, cycle or use public transport. Dunbar Primary School kindly participated in this work by distributing two travel surveys; one was a short questionnaire based on the national “Walk to School” survey, which concentrated specifically on the journey to school, and another more detailed local journey survey which asked for information and comments about everyday travel in Dunbar.

BACKGROUND

Dunbar Primary School is one of the largest primary schools in Scotland, with 950 nursery and primary school pupils. It has an extremely high number of pupils travelling to school by active modes such as walking, cycling and scooting, currently 95%, with the highest percentage of cyclists, 45%, in Scotland.

METHODOLOGY

Both questionnaires were handed out to every pupil in the school, and taken home to be completed by pupils, parents and carers. It was hoped that this blanket coverage would ensure that at least one form reached home. Households completing more than one of the same questionnaire were identified at the data input stage so that double counting was avoided. In general, households participating in the survey completed both forms, with the pupils often completing the walk to school survey, and the parents/carers completing the household travel survey. As a result, views from both pupils and parents/carers were obtained. There are currently XXX households with children at Dunbar Primary School, and totals of 87 walk to school forms and 85 household travel surveys forms were completed, giving a response rate of around XXX.

Distribution of Respondents

Q1. Where do you travel from?

Origin Number of Respondents

Percentage

Dunbar, north of railway line 34 39% Dunbar, south of railway line 35 40% Dunbar, non-specific 16 18% Villages 1 1% West Barns 1 1% Total 87 99% Showing a good distribution and fair representation of the catchment area.

Modal Split

Q2. How do you usually get to School?

MODE ALL TRIPS

NORTH OF RAILWAY LINE

SOUTH OF RAILWAY LINE

WALK 46% 61% 34% CYCLE 12% 9% 17% WALK/CYCLE 20% 12% 20% SCOOT 5% 3% 9%

46% 61%

34%

12%

9%

17%

20% 12%

20%

5% 3% 9%

11% 15%

14%

6% 6%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

All Trips North of Railway Line South of Railway Line

car

combinaacon

scoot

walk/cycle

cycle

walk

COMBINATION (WALK/CYCLE/SCOOT)

4% 9% 3%

CAR 6% 0% 6% COMBINATION (WALK/CYCLE/SCOOT/CAR)

7% 6% 11%

BUS/SCHOOL BUS 0% 0% 0%

It can be seen that a higher proportion of children walk from the older parts of town, reflecting the lack of safe cycling routes from these areas.

Q3. How would you like to get to school?

MODE ALL TRIPS



WALK 32% 38% 28.5% CYCLE 32% 35% 31% WALK/CYCLE 24% 15% 28.5% SCOOT 1% 0% 3%

32% 38% 29%

32% 35%

31%

24% 15%

29%

8% 9% 6% 3% 3% 0%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

All Trips North of Railway Line South of Railway Line

Bus

Car

Combinacon

Scoot

Walk/Cycle

Cycle

Walk

COMBINATION (WALK/CYCLE/SCOOT)

6% 9% 3%

CAR 0% 0% 0% COMBINATION (WALK/CYCLE/SCOOT/CAR)

2% 0% 3%

BUS/SCHOOL BUS 3% 3% 0%

Combining these two tables to look for trends:-

MODE ALL TRIPS



Actual Desired Actual Desired Actual Desired WALK 46% 32% 61% 38% 34% 28.5% CYCLE 12% 32% 9% 35% 17% 31% WALK/CYCLE 20% 24% 12% 15% 20% 28.5% SCOOT 5% 1% 3% 0% 9% 3% COMBINATION (WALK/CYCLE/SCOOT)

4% 6% 9% 9% 3% 3%

CAR 6% 0% 0% 0% 6% 0% COMBINATION (WALK/CYCLE/SCOOT/CAR)

7% 2% 6% 0% 11% 3%

BUS/SCHOOL BUS

0% 3% 0% 3% 0% 0%

TOTAL 100% 100% 101% 101% 100% 100%

These figures show that there is a desire to cycle more from all areas of town, but more so from the older parts of town. Almost 90% of children use active travel to get to school, over 98% would like to, and no-one wants to travel to school by car exclusively.

Distance Travelled

Q4. How far do you have to travel?

DISTANCE PERCENTAGE No Information 1% Less than 1km 64% 1-2km 32% 2-5km 1% More than 5km 1%

It can be seen that 96% of pupils live 2km or less from the school. This is an ideal distance to walk or cycle and explains the high level of active travel.

After School Activities

Q5. Do you go to any after school activities? If yes, how do you travel to and from these?

Key Findings:-

• 63% of children do some sort of after school activity during the week. • Hallhill and the swimming pool are the most popular destinations. • Just over 50% of children used active travel to get to and from these

activities.

The possibility of increasing walking and cycling rates to get to after school activities should be investigated. Achieving similar rates to those for travel to school would be a good long term aim.

Suggested Improvements

Q6 and Q7. What would make walking/cycling to school better?

The most popular answers were:-

1%

64%

32%

1% 1%

Distance Travelled To School

No Informacon

< 1km

1-‐2 km

2-‐5 km

> 5km

WHAT WOULD MAKE THE JOURNEY TO SCHOOL BETTER?

Number of respondents

More cycle paths 10 Fewer bikes on footpaths 7 Improve Countess Road/Hallhill crossing 7 Walking/cycling with friends 6 More time 5 No dog fouling 5 Better weather 4 A cycle path on Kellie Road 3 Better footpaths 3 Shorter distance 3 More bike racks at school 3 Better paths through woods 3

It appears that both cyclists and pedestrians would like more cycle paths! The crossing at Countess Road/Hallhill is recognised as a bottleneck on the journey to school, and could become worse when the new site opens as although there will probably be the same number of children they will be crossing in both directions.

Household Travel Surveys

Information relating to the journey to school was also provided in the household travel survey, but has not been analysed here as, in many cases, it will be the same information as that provided in the walk to school survey. As the household survey was generally completed by parents and carers, it is useful to analyse comments made about travel problems in the vicinity of Dunbar Primary School to get a different perspective. The most frequently stated concerns were:-

CONCERN NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS

More cycle paths needed generally, and in:- • Kellie Road • Countess Road • Belhaven Road

15 6 4 4

Better paths needed through Lochend Woods 16 Litter, particularly:-

• Dog Fouling • Glass and rubbish at Hallhill and on the path

by Astroturf

27

4

Traffic speeds generally, and in:- • Spott Road

2 7

• Belhaven Road • Kellie Road • Queens Road/Newhouse Terrace • Lammermuir Crescent • Church Street • Countess Road

2 2 2 1 1 1

Crossings, needed generally and in:- • Countess Road by Hallhill needs improving • Near Grammar School on Belhaven Road • Spott Road • Doon Avenue/Lammermuir Crescent • Spott Road/Queens Road

1 3 3 1 2 2

Wider/better footpaths needed generally and on:- • Spott Road • Church Street • Curling Pond • Hallhill

3

6 3 3 2

Pedestrian/cycle conflict generally, and at:- • Hallhill • Kellie Road

1 5 3

Parked cars on footpaths generally, and on:- • Countess Crescent/Avenue • Countess Road

3 3 1

Comparing the concerns of pupils with those of their parents and carers shows that there is common ground; both see problems with bikes on footpaths, mainly in the Kellie Road/Hallhill area, and want more cycle routes. This would undoubtedly increase cycling rates by tapping into the great desire to cycle more to school from all areas, particularly the older parts of town. Looking at the differences, parents are more concerned about dog fouling, traffic speeds, parked cars and routes through Lochend Woods, whereas these are mentioned less by the pupils, perhaps because children are used to these things, whereas parents and carers may have seen these problems get steadily worse.

The new site will lead to additional problems around the Hallhill area as pupils will be travelling in both directions. Connecting Dunbar is working on new maps designed to minimise these problems, and these will be distributed to all pupils in the spring.

Mode Choice

Parents and carers also gave an insight into why they choose a particular mode of travel for the journey to school:-

1%

2%

3%

4%

4%

7%

7%

9%

18%

19%

26%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

Pracccal

Cheap

Environmental Reasons

Safest

Quicker

No Alternacve

Enjoy Walking

Nice Weather

Not Far

Most Convenient

Healthy/Exercise

Reasons for Choosing to Walk to School

2%

2%

4%

4%

6%

10%

12%

12%

18%

30%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

No Car Available

Makes Journey Interescng

To Encourage Children to Cycle

Not Far

Nice Weather

Healthy/Exercise

Quicker


Enjoy Cycling

Most Convenient

Reasons For Choosing to Cycle to School

Convenience is often the main reason stated for using the car, but here it also features highly as a reason to use active travel. This is probably a reflection of the short distances involved in travelling to Dunbar Primary School, but it is also encouraging that parents and carers do not automatically think that the car is the most convenient mode of travel for the school run. The fact that health and exercise, the environment and actual enjoyment of cycling and walking also figure highly is also a reason for optimism.

CONCLUSIONS

The results of the surveys are very encouraging, and show Dunbar Primary School as a model for all other schools. There are issues; dog fouling, traffic speeds, parking on streets and increasing problems due to the high level of cyclists/pedestrians on routes to school can be addressed by information campaigns, as can the possible increased congestion in the Hallhill area once the new site is open. Lobbying for more cycle routes, particularly near the school, must be a major long term aim and should be carried out at every opportunity. The possibility of increasing the rate of active travel to after school activities should also be investigated, perhaps as part of the school travel plan.

There is obviously great enthusiasm for travel matters at Dunbar Primary School. Work done by the school and parents in recent years has resulted in improved footpaths around the school, vastly improved cycle parking and full participation in walking and cycling to school initiatives. This has led to one of the best rates of active travel to school, particularly cycling. Encouragingly, there seem to be

4%

12%

15%

23%

46%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

Choice

No Alternacve

Drop Off on Way to Work

Convenience

Time Factors/Quicker

Reasons for Choosing to Drive to School

no signs of this rate decreasing, and indeed, surveys of P7/S1 travel behaviour during these transition years (Appendix 1), show that this is continuing through to the Grammar School. Our challenge is to make sure that pupils continue to use active travel throughout their school career and on into adult life.

4.3.2 DUNBAR GRAMMAR SCHOOL

INTRODUCTION

The Connecting Dunbar Project is run by local charity Sustaining Dunbar. For the past year, the project has been collecting information about how people travel in and around Dunbar and looking at ways to make it easier to walk, cycle or use public transport. Dunbar Grammar School kindly participated in this work by distributing two travel surveys; one was a short questionnaire based on the national “Walk to School” survey, which concentrated specifically on the journey to school, and another more detailed local journey survey which asked for information and comments about everyday travel in Dunbar.

BACKGROUND

Dunbar Grammar School is a medium sized secondary school, with almost 700 pupils. It has a high number of pupils travelling to school by active modes such as walking and cycling, currently 66%, with around 10% travelling by car.

METHODOLOGY

Both questionnaires were handed out to every pupil in the school, and taken home to be completed by pupils, parents and carers. It was hoped that this blanket coverage would ensure that at least one form reached home. Households completing more than one of the same questionnaire were identified at the data input stage so that double counting was avoided. In general, households participating in the survey completed both forms, with the pupils often completing the walk to school survey, and the parents/carers completing the household travel survey. As a result, views from both pupils and parents/carers were obtained. There are currently XXX households with children at Dunbar Grammar School, and totals of 218 walk to school forms and XXX household travel surveys forms were completed, giving a response rate of around XXX.

Distribution of Respondents

Q1. Where do you travel from?

Origin Number of Respondents

Percentage


32 15%


37 17%

Dunbar, non-specific 90 41% West Barns 8 4% Villages 51 23% Total 218 100% Showing a good distribution and fair representation of the catchment area.

Modal Split

Q2. How do you usually get to School?

MODE ALL TRIPS



WHOLE OF DUNBAR/WEST BARNS

OUTSIDE DUNBAR

WALK 59% 91% 65% 77% 6% CYCLE 5% 3% 16% 7% 0% WALK/CYCLE 2% 0% 5% 3% 0% CAR 9% 3% 3% 8% 8% COMBINATION (WALK/CYCLE/CAR/BUS)

2% 3% 3% 2% 10%

BUS/SCHOOL BUS 23% 0% 8% 3% 76% OTHER 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

It can be seen that a higher proportion of children walk from the older parts of town, reflecting the lack of safe cycling routes from these areas.

Q3. How would you like to get to school?

MODE ALL TRIPS



WHOLE OF DUNBAR/WEST BARNS

OUTSIDE DUNBAR

WALK 54% 87% 53% 66% 16% CYCLE 10% 10% 8% 9% 14% WALK/CYCLE 3% 0% 5% 4% 0% CAR 12% 3% 11% 11% 10% COMBINATION (WALK/CYCLE/CAR/BUS)

3% 0% 11% 5% 8%

BUS/SCHOOL BUS 14% 0% 8% 4% 45% OTHER 4% 0% 5% 2% 8% TOTAL 100% 100% 101% 101% 101% N.B. “Other” includes plane, jetpack, horse and Tardis!

Combining these two tables to look for trends:-

MODE ALL TRIPS



WHOLE OF DUNBAR W.BARNS

OUTSIDE DUNBAR

ACTUAL DESIRED ACTUAL DESIRED ACTUAL DESIRED ACTUAL DESIRED ACTUAL DESIRED WALK 59% 54% 91% 87% 65% 53% 77% 66% 6% 16% CYCLE 5% 10% 3% 10% 16% 8% 7% 9% 0% 14% WALK/ CYCLE

2% 3% 0% 0% 5% 5% 3% 4% 0% 0%

CAR 9% 12% 3% 3% 3% 11% 8% 11% 8% 10% WALK/ CYCLE/CAR/BUS

2% 3% 3% 0% 3% 11% 2% 5% 10% 8%

BUS/ SCHOOL BUS

23% 14% 0% 0% 8% 8% 3% 4% 76% 45%

OTHER 0% 4% 0% 0% 0% 5% 0% 2% 0% 8% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 101% 100% 101% 100% 101%

These figures show that:-

• There is a desire to cycle to school from the older residential areas of Dunbar which are north of the railway line.

• Pupils from south of the railway line cycle more to school, but would prefer to be driven, or have the flexibility of many different modes, possibly reflecting the distance to the Grammar School from these areas.

• The majority of pupils from outside Dunbar take the school bus, but would rather walk or cycle.

Distance Travelled

Q4. How far do you have to travel?

DISTANCE PERCENTAGE No Information 1% Less than 1km 41% 1-2km 38% 2-5km 6% More than 5km 14% TOTAL 100%

It can be seen that 79% of pupils live 2km or less from the school. This is an ideal distance to walk or cycle and explains the high level of active travel.

After School Activities

Q5. Do you go to any after school activities? If yes, how do you travel to and from these?

Key Findings:-

• 53% of children do some sort of after school activity during the week. • Hallhill is the most popular destination, with rugby, hockey, football,

running and ballet being the most popular activities. • Just over 60% of children used active travel to get to and from these

activities.

1%

41%

38%

6%

14%

Distance Travelled To School

No Informacon

< 1km

1-‐2 km

2-‐5 km

> 5 km

The possibility of increasing walking and cycling rates to get to after school activities should be investigated, although this will not be possible for pupils living outside of Dunbar.

Suggested Improvements

Q6 and Q7. What would make walking/cycling to school better?

The most popular answers were:-

WHAT WOULD MAKE THE JOURNEY TO SCHOOL BETTER?

Number of respondents

Shorter distance 33 More cycle paths 18 Walking/cycling with friends 16 Being fitter, better at cycling 10 Smoother paths 6 Slower/less traffic 6 Listening to music/mp3 player 5 No school bag 5 Better weather 4 Less dog fouling 4 Safer walking routes 4 Traffic islands/lights on Belhaven Rd near DGS 2

HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL SURVEYS

Information relating to the journey to school was also provided in the household travel survey, but has not been analysed here as, in many cases, it will be the same information as that provided in the walk to school survey. As the household survey was generally completed by parents and carers, it is useful to analyse comments made about travel problems in the vicinity of Dunbar Grammar School to get a different perspective. The most frequently stated concerns were:-

CONCERN NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS

Wider/better footpaths needed generally and on:- • Back Road • Knockenhair Road • Spott Road • Church Street • Belhaven Road

1

6 6 3 3

• Curling Pond 1 1

More cycle paths needed generally, and:- • Belhaven Road • Near schools

11 5 3

Traffic speeds generally, and in:- • Spott Road • Belhaven Road • Kellie Road • Church Street • North Road

1 3 3 1 1 1

Litter, particularly:- • Dog Fouling • Dog fouling and rubbish at Hallhill

5 4

Parked cars on footpaths generally, and:- • Countess Crescent/Avenue • By schools

3 3

Road Safety Concerns • Back Road/Knockenhair Road junction • Bend on Summerfield Road • Cycling on pavements • Drivers don’t give cyclists enough room

2 1 1 1

Road surfaces poor on:- • Back Road • Belhaven Road • Countess Road

2 2 1

Crossings, needed generally and in:- • Near Grammar School on Belhaven Road • A1/Spott Roundabout • Countess Road, near Station

1 2 1

Comparing the concerns of pupils with those of their parents and carers shows that there is common ground with general issues such as the lack of cycle paths, traffic speeds and dog fouling, but less agreement on specific issues. The one issue that both groups agree on is the need for a crossing on Belhaven Road near the Grammar School. East Lothian Council recognises this need in its report, but no scheme is programmed for the foreseeable future.

Mode Choice

Parents and carers also gave an insight into why they choose a particular mode of travel for the journey to school:-

2%

3%

4%

4%

5%

6%

10%

12%

17%

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18%

No Alternacve

Nice Weather

Quicker

Not Far


Most Convenient

Enjoy Walking

Don't Drive

Healthy/Exercise

Reasons for Choosing to Walk to School

10%

10%

10%

15%

40%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

Not Far

Quicker/Easier


Most Convenient

Enjoy Cycling

Reasons for Choosing to Cycle to School

Convenience is often the main reason stated for using the car, but here it also features as a reason to use active travel. This is probably a reflection of the short distances involved in travelling to Dunbar Grammar School, but it is also encouraging that parents and carers do not automatically think that the car is the most convenient mode of travel for the school run. The fact that health and exercise, the environment and actual enjoyment of cycling and walking also figure highly is also a reason for optimism, 50% of walking and cycling trips to school are made because pupils enjoy it.

CONCLUSIONS

Lobbying for more cycle routes, particularly near the school, must be a major long term aim and should be carried out at every opportunity. The possibility of increasing the rate of active travel to after school activities should also be investigated, perhaps as part of the school travel plan.

Encouragingly, surveys of P7/S1 travel behaviour during the transition years (Section 4.3.3), show that high levels of cycling established at primary school are continuing through to the Grammar School. Our challenge is to make sure that pupils continue to use active travel throughout their school career and on into adult life.

4%

6%

8%

12%

34%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

Hair Gets Messy in the Wind

Distance

No Alternacve

Convenience

Time Factors/Quicker

Reasons for Choosing to Drive to School

4.3.3 ANALYSIS OF P7/S1 TRANSITION JOURNEY TO SCHOOL

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY National data indicates that pupils often change travel behaviour when they move up from primary to secondary school, in particular giving up cycling.

In Summer 2010 the Connecting Dunbar Project measured levels of walking and cycling to school for P7 pupils and asked pupils to think about how they would travel safely to secondary school next year. A follow-up survey in Autumn 2010 identified that the number of pupils walking has remained roughly the same after transition from P7 to S1, but rates have increased slightly, defying the national trend.

Detailed analysis reveals that

• More cycling trips are made to the secondary school from the newer residential areas in the south of Dunbar than the older parts of town. There has been a small modal shift from walking to cycling during transition in this area.

• Although they are quite a distance from the school, no-one cycles from the Walker homes, Trees, Ashfield areas of Dunbar, or West Barns. In most cases this probably reflects the presence of busy main roads such as Belhaven Road and Spott Road, on the journey to school.

• The use of the car for the journey to school is not dependent on home location, but probably more on home circumstances (for example, working parents).

• Pupils from outlying areas almost exclusively use the bus to travel to DGS. Many previously walked to their local primary schools.

INTRODUCTION Dunbar Primary School is one of the largest primary schools in Scotland, with almost 1000 nursery and primary school pupils. It has an extremely high number of pupils travelling to school by active modes such as walking, cycling and scooting, currently 95%, with the highest percentage of cyclists, 46%, in Scotland. Dunbar Grammar School is also a large school, with almost 700 Pupils. Its catchment area is wide, taking in pupils from a number of surrounding rural villages, who travel mostly by school bus provided by East Lothian Council, as well as the town of Dunbar, which has seen considerable residential development in recent years.

National data indicates that pupils often change travel behaviour when they move up from primary to secondary school, in particular giving up cycling. We were interested whether the very large numbers of cyclists at the primary school

had normalised cycling for Dunbar P7 pupils so much so that even as teenagers they would carry on using cycling as a mode of transport.

The initial study in summer 2010 was carried out with P7 pupils in their classrooms using mapping techniques developed by Scottish Participatory Initiatives and gave pupils the opportunity to think about how they would get to the Grammar School; would they use the same mode as they did to the Primary School, what route would they take, would they arrange to meet up with friends on the same route, were they hoping to make new friends on the way and what problems they could foresee. This was seen as a useful addition to the excellent P7 transition programme.

This follow up study identifies changes in mode of transport during the transition from P7 to S1 in Dunbar, and the reasons for this.

METHODOLOGY In Autumn 2010, pupils were issued with a questionnaire of 7 short, easy to answer questions, which may be found at the end of this report. The questionnaire was handed out to every pupil in S1, and completed during registration. This ensured that every pupil was given time at school to complete the survey; forms taken home often result in a much lower response rate. There are currently 140 pupils in S1, and a total of 113 completed forms were received, giving a response rate of 81%.

ANALYSIS OF QUESTIONNAIRE

DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONDENTS

Q1. Where did you travel from? Origin Number of

Respondents Percentage


37 33%


27 24%

Dunbar, non-specific 17 15% Villages 13 12% East Linton 8 7% West Barns 7 6% Unknown 4 3% Total 113 100% Showing a good distribution and fair representation of the catchment area.

MODAL SPLIT

Q2. How did you get to the Primary School in P7?

Q3. How do you get to the Grammar School?

Mode P7 S1 %age Change

Walk 54 48% 50 44% - 4% Cycle 21 19% 23 20% +1% Car 16 14% 9 8% -6% Bus 8 7% 20 18% +11% Walk/Cycle/Car 4 3% 2 2% -1% Walk/Cycle 4 3% 5 4% +1% Cycle/Car 1 1% 0 0% -1% Bus/Car 1 1% 0 0% -1% Walk/Car 1 1% 3 3% +2% Walk/Car/S’Board 1 1% 1 1% 0% Other 1 1% 0 0% -1% Unknown 1 1% 0 0% -1% Total 113 100% 113 100% 0%

These results show that the number of pupils walking and cycling has remained about the same after transition from P7 to S1. The large increase in bus usage reflects the number of pupils from outlying areas travelling to DGS. This also accounts for the slight decrease in walking rates, i.e. pupils from outlying areas who walked to their local village primary school, but have to take the bus to DGS. It is good to see that cycling rates have increased slightly, defying the national trend of decreased cycle rates at secondary school. A more detailed analysis of the cycle figures shows that 18 pupils have remained cyclists during the transition, whereas 3 have given up cycling and 5 have taken it up. Reasons for giving up cycling (as answered in Question 4: If you used to cycle to the Primary School but do not cycle to the Grammar School, why is that?) were distance of journey, dissatisfaction with bike and having more time to chat if walking. The reason for taking up cycling was distance again. Pupils also gave reasons for not cycling to DGS. These included:-

• Prefer walking • Longer to talk if walk • Like to walk/talk with friends • Don’t want to cycle • Hate my bike • Sometimes bike can get stolen • Don’t have time • Too far

Further analysing journey mode by home location gives the following results, shown in the map over:-

• More cycling trips are made to DGS from the newer residential areas in the south of Dunbar than the older parts of town. There has been a small modal shift from walking to cycling during transition in this area.

• Although they are quite a distance from the Grammar School, no-one cycles from the Walker homes, Trees, Ashfield areas of Dunbar, or West Barns. In most cases this probably reflects the presence of busy main roads such as Belhaven Road and Spott Road, on the journey to school.

• The use of the car for the journey to school is not dependent on home location, but probably more on home circumstances (for example, working parents).

• Pupils from outlying areas almost exclusively use the bus to travel to DGS. Many previously walked to their local primary schools.

LIKES AND DISLIKES ON JOURNEY TO SCHOOL

Q5. What do you enjoy about your journey to school?

Q6. What do you not like? The questionnaire asked pupils what their likes and dislikes were on their journey to school. These have been analysed by mode to see if there are any differences in how those who walk, cycle or take the bus to school perceive their journey.

Walkers

Likes Dislikes Meeting up with friends 29 Distance 10 Nature/Scenery 4 Have to leave early 8 Health/Fitness 3 Weather 5 Fun 2 Belhaven Road 3 Peaceful 1 Traffic 3 Listening to Music 1 Dog Poo 1

Cyclists

Likes Dislikes Meeting up with friends 11 The Woods 2 Fun 3 No cycle paths 2 Hill to school/skids 3 Too many small

children/crowds 2

Scenery/fresh air 3 Traffic speeds/pollution 2 Breeze when cycle 1 weather 1 Distance 1 No-one to talk to 1

Bus Passengers

Likes Dislikes Meeting up with friends 7 Getting up early 4 Sitting down on bus 1 Bus journey takes a long

time 3

Not walking 1 Waiting for the bus (cold/boring)

3

Warm 1 No seats on the bus 1 Picking up people on the

way 1

Weather 1

It can be seen that meeting up with friends is by far the most important factor for pupils who walk to school; they enjoy the social aspect of the journey to school, but health and well-being also feature. Major dislikes for walkers are the distance, having to leave early and the weather. Traffic is less of an issue, apart from Belhaven Road, which they hate crossing.

Cyclists also consider meeting up with friends an advantage, but enjoy the fun of cycling to school; hills, skids, breezes and longer distances, and get frustrated with things that obstruct their journey such as logs blocking their way in the woods, and smaller children on the journeys from the newer residential areas. Apart from this, they have fewer dislikes.

Bus passengers also like meeting up with their friends, but dislike getting up early to wait for the school bus which then takes a long time to get to the school.

Q7. What would make the journey to school better? Turning to the question of what would make the journey to DGS better, again no-one issue was outstanding. The top answers are listed below:-

What would make the journey to school better? Number of respondents Nothing 33 Don’t know 8 Shorter distance 5 Crossing on Belhaven Road 3 Later school starting time 3 More cycle paths 3 Better weather 3 Fewer bus pick-ups 2 Better/smoother roads 2 Later bus 2 Bigger/comfier school bus 2

It can be seen that some pupils would like the journey to be shorter and the weather to be better, and those travelling by bus would like to see improvements to the service. The one specific issue with the most requests was a proper crossing on Belhaven Road.

CONCLUSIONS It is interesting to note the great importance placed on the social aspect of the journey to the Grammar School. The majority of S1 pupils travel to school unaccompanied by their parents, some for the first time, and no doubt find it liberating, enjoyable and comforting to meet up with their friends for a chat and to organise their social lives, all part of growing up and greater independence. This could well be a factor in the national trends which show that pupils tend to cycle less when they go to secondary school; it is much easier to chat and walk than chat and cycle.

Our study confirms that the high proportion of pupils using active travel to Primary School has remained through to the Grammar School, with the number of cyclists increasing in defiance of national trends. This illustrates how much cycling become normalised in Dunbar. Looking at the geographical spread of cyclists it is clear that where vehicle access to the school is limited (as from the new houses to the south), cycling has become the natural choice of transport. However, this is not a time for complacency; there are still only few pupils who cycle from the older residential areas of town, reflecting the lack of safe cycle routes from these areas and the presence of two major barriers which are Belhaven Road and Spott Road.

5. CONCLUSIONS – what next?

The starting point of sustainable travel projects is to understand local travel patterns; where do people want to get to and from? Why do they choose their mode of transport? What other options are available? What problems do they encounter? The information obtained can be used to lobby for improvement and to target advice and publicity about sustainable travel, and as a baseline to evaluate the effectiveness of projects.

Data from the surveys shows that there are many short car trips which could transfer to more sustainable modes; in Dunbar over 2000 daily car trips are very local and within easy distance of walking or cycling and almost 3000 daily car trips are made between the areas to the north and south of the railway line, also ideal for walking or cycling. In East Linton, over 400 car trips are of a distance which could easily be walked or cycled.

Looking at longer distance trips, survey data suggests that over 900 car trips are made from Dunbar to Edinburgh each day and another 900 daily car trips are made between Dunbar, East Linton, Haddington and North Berwick, all areas which are connected by regular public transport services.

So why are people still using their cars for these journeys? The main reason stated was convenience and time, but in many cases there was no practical reason why sustainable travel could not be an option. Respondents highlighted many issues which could be dissuading them from walking, cycling and taking public transport.

Walking

Comments about walking were often very local relating to immediate neighbourhoods; problems highlighted included narrow and poorly maintained footpaths, inadequate crossing facilities in specific locations, and dog fouling, the biggest issue by far in Dunbar and the surrounding area. Increasing traffic volumes and speeds were also raised. Issues such as these are ideal for working with small neighbourhood groups to lobby for improvements.

Cycling

Data from the household surveys indicates that around 70% of people in Dunbar own bikes, with bike ownership rates higher in areas to the south of the town. However, 60% of these bikes are not being used regularly, particularly in the older parts of town to the north of the railway line. The roads and footpaths here tend to be narrow and have problems with on-street parking. Housing may be higher density with less room for storage, and socio-economic factors also play a part.

The main reasons stated for not cycling were lack of cycle paths, road safety concerns and the lack of crossing facilities on the A1. Respondents would like well-designed, safe cycle routes, both in towns and on village routes, however, it may be possible, with small local schemes such as Healthy Neighbourhoods ( Living Streets), and local lobbying via 20’s Plenty groups to make a difference with soft measures. The high number of children cycling to primary school is having many beneficial effects; increasing rates of cycling to grammar school as pupils transfer, increasing children’s independence encouraging parents to begin cycling again, and increasing the number of cyclists being seen around town.

It was encouraging to note that a great many people were concerned enough to make comments about cycling. There is great potential to encourage residents to cycle more, reducing car use for short trips; results from the household survey, the employee survey and the walk to school survey all showed a common thread; the desire and potential to cycle more. Employees at Torness were enthusiastic about cycling to work, but were concerned about the cycle path from

the town along the coast, which is poorly maintained and often impassable by road bike.

Public Transport

The majority of respondents thought that fares were too expensive and services not frequent enough, and better information was requested. People living in the villages thought that rural public transport provision was inadequate. rural areas thought services were inadequate. The lack of later services was a major problem, as was accessibility of vehicles and the expense and inflexibility of bus fares. Ideas for more flexible fare structures were put forward and there were many suggestions for improvements to routes, leading to the overall conclusion that a two-tier bus service would be worth investigating; a regular local bus serving residential areas and villages which feeds into an express service to larger conurbations with a very limited number of stops. Connecting Dunbar has set up RELBUS, a bus users group for East Lothian to pursue many of these ideas, and considers that the setting up of local lobby groups is a good way forward for many of the issues raised in the surveys.

Specific Issues

The surveys highlighted a number of specific issues which could benefit from targeted travel advice and preparation of information/timetables:-

• Information about travelling to hospital (ERI, Roodlands etc.) by bus and train.

• Information, possibly maps (with the opportunity of advertising revenue) about local recreational and shopping facilities, availability of local delivery and how to get there using sustainable travel (including weekends).

• Travel Plans for local employers and schools.

Conclusions

One of the most encouraging findings from the survey was the number of pupils who wanted to get to school using sustainable travel, and indeed enjoyed walking and cycling. Another was that only a small percentage of respondents said nothing would encourage them to use their car less. Analysis of attitudes to sustainable travel indicated that cost would be the main factor to using the car less. Providing information to accurately assess the cost of various travel alternatives and get practical details about these will help people to make more informed choices. We will work to break down the perceived barriers to

sustainable travel with realistic advice and high quality information such as timetables which are easy to understand and readily available, maps which show the routes most suitable for pedestrians and cyclists, and guidance on eco-driving techniques for journeys which have to be made by car. A town centre outlet providing advice and information is important, and will be increasingly so as work with local neighbourhood groups increases.

Appendix A – Survey Objectives

HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS

Justification for Survey

1. To get people thinking about the journeys they make, in particular short journeys by car. To raise the issue of sustainable travel

2. To gather information about the number of short journeys made in Ward 7. From this, an estimate can be made of present levels of CO2 emissions due to short journeys and the scope for reducing them.

3. To gather information about household travel which can be used to target sustainable travel information, campaigns and other measures effectively.

4. To gain a better understanding of the issues and problems involving urban travel in Dunbar and rural travel in the outlying areas.

5. To gather information about public transport, the 1A bus in Dunbar in particular, to assess feasibility of town bus route, and to assess level of demand for rural buses.

6. To lobby local and national government, public transport companies, SUSTRANS, SESTRAN etc. for solutions to problems identified by the surveys.

7. To gain an understanding of attitudes towards sustainable travel.

8. To build on the survey work carried out by the Dunbar 2025 MAP Project.

9. To build up a data bank of people who want to get involved in sustainable travel initiatives.

Objectives of Survey

1. To gather information about household travel, in particular, short journeys which could transfer to more sustainable modes.

• Where do people travel to/from • When do they travel (public transport users only) • Why do they travel • How do they travel • Why do they use that mode of transport • Are there difficulties with travel in their area?

• Suggested solutions to these difficulties

2. To gather information about attitudes to sustainable travel • Why don’t people use it now? • What would encourage people to switch to sustainable travel?

-‐ Cycling: current problems and possible solutions -‐ Walking: current problems and possible solutions -‐ Using public transport: current problems and possible solutions

• Knowledge of existing information (timetables, maps and routes)

3. To gather specific information about public transport • Use of 1A bus (actual and possible) • Use of rural buses (actual and possible) • To identify current and potential public transport interchanges and which

connections are necessary to make these work.

4. To gather information about travel in Ward 7 generally • Mobility impairments • Level of car and bike ownership • Any other comments • List of contacts • Perhaps about weekend travel?

Method of Survey

Self-‐completion questionnaire, either paper copy or on-‐line for a typical weekday. This will capture most of the functional trips, and a few recreational trips. Information about recreational trips has been gathered in SPI’s “Paths In and Around Dunbar: Local People’s Opinions and Ideas”.

Questionnaire will be tailored to different areas with a relevant map and questions about relevant bus routes.

DUNBAR Distributed to schools (Primary and Grammar), nurseries, playgroups etc. for parents and carers, distributed to local resident groups, and day-‐care centres, sheltered housing etc. (may require visits). Also supply of forms put in Library, Doctors Surgery, Countess Youth Centre, Hallhill.

WEST BARNS Distributed to school, nurseries, playgroups etc. for parents and carers, distributed to local resident groups, West Barns Bowling Club(?), and any other public buildings.

INNERWICK Distributed to school, playgroups etc. for parents and carers and any other public buildings.

STENTON Distributed to school, playgroups etc. for parents and carers and any other public buildings.

EAST LINTON Distributed to school, playgroups etc. for parents and carers, distributed to local pensioners groups and day centre, library, doctors surgery and any other public buildings.

TYNINGHAME

SPOTT

OLDHAMSTOCKS

Villages will require survey staff; possibly also top up surveys in Dunbar to cover groups missed. (Age group 45-‐65?)

Connecting Dunbar to design survey, deliver questionnaires, collect from contacts, analyse surveys and report back as required.

Date of Surveys

Typical weekday, ideally in May, but definitely before schools finish for summer. Top up surveys in June/September.

Contacts Established

Schools

-‐ Dunbar Grammar School

-‐ Dunbar Primary School -‐ West Barns Primary School -‐ East Linton Primary School -‐ Innerwick Primary School -‐ Stenton Primary School

Nurseries

-‐ Pumpkin Patch (Dunbar)

Playgroups

-‐ Belhaven Toddler Group

Day Centres

-‐ East Linton Day Centre

Clubs, Associations etc.

-‐ Countess Youth and Community Centre – young people -‐ Scottish Pensions Association (Dunbar Branch and East Linton Branch)

Doctors Surgeries

-‐ Dunbar Medical Centre

Libraries

-‐ Dunbar Library

-‐ East Linton Library

EMPLOYEE SURVEYS


10. To get businesses thinking about sustainable travel and in particular the preparation of a travel plan to reduce CO2 emissions due to travel.

11. To gather information about employee travel which we can report back to businesses to ensure that the travel plan will include the most effective measures for employers and employees.

12. To lobby local and national government, public transport companies, SUSTRANS, SESTRAN etc. for the improvements identified by the surveys.

13. To gain a better understanding of the issues surrounding employee travel in and around Dunbar.

14. To build up a data bank of people and businesses who want to get involved in sustainable transport initiatives.


5. To gather information about employee travel • Where do they travel to/from • When do they travel • How do they travel

• Why do they use that mode of transport • Are there difficulties with the journey? • Suggested solutions to these difficulties

6. To gather information about attitudes to sustainable transport

• What would encourage people to switch to sustainable transport -‐ Cycling -‐ Walking -‐ Using public transport -‐ Car share

• Employee knowledge of existing employer schemes

7. To gather information about travel in Ward 7 generally • Comments • List of contacts

Method of Survey

Self-‐completion questionnaire, either paper copy or on-‐line for a typical workday.

Connecting Dunbar to design survey, deliver questionnaires, collect from employer contact, analyse surveys and report back to employer.

Employer to comment on draft questionnaire and preferred method, provide contact name, collect forms from employees.

Date of Surveys

Typical workday, ideally in May, but definitely before schools finish for summer. To be discussed with employer.

Employers Surveyed

LaFarge

Torness

John Muir Birthplace

Sustaining Dunbar

(No major employers in villages)

WALK TO SCHOOL WEEK SURVEYS


1. To get pupils thinking about sustainable travel and their journey to school. 2. To gather information about travel to school and monitor trends.

3. To get pupil’s views about the good and bad aspects of their journey to school. 4. To lobby local and national government, public transport companies, SUSTRANS,

SESTRAN etc. for the improvements identified by the surveys.

5. To gain a better understanding of the issues surrounding pupil travel in Dunbar, East Linton and the rural areas.


1. To gather information about travel to school, specifically: • Where to pupils travel from

• How do they travel • How far do they travel • What would make the journey better?

2. To gather information about travel to and from after school activities to see whether this is an area which should be targeted for sustainable travel.

3. To ensure that information obtained is comparable with data from previous years so

that trends can be monitored.

School/Nurseries/Playgroups surveyed

-‐ Dunbar Grammar School -‐ Dunbar Primary School

-‐ West Barns Primary School -‐ East Linton Primary School -‐ Innerwick Primary School

-‐ Stenton Primary School -‐ Pumpkin Patch Nursery -‐ Belhaven Toddler Group

Appendix C – detailed tables of data analysis

Table 1: Response Rates for surveys



EMPLOYEE SURVEY

P7/S1 SURVEY

TOTAL

Dunbar 406 263 47 81 797 East Linton 55 24 2 6 87 Innerwick/Pinkerton 22 6 4 0 32 West Barns 10 10 4 7 31 Stenton 10 16 0 4 30 Co’Path / Old Hamstocks

5 2 4 5 16

Tyninghame 0 6 0 0 6 Thurston 2 2 0 1 5 Spott 0 4 0 1 5 Haddington 0 1 3 0 4 Eweford 2 0 1 0 3 Musselburgh 0 0 2 0 2 North Berwick 0 0 2 0 2 Bielgrange 1 1 0 0 2 Markle Mains 0 1 0 1 2 Fife 0 0 2 0 2 Edinburgh 0 0 2 0 2 Borders 0 0 2 0 2 Eyemouth 0 1 0 0 1 Thorntonloch 0 0 0 1 1 Lawhead 0 1 0 0 1 East Fortune 0 1 0 0 1 Berwick Upon Tweed

0 0 1 0 1

Broxburn 1 0 0 0 1 Drem 1 0 0 0 1 Easter Broomhouse

1 0 0 0 1

Myreton 0 1 0 0 1 Crauchie 0 1 0 0 1 Unknown 4 1 1 4 10 TOTAL 520 342 77 111 1050 1050 responses, 6000 households giving a response rate of around 17.5%

Table 2: Response Rate for Surveys in Dunbar



EMPLOYEE SURVEY

P7/S1 SURVEY

TOTAL

1 High Street 32 13 2 2 49 2 Dunbar Harbour 17 5 4 4 30 3 East Beach 15 8 3 9 35 4 Walker Homes 22 3 9 3 37 5 Dunbar Station 0 0 0 0 0 6 Countess 8 4 2 5 19 7 Parsonspool 4 2 0 0 6 8 Lauderdale 23 7 2 3 35 9 Wingate 13 8 0 3 24 10 Winterfield 11 4 6 2 23 11 Belhaven 14 3 3 0 20 12 Trees 33 7 1 3 44 13 Dunbar Grammar School 0 0 0 0 0 14 Summerfield Rd area 34 8 1 3 46 15 Dunbar Primary School 0 0 0 0 0 16 Hallhill 0 1 0 0 1 17 Lochend 35 17 2 8 62 18 Ashfield 39 17 5 4 65 19 Middlemass Rd area 55 34 5 12 106 20 Lochend Woods 1 0 0 0 1 21 Moray Avenue area 30 10 0 3 43 22 Spott Rd Industrial Est 0 0 0 0 0 23 Asda 0 0 0 0 0 24 Dunbar Golf Club/Deer Park

0 0 0 0 0

26 Other Dunbar 20 112 2 17 151 TOTALS 406 263 47 81 797

Table 3: Vehicle Ownership Rates/Zone

Area Zone Bike Ownership Car Ownership High Street, Dunbar 1 2.03 1.00 Harbour, Dunbar 2 1.12 0.65 East Beach, Dunbar 3 2.86 1.00 Walker Homes, Dunbar 4 2.36 1.27 Countess, Dunbar 6 1.50 0.75 Parsonspool, Dunbar 7 0.75 0.75 Lauderdale, Dunbar 8 2.71 1.38 Wingate, Dunbar 9 2.15 0.77 Winterfield, Dunbar 10 2.89 1.56 Belhaven 11 3.85 1.64 Trees, Dunbar 12 1.56 1.09 Summerfield, Dunbar 14 1.88 0.81 Bruntsfield, Dunbar 17 3.44 1.44 Ashfield, Dunbar 18 1.95 1.15 Middlemas, Dunbar 19 3.71 1.49 Moray Ave, Dunbar 21 3.24 1.62 West Barns 25 2.75 1.17 East Linton 30,101-119 2.71 1.37 Villages 31-100 2.73 1.94 AVERAGE 2.62 1.38

Table 4: Detailed Breakdown of Modes of Travel

zone Number of trips

%age walking

%age cycling

%age bus

%age train

%age car

1 169 89% 1% 3% 4% 4% 2 123 50% 13% 7% 7% 24% 3 133 64% 12% 8% 5% 12% 4 119 46% 10% 7% 0% 37% 6 65 69% 15% 0% 3% 12% 7 26 62% 0% 23% 0% 15% 8 204 67% 13% 0% 1% 19% 9 97 70% 12% 2% 1% 14% 10 161 61% 2% 4% 1% 30% 11 157 60% 13% 3% 5% 19% 12 230 52% 17% 6% 0% 25% 14 211 80% 7% 2% 0% 12% 17 283 64% 11% 9% 4% 12% 18 255 54% 17% 2% 0% 27% 19 492 45% 21% 1% 1% 32% 21 278 27% 22% 0% 4% 47% 25 96 35% 10% 0% 2% 52% Dunbar Average 2 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% East Linton 3101 56% 14% 3% 2% 25% Villages 257 38% 6% 16% 0% 39% Village 276 12% 3% 6% 1% 78%

Average Overall Average 533 25% 5% 11% 0% 59%

Table 5: Detailed Trip Rate Analysis

Zone Area Walk Trip Rate

Cycle Trip Rate

Car Trip Rate

Bus Trip Rate

Train Trip Rate

Total Trip Rate

Ranking

1 High Street, Dunbar

4.84 0.06 0.19 0.16 0.19 5.45 17

2 Harbour, Dunbar

3.59 0.94 1.76 0.47 0.47 7.24 10

3 East Beach, Dunbar

6.07 1.14 1.14 0.71 0.43 9.50 4

4 Walker Homes, Dunbar

2.29 0.50 1.83 0.33 0.00 4.96 19

6 Countess, Dunbar

5.63 1.25 1.00 0.00 0.25 8.13 9

7 Parsonspool, Dunbar

4.00 0.00 1.00 1.50 0.00 6.50 14

8 Lauderdale, Dunbar

5.96 1.13 1.70 0.00 0.09 8.87 7

9 Wingate, Dunbar

4.86 0.86 1.00 0.14 0.07 6.93 12

10 Winterfield, Dunbar

9.00 0.36 4.45 0.64 0.18 14.64 1

11 Belhaven 6.71 1.50 2.14 0.29 0.57 11.21 2 12 Trees,

Dunbar 3.64 1.15 1.76 0.42 0.00 6.97 11

14 Summerfield, Dunbar

5.42 0.45 0.81 0.13 0.00 6.81 13

17 Bruntsfield, Dunbar

6.07 1.03 1.17 0.83 0.33 9.43 5

18 Ashfield, Dunbar

3.29 1.02 1.67 0.10 0.00 6.07 16

19 Middlemas, Dunbar

4.02 1.91 2.87 0.07 0.07 8.95 6

21 Moray Ave, Dunbar

2.64 2.21 4.71 0.00 0.36 9.93 3

25 West Barns 3.09 0.91 4.55 0.00 0.18 8.73 8 Dunbar Average

4.47 1.08 1.96 0.26 0.16 7.93 n/a

East Linton

1.92 0.31 1.98 0.82 0.00 5.04 18

Villages 0.77 0.18 4.91 0.36 0.05 6.27 15 Overall Average

3.87 0.92 2.23 0.33 0.13 7.48 n/a

Figure 2: Zone Map for Survey Analysis (Dunbar)

Figure 3: Bike Ownership In Dunbar

Figure 4: Car Ownership in Dunbar

Figure 5: Major Walking Movements in Dunbar

Figure 6: Major Walking Movements in East Linton

Figure 7: Major Cycling Movements in Dunbar

Figure 5: Major Cycling Movements in East Linton

Figure 5: Major Car Movements in Dunbar

Figure 5: Major Car Movements in East Linton

Figure 6: Major Car Movements in the Survey Area

Appendix C: Aspirational Framework Analysis

CONNECTING DUNBAR TRAVEL SURVEYS 2010 – ASPIRATIONS

1327 comments

299 about cycling

197 about walking

50 about pedestrian/cycling routes

86 about crossings

156 about litter

35 about parking

57 about traffic speeds and volumes

52 general comments

11 about other issues

384 about public transport

43 respondents thought that there were no travel problems

22 respondents were not sure how problems could be fixed

1. GENERAL

location comment Possible solution Number of comments

Work scheduled in DTMEIS

Generally underpasses Lobby ELC to get better lighting, perhaps community art project to brighten up underpasses.

1 Provision of lighting to ECML underpass, Dunbar and restriction of vehicle access (short term programme) 10mph speed limit (final report recommendations)

Generally Streetlights not fixed quickly enough

Publicise ELC helpline 1

Generally Dogs should be kept under control

Dog wardens. Work with primary schools on information campaign for parents

3

Generally There should be more shared transport using spare room in post van, school buses, minibuses

Set up local groups involving residents, ELC and local businesses

4

High Street, DUNBAR

Improve High Street High Street Working Group 1 Introduce gateways at the north and south ends of the High Street and on West Port to promote the pedestrian environment (final report recommendations).

High Street DUNBAR

Pedestrianise High Street to make it safer

For discussion at High Street Working Group

1 Introduce gateways at the north and south ends of the High Street and on West Port to promote the pedestrian environment (final report recommendations).

Lamer Street DUNBAR

Improve Lamer Street (narrow)

Lobby for improvement schemes to change priority to pedestrians/cyclists

2 Provision of a raised footway to form a promenade on the east side of Lamer Street (final report recommendations). Provision of an uncontrolled crossing on Lamer Street linking the promenade with the Vennel (final report recommendations).

Lamer Street DUNBAR

Provide better sea defences at Lamer Street

1 Provision of a raised footway to form a promenade on the east side of Lamer Street (final report recommendations).

Promenade DUNBAR

Repair holes on promenade and stop vehicles from using it

1

Harbour area DUNBAR

Roads around Harbour dangerous


1 Provide build-outs where Vennels meet Castle Street and Church Street to improve safety and accessibility(2010/11 proposals)

Church Street DUNBAR

Church Street narrow, dangerous


1 Close the Church Street end of Cossar’s Wynd to vehicle traffic to provide a safer accessible route for pedestrians and cyclists (2010/11 proposals). Improve lighting in Vennels and provide build-outs where Vennels meet Castle Street and Church Street to improve safety and accessibility(2010/11 proposals) Widening and resurfacing of footways as part of the wider street-scaping solution to better manage the on-street parking and traffic speeds (final report recommendations).

Old Railway Tunnel DUNBAR

Open up for access to new school

3

DUNBAR Road by school needs improving

2

Countess Countess Traffic Orders for 1 Improvement of junction safety at Countess

Crescent/Countess Avenue DUNBAR

Crescent/Countess Avenue should be one way to improve road safety for pupils

construction work on new community centre will include a temporary one way system around this area. Work with ELC and DPS on safe routes to school.

Road/Countess Crescent by closing junction to vehicle traffic and redesignating as footway status (TRO) – short term programme.

Railway Bridge, Countess Road/Ashfield DUNBAR

Poorly maintained road under railway bridge, including broken bollards

Lobby ELC to resurface road, provide better lighting, repair bollards and generally keep clean and maintained

2 Provision of lighting to underpass and restriction of vehicle access ECML underpass (short term programme)

Ashfield area DUNBAR

Street lighting in Ashfield often not working

Publicise ELC helpline 1

Newhouse Place DUNBAR

Roads at Walker homes need to be resurfaced

1

Spott Road Railway Bridge DUNBAR

Poor drainage/flooding under bridge

3

Old Hallhill Road up to Kellie Road DUNBAR

Route needs street lighting

2

Lochend Woods DUNBAR

Woods need improving, they are a disgrace

Work with Woodland Group, ongoing work to improve woods, pathways

3


Improve safety Work with Woodland Group to improve paths and discuss possibility of lighting

1

Leslie Way/ Lochend Road DUNBAR

Improve street lighting in curling pond area

Work with Ashfield Residents Tenants Association to lobby ELC to improve street lighting

4

Gardener Road DUNBAR

Improve road surface 1

Gardener Street DUNBAR

Improve road surface 1


More street lights in woods

Work with Woodland Group to discuss possibility of lighting

1

A1DUNBAR

Need access under A1 road bridge

1

Coastal Path DUNBAR

Coastal path needs rebuilding/protecting

1

Underbridge BEVERIDGE ROW

Poor visibility at bridge

Provide warning signs for all road users

1

OLDHAMSTOCKS

Road closed Stottenheugh-Cocklaw

Investigate why road is closed and solutions

1

OLDHAMSTOCKS

Roads need upgrading

1

STENTON Main road needs 1

improving EAST LINTON

Need lights on railway bridge

Work with Railtrack, Dunpender CC

1

EAST LINTON

Need car share scheme in East Linton

Set up local groups, Tripshare awareness campaign

1

VILLAGES Need car share schemes in villages

Set up local groups, Tripshare awareness campaign

1

2. CYCLING


in DTMEIS

Generally Provide more cycle routes to make it easier and safer to use bikes (routes painted on roads, reducing car parking and making cycling safer, connecting main destinations such as shops, schools, rail stations, other cycle routes)

59

Generally Provide more cycle parking to make it more convenient to use bike

Work with Sustrans, ELC, High Street traders and working group to determine best locations and secure funding

7

Generally Fill in potholes and resurface roads to make it easier to cycle

Work with local cycle group to prepare list of requests and lobby ELC

9

Generally Need more information about cycle routes

Work with local cycling group, JMBP, ELC to produce information leaflets, promote SPOKES maps

1 Develop and implement a pedestrian and cycling signage strategy for the town directing to and from the town centre and key destinations within it (final report recommendations).

Generally Improve lighting on cycle routes Work with local cycling group to determine locations and lobby ELC for improvements

1

Generally Road surface unsuitable for cyclists

3

Generally Pavements bumpy for cyclists ?? 1 Generally Encourage cyclists with trailers

to use flags for safety Work with local cycling group and schools; general information campaign about cycling

1

Generally Improve safety between cars and bikes: provide more road signs to alert drivers to cyclists/cycle paths, cars should give cyclists more room

Work with local schools, ELC and local cycling group on an information campaign for drivers and cyclists

10

Generally Widen roads to enable safer cycling

Work with ELC to ensure that all future road schemes and new development have good provision for

1

cycling Generally Broken glass on cycle paths Lobby ELC to

fund/provide a general litter/dog fouling campaign

1

Generally Segregated cycle paths would encourage cyclists, especially children

1

Generally Streets are too dangerous to cycle on

Support the 20’s plenty campaign, work with local schools, ELC and local cycling group on an information campaign for drivers and cyclists

1

Generally More space for bikes on buses Work with RELBUS and the bus companies to see if this is possible.

1

Generally Provide more traffic islands and pinch points to help cyclists

Work with local cycling group to determine best locations and lobby ELC for improvements.

1

Generally More cycle paths 25 Generally Provide wider pavements for

bikes DISCUSS! 3

Generally Faster cycle routes 2 Generally Older cyclists travel too fast,

intolerant of younger ones Information campaign 1

Generally Improve surface of few existing cycle paths

Work with local cycling group to determine locations and lobby ELC for improvements

7

East Lothian generally

Coastal path should be suitable for cycling. Improve quality and number of cycle routes to exploit beauty of area and attract tourists.

Work with Sustrans and ELC.

1

Locations near schools

Provide more cycle paths near schools away from busy roads to make it safer to cycle to school

Work with schools, Sustrans and ELC to develop safe cycle routes to school

6

Locations at traffic lights

Improve cycle paths at traffic lights

2

DUNBAR Poor /no cycle routes in Dunbar, often have to use pavements

11

DUNBAR Dunbar needs a BMX park Discuss with local residents groups

1

A1 DUNBAR Need decent cycle path linking underpass on A1 with Dunbar

1

High Street DUNBAR

Lack of safe, secure bike parking greatly inhibits local shopping by bike; provide more bike stands

Work with local traders, ELC and Sustrans to find best locations and secure funding

2

High Street DUNBAR

High Street too dangerous to cycle on; double parking, car doors opening etc.

Work with Sustrans (NCN76), ELC and local traders to investigate the possibility of a cycle route on the High Street

3 Introduce gateways at the north and south ends of the High Street and on West Port to promote the pedestrian environment (final report recommendations).

High Street to Primary School DUNBAR

Toddlers with bikes have to use West Port footpath or Monks Walk with steps, neither good

1

One way section of High Street, DUNBAR

Should have cycle lanes 2

High Street DUNBAR

Difficult to cycle on the High Street because of the poor road surface

Work with Sustrans (NCN76), local traders to lobby ELC for improvements

2 Replace existing setts with smoother surface on crossing points along the High Street (short term programme)

West Port DUNBAR

Provide cycle parking

Work with local traders, ELC and Sustrans to find best locations and secure funding.

1

West Port DUNBAR

A cycle route on West Port

2

Monks Walk DUNBAR

Slope rather than steps on Monks Walk to ease cycling

1 Upgrading of the Monk’s Walk to incorporate weather proof surfacing and lighting, and signs directing to the supermarket and town centre (final report recommendations)

Railway Station DUNBAR

Provide more cycle stands at the station

Work with Railtrack, ELC, Sustrans and local Car Club to investigate possibilities for funding.

2

Railway Station DUNBAR

Fully paved cycle path to encourage cycling to and from the station

1 Develop and implement a pedestrian and cycling signage strategy for the town directing to and from the railway station (final report recommendations)

Station Road/Countess Road DUNBAR

Potholes make it difficult to cycle Some resurfacing of carriageway has taken place

3

Countess Road DUNBAR

Provide safe cycle route along Countess Road to DPS and DGS. Some children use the footpath which is unsuitable and too narrow for children to cycle with stabilisers

6 Provide a shared pedestrian and cycle path through the disused works yard immediately east of the rail station to link in with the footpath connecting Spott Road and Old Spott Road. Upgrade the existing path to a shared use and provide cycle access from Spott Road

Belhaven High Street to Dunbar High Street DUNBAR

Provide cycle route to make it easier to cycle this route.

3

Belhaven Road DUNBAR

Road surface poor on Belhaven Road; potholes not good for cycling

2


Need safe cycle route along Belhaven Road to DPS and DGS

7


Take away red cycle zones; cars either ignore them or squeeze past making it more dangerous for cyclists

Work with local cycle group and ELC to determine best solution

1

Bayswell Road DUNBAR

Difficult to cycle on Bayswell Road, potholes and ruts

Bayswell Road is currently being resurfaced

1

Bayswell Road DUNBAR

Road surface bad on Bayswell Road, garage to High Street, difficult to cycle

Is currently being resurfaced

4

North Road DUNBAR

Road surface North Road not good for cycling

Part of North Road/Back Road currently being resurfaced. Work with Sustrans to improve route for NCN76

1

Back Road DUNBAR

Road surface really bad on Back Road, difficult to cycle

Is currently being resurfaced

2

West DUNBAR No dedicated cycle routes in this area

Work with Sustrans on route for NCN76

1

Belhaven Beach BELHAVEN

Need off-road cycle path to Beach

Work with Belhaven Bay Users Group, Sustrans and ELC to see if a path can be combined with the new route of NCN76

1

Belhaven Beach DUNBAR

Belhaven Bridge difficult to cross with bikes

Has recently got worse with erosion at bottom of bridge

1

John Muir Country Park DUNBAR

Cycle paths at John Muir Country Park

Work with ELC, Belhaven Bay Users Group to investigate possibility

1

John Muir Country Park DUNBAR

There is a need for an off road cycle path to John Muir Country Park

Work with ELC, maybe a combined project with an off road path in the Country Park.

1

Harbour DUNBAR

Improve safety in this area of town for cyclists

1 Ensure Vennels have lighting, closure of the Church Street end of Cossar’s Wynd to traffic (short term programme),

Church Street DUNBAR

Too dangerous for kids to cycle Lobby for improvement schemes to change priority to pedestrians/cyclists.

1 Close the Church Street end of Cossar’s Wynd to vehicle traffic to provide a safer accessible route for pedestrians and cyclists (short term programme). Improve lighting in Vennels and provide build-outs where Vennels meet Castle Street and Church Street to improve safety and accessibility(short term programme) Widening and resurfacing of footways as part of the wider street-scaping solution to better manage the on-street parking and traffic speeds (final report recommendations).

Spott Road DUNBAR

Route is very dangerous for cycling

Lobby ELC to reduce speeds, provide cycle route (maybe in conjunction with any new development at Spott Road)

2

Hallhill DUNBAR

Wider paths around Hallhill for cyclists needed, very congested at peak times

In short term work with Dunbar Primary School on safe routes and cycle/pedestrian code of conduct. In longer term continue to lobby ELC to widen route.

7 Provision of continuous shared path between Kellie Road, though underpass to school (final report recommendations)

New Residential Areas

Provide a cycle path from new houses to fruit farm

Work with Belhaven Fruit Farm to improve

1

DUNBAR opportunities for cycling.

Kellie Road DUNBAR

Kellie Road is congested with bikes

In short term work with Dunbar Primary School on safe routes and cycle/pedestrian code of conduct. In longer term lobby ELC to replace grass verges with cycle path (maybe with Middlemas Road?)


Middlemas Road DUNBAR

Grass area should be cut back to make cycle path

In short term work with Dunbar Primary School on safe routes and cycle/pedestrian code of conduct. In longer term lobby ELC to replace grass verges with cycle path (maybe with Kellie Road?)

1

Behind Retreat Crescent/Leslie Way DUNBAR

Need cycle paths in this area to make it safer to cycle to school

This route needs an improvement scheme with proper surface and improved lighting. Work with Ashfield Residents Tenants Association to lobby ELC

4

Retreat Area DUNBAR

More cycle paths Goldenstones to Hallhill

As above, could form part of a strategic, main, safe east-west cycle/pedestrian route

1

Bothwell Gardens DUNBAR

Make cycle path wider

1


Improve cycle paths through Woods; cycling difficult in woods due to tree felling, mud and rutted paths, routes through Lochend Woods from Hallhill not suitable for bike and trailer (narrow and logs blocking paths)

Work with Woodland Group to build up a network of good paths through Woods

3

Lochend Area DUNBAR

Provide more proper cycle routes instead of having to go through woods

1

Lochend Cottage DUNBAR

Path by Lochend Cottage needs to be completed to make less muddy and easier for bikes, scooters and trailers

3

Queens Road/Bowmont Terrace DUNBAR

Queens Road/Bowmont Terrace not safe for cyclists; cycle routes and traffic islands needed

Support the 20’s plenty campaign. Lobby ELC to ensure that any improvement works include good provision for cyclists.

2

Deer Park – Whitesands DUNBAR

Lack of cycle path Deer Park to Whitesands

Work with Sustrans (NCN76) and ELC. This could also form part of tourist coastal route.

2

Lafarge Cement Works DUNBAR

Cycle route must be extended from Barns Ness to old A1 without using A1 or cycling past heavy plant at Lafarge

Work with Sustrans to get this work included in NCN76.

1

Torness Power Station DUNBAR

A dedicated cycle route linking Dunbar with Lafarge/Torness (without using A1) is required. Current cycle path is very poor with no maintenance and needs upgrading.

Work with Sustrans (NCN76), ELC and Lafarge/Torness.

19

Torness DUNBAR

Clear the surface of the cycle paths so there are no punctures when the hawthorn bushes are cut (cycle path to Torness)

Lobby ELC to get route better maintained.

1

BILSDEAN - SKATERAW

The new cycle route Bilsdean- Skateraw covered in debris/stones causing punctures

Lobby ELC to get route better maintained

1

DUNBAR TO RAVENSHEUGH SANDS

Provide off road cycle path on this route

Promote Spokes Map, encourage people to join Spokes and campaign for routes such as these

1

Country Roads outside DUNBAR

Country roads out of Dunbar in horrendous condition (potholes),unsuitable for cyclists

Work with local cycle group to lobby ELC to get main cycling routes resurfaced

1

A199 EAST LINTON

A cycle lane on A199 East Linton is needed

Work with Sustrans and ELC to investigate possibility

1

EAST LINTON More cycle lanes are needed in East Linton; some routes are very narrow for children to cycle

Work with Community Council, East Linton Primary School and ELC on safe routes to school, and to investigate possibility of other routes.

3

EAST LINTON Provide more information about cycle routes in East Linton

Publicise Spokes map and work with Community Council to prepare leaflets.

1

EAST LINTON A covered cycle park is needed in East Linton

Work with Community Council, ELC and Sustrans to investigate possible locations and sources of funding

1

EAST LINTON Need cycle path by river and off road paths (East Linton)

Work with Community Council, ELC and Sustrans to investigate possible locations and sources of funding

1

EAST LINTON Kids can only use park for cycle training (East Linton)

Work with East Linton Primary School, ELC, Sustrans to identify alternatives

1

INNERWICK Lack of cycle paths in Innerwick 1 INNERWICK Innerwick is only suitable for

recreational cycling at the moment. A safe cycle route between Innerwick and Dunbar is urgently needed

4

PINKERTON Lack of cycle paths in Pinkerton 2 CO’PATH No safe cycle route to school in

Co’path 1

OLDHAMSTOCKS No cycle paths in Oldhamstocks 2 STENTON No cycle routes in Stenton, just

cycle 1

WEST BARNS No cycle paths in West Barns Work with Community Council, ELC and Sustrans to investigate possible locations and sources of funding

1 Improve access to WBPS by upgrading footways on routes to school including dropped kerbs (short term programme)

VILLAGES The villages do not link into the cycle network without crossing the A1

Set up local lobby group to work with Sustrans (NCN76), ELC, Transport Scotland to investigate the possibility of a functional commuter cycle route and crossing of the A1

1

EAST FORTUNE – EAST LINTON

Better cycle path East Fortune-East Linton

1

Outlying Areas Need cycle path on A1 to meet NCN


4

Outlying Areas More cycle racks are needed in outlying areas

Work with Community Councils and Sustrans to investigate possible sources of funding

1

3. FOOTPATHS


in DTMEIS

Generally Improve pavements, uneven, cracked

Publicise ELC helpline and possibly set up list of the worse areas.

19

Generally Widen pavements for buggies Lobby ELC to include footpath widening with all improvement schemes.

8

Generally Improved footpaths, wider and safer, smoother paths

Lobby ELC to include footpaths with all improvement schemes.

8

Generally Need proper tarred pathways. Work with local groups to identify routes requiring improvement and lobby ELC.

4

Generally Adults cycling on pavements Information campaign, possibly with Sustrans? Sustaining Dunbar will

3

be working with Dunbar Primary School on a similar information campaign/code of conduct for children in the near future.

Generally Cyclists should take more care when passing pedestrians

Information campaign, possibly with Sustrans? Sustaining Dunbar will be working with Dunbar Primary School on a similar information campaign/code of conduct for children in the near future.

1

Generally Paths should be paved, not gravel

Work with local groups to develop relationship with ELC

1

Generally Improve lighting on walking routes

Work with local groups to identify problem areas.

1

Generally Bins obstruct pavements for buggies on bin days

1

Routes to Schools Bikes and pedestrians don’t mix (school run)

Work with schools to inform and develop a code of conduct for cyclists and pedestrians.

1

Routes to Schools Put symbols on pavements to show children main routes to school

Work with schools and ELC to develop safe routes to school, investigating possible sources of funding for such schemes.


DUNBAR

Walking routes in Dunbar have no signs

Work with ELC to develop a town-wide signed pedestrian network. Investigate possible sources of funding such as Sustrans and Paths For All.


DUNBAR Wider pavements Lobby ELC to include footpath widening with all improvement schemes.

1

DUNBAR Walkers only paths 2 Paths to School, DUNBAR

Less crowded footpaths Work with schools to inform and develop a code of conduct for cyclists and pedestrians.

3

Golf Courses, DUNBAR

Better coastal paths, golfers aren’t tolerant of walkers

Work with Golf Clubs and walking groups to develop a code of conduct.

1

Old Town, DUNBAR

Improve pavements old Dunbar Publicise ELC helpline. Lobby ELC to include footpaths in all improvement schemes.

3 Schemes for Harbour area are included in final recommendations report.

High Street, DUNBAR

Downhill routes from High Street treacherous in bad weather

Lobby ELC to treat these routes in bad weather.

1

High Street, DUNBAR

Improve pavements on the High Street, uneven and loose square paving

Work with traders and working group to lobby ELC to improve High Street footpaths

8

West Port, DUNBAR

Wider footpath West Port 1 Upgrading of footways and lighting to match the High Street

Railway Station, Dunbar

Provide pedestrian access to train station from south side of line to reduce walking

Work with ELC and Network Rail to investigate possibility of route.

1 Provide steps on north side of ECML underpass to link in with a path on the north side of the platform taking pedestrians and cyclists to the rail station building entrance (final report recommendations). Provide a shared pedestrian and cycle path through the disused works yard immediately east of the rail station to link in with the footpath connecting Spott Road and Old Spott Road. Upgrade the existing path to a shared use and provide cycle access from Spott Road

Countess Road/ Station Road DUNBAR

Pavements dangerous and need improving on Countess Road/Station Road

Footpaths on southern side of Countess Road are privately owned. Lobby ELC to improve this important route to the station and schools.

7 Provide a footway on the west side of Station Road (final report recommendations)

Countess Road/Summerfield Road, DUNBAR

Countess Road/Summerfield Road, pavements too narrow for buggy (peoples hedges)

Lobby ELC to ask residents to maintain hedges.

2

Countess Crescent, DUNBAR

Cars parked on the pavement at Countess Crescent force pedestrians with buggies onto road

In short term, traffic orders for construction work on new community centre will include a temporary one way system around this area, and no parking. These could be made permanent. Work with ELC and DPS on safe routes to school.

1 Improvement of junction safety at Countess Road/Countess Crescent by closing junction to vehicle traffic and redesignating as footway status (TRO) – short term programme.

Lammermuir Crescent, DUNBAR

Pavements too narrow on Lammermuir Crescent, have to walk in road

Work with Dunbar Schools and ELC to improve this well used pedestrian/cycle route to both schools.

1

Primary School, DUNBAR

Walking routes to DPS should be safer

Work with Primary School and ELC to develop a network of safe routes to school.

1


Walking Bus to DPS Work with Dunbar Primary School to identify level of support and routes for Walking Bus Scheme. The Co-operative provides equipment for Walking Buses.

1


Road surface poor Belhaven Road, puddles splash pedestrians

Lobby ELC to improve drainage on this route, large puddles on section from Doon

2

Avenue to Parsonspool, including pedestrian crossing.

Edinburgh Road/Belhaven Road, DUNBAR

Need continuous pavements Edinburgh Road/Belhaven Road, including West Barns

Lobby ELC to provide a high quality pedestrian and cycle route on this road which is an important route connecting schools and the town.

3

Bayswell Road, DUNBAR

Old steps near pool needs maintenance

Lobby ELC to improve. 1

Marine Road, DUNBAR

Pavements bad on Marine Road 1

Letham Place/Stanley Place, DUNBAR

Wider pavements for double buggy Letham/Stanley Place

1

Coastal Path, Winterfield, DUNBAR

Need fence around cliff top path, Winterfield

2

Winterfield, DUNBAR

Old promenade path needs attention (Winterfield)

Local fundraising? 1

North Road DUNBAR

Road surface North Road not good, puddles splash pedestrians

Part of North Road/Back Road currently being resurfaced. Work with Sustrans to improve route for NCN76

1

North Road, DUNBAR

North Road bumpy pavements

1

Back Road, DUNBAR

Back Road needs a pavement and improved lighting

Work with ELC and Sustrans to get improvements included in any future work on NCN76.

8

Back Road, DUNBAR

Poor visibility Back Road for pedestrians and vehicles

Work with ELC and Sustrans, improved lighting and signage could be included in future work on the NCN76.

1

Knockenhair Road, DUNBAR

Need pavements Knockenhair Road (route to school)

Work with Dunbar Grammar School to lobby ELC for this improvement as part of a safe route to school.

8

John Muir Country Park, DUNBAR

Paths need to be tarmaced at John Muir Country Park to make it less dangerous for the elderly

Work with ELC to investigate this possibility.

1

East Links Family Park/John Muir Country Park, DUNBAR

Lack of footway East Links Family Park to John Muir Country Park

Perhaps a 10mph or “Warning – Pedestrians” sign needed.

1

East Beach, DUNBAR

Improve East Beach Promenade (dangerous)

2 Provision of a raised footway to form a promenade on the east side of Lamer Street (final report recommendations). Provision of an uncontrolled crossing on Lamer Street linking the promenade with the Vennel (final report recommendations).

East Beach to Victoria Harbour,

Provide a scenic path from East Beach to Victoria harbour

Work with John Muir Birthplace and local

1

DUNBAR history group to investigate route for walk and funding for information boards.

Church Street, DUNBAR

Widen pavement Church Street (too narrow for buggies)

2 Widening and resurfacing of footways as part of the wider street-scaping solution to better manage the on-street parking and traffic speeds (final report recommendations).

Parish Church, DUNBAR

Need short cut from behind the Church to the Railway Station

Work with ELC and Network Rail to investigate possibility of route.

1

Queens Road, DUNBAR

Path by medical centre should be straight, not by church

1

Spott Road, DUNBAR

Footpaths on Spott Road need improving; dangerous for children, people with buggies and prams, etc. and pavements need improving/widening on Spott Road/ dangerous walking with pram

Discuss possibility of improved route on one side of Spott Road, possibly including section on other side of wall. Scheme should be included as part of ant future development on Spott Road.

12 Extend footway southwards and install pelican crossing (short term programme).

Spott Road, DUNBAR

Overgrown trees on Spott Road block footpath

Lobby ELC to prune trees regularly; publicise ELC helpline.

1

Hallhill Centre, DUNBAR

Open both gates at the astropath

Work with Hallhill and ELC to ensure this happens.

1

Hallhill Centre, DUNBAR

Footpaths around Hallhill and DPS very congested at school times; for pedestrian safety, bikes have a separate route and paths should be wider.

A solution is required urgently for this problem which will only get worse with the opening of the new DPS site. In the short term, Connecting Dunbar is working with Dunbar Primary School to produce route maps, funded by Paths for All, for the two sites which will hopefully minimise increased congestion.


Kellie Road, DUNBAR

Kerb at woods path/Kellie Road needs lowering

Ask ELC to investigate. 1

Moray Avenue, DUNBAR

Path at top end of Moray Avenue needs finishing (6” step at join)

Ask ELC to investigate. 1

Lochend, DUNBAR

Walking routes at new houses/Lochend not signposted

Work with ELC to develop a town-wide signed pedestrian network. Investigate possible sources of funding such as Sustrans and Paths For All.

1

Lochend Woods Need more direct safe route from new houses to centre of Dunbar through woods

1

Ashfield Court/Spott Road, DUNBAR

Need a proper path at the slope of Ashfield Court to Spott Road at the railway bridge/slippery in rain and bad weather

Work with Ashfield Residents and Tenants Association to lobby ELC for this improvement. Possible area for Living Streets/Sustrans project getting local people involved in their surroundings.

5

Brunt Court, DUNBAR

Need new path from Brunt Court area to Hallhill and primary school

Work with Ashfield Residents and Tenants Association to lobby ELC for improvements. Possible area for Living Streets/Sustrans project getting local people involved in their surroundings.

2

Ashfield Area, DUNBAR

Pavements need improving in Ashfield

Work with Ashfield Residents and Tenants Association to lobby ELC for improvements. Possible area for Living Streets/Sustrans project getting local people involved in their surroundings.

1

Curling Pond area, DUNBAR

Path next to curling pond should be tarmaced; Brunt Court to Lochend Road/ Leslie Way floods and is muddy when it rains

Work with Ashfield Residents and Tenants Association to lobby ELC for this improvement. Possible area for Living Streets/Sustrans project getting local people involved in their surroundings.

9

BELHAVEN Provide foot access over railway from Belhaven to new primary school

Lobby ELC to investigate this.

1

EAST LINTON Path by doctor’s surgery just mud

Establish ownership of this path; lobby to get improved.

2

EAST LINTON generally

Path network in East Linton very good, but needs strimming often

Work with Dunpender Community Council to get help from ELC, Paths for All and set up a local group of volunteers.

3

Prestonkirk, EAST LINTON

Path along Prestonkirk not wide enough for buggies and bumpy

Work with Dunpender Community Council to lobby ELC for improvements.

2

The Square/Bank Road, EAST LINTON

Need improved pedestrian access The Square/Bank Road, East Linton (buggies)


1

Park, EAST LINTON

Path always floods at entrance to park (East Linton)


2

Bank Road, EAST LINTON

Bank Road private, but well used, puddles and mud

Establish ownership of this path; lobby to get improved.

1

Pencraig, Need proper well drained path 2

EAST LINTON across the field; Langside to rail tunnel, Pencraig, East Linton

Park, EAST LINTON

Pavement through park should be extended (East Linton)


1

Prestonkirk, EAST LINTON

Pavement outside Prestonkirk is very narrow and rough


1

The Crown to Bank Road, EAST LINTON

Better pavements from the Crown to Bank Road, East Linton

2

INNERWICK Lack of adequate pavements in Innerwick; High Street and other routes not suitable for mobility scooters.

6

OLDHAMSTOCKS

Footbridge at Old Mill, Oldhamstocks needs improving

1

DUNGLASS Is it possible to upgrade path via Dunglass

1

PINKERTON Not many proper paths in Pinkerton

1

STENTON No public paths outside Stenton, quite a distance to facilities

3

South Uplands Way/John Muir Way

Walking routes generally good although parts of the South Uplands Way/John Muir Way are not very buggy friendly

1

4. PEDESTRIAN/CYCLE ROUTES


in DTMEIS

DUNBAR Need designated routes around Dunbar for pedestrians and cyclists

Work with local neighbourhood groups and ELC to establish a network of pedestrian and cycle routes.


DUNBAR Need segregated cycle/pedestrian routes

Work with local neighbourhood groups and ELC to establish a network of pedestrian and cycle routes.

3

DUNBAR Footpaths need attention so you can walk and cycle on them

Work with local neighbourhood groups to identify priority routes, lobby ELC for improvements

3

DUNBAR Safer routes to school

Work with schools and ELC to develop a network of safer routes to schools.

3

Routes to Schools, DUNBAR

Route to school away from Belhaven Road

1

Hallhill, DUNBAR

Need wider paths or cyclist/pedestrian traffic management at Hallhill (one way scheme or speed limits on paths)

A solution is required urgently for this problem which will only get worse with the opening of the new DPS site. In the short term, Connecting Dunbar is working with Dunbar Primary School to produce route maps, funded by Paths for All, for the two sites which will hopefully minimise increased congestion.

5

New Housing, DUNBAR

Need designated pedestrian/cycle north/south route within Hallhill housing

Work with local neighbourhood groups and ELC to establish this route. Seek assurance from ELC that all future development will include high quality strategic pedestrian and cycle routes.

1

New Houses, DUNBAR to BELHAVEN

Path link from new houses to Belhaven needed

Work with local neighbourhood groups and ELC to establish this route. Seek assurance from ELC that all future development will include high quality strategic pedestrian and cycle routes.

1

Kellie Road, DUNBAR

Need cycle path on Kellie Road due to the number of cyclists on pavement or traffic management/one way system/speed limit on pathways Kellie Road to make it safer for young and old

In short term work with Dunbar Primary School on safe routes and cycle/pedestrian code of conduct. In longer term lobby ELC to replace grass verges with cycle path (maybe with Middlemas Road?)


Steadings Gardens to Hallhill, DUNBAR

Need street lighting on route through woods from Steadings Gardens to Hallhill and shortcut to school

Work with Woodland Group to investigate the possibility of lighting on paths through woods.

5

Lochend Woods, DUNBAR

Paths at woods should be improved, logs still blocking paths and routes through woods difficult in the winter

Work with Woodland Group to secure funding to improve paths.

14

Lochend Cottage, DUNBAR

Need lighting on path past Lochend Cottage

Work with Woodland Group to investigate the possibility of lighting on paths through woods.

1

Lochend Cottage, DUNBAR

Improve path at side of Lochend Cottage

Work with Woodland Group to secure funding to improve paths.

3

INNERWICK Pedestrian/cyclist safety needs improving in Innerwick

Work with local community to set up action group lobbying for improvements.

1

5. CROSSINGS


in DTMEIS

Generally Improve crossings Work with neighbourhood groups to identify locations and lobby ELC.

2 A1087 (Belhaven Rd/Edinburgh Rd); where rd meets side roads provide dropped kerb crossings so pedestrians can cross safely and easily. (Short term programme). Dropped kerbs, tactile paving at all junctions and desire lines on routes to WBPS (short term programme)

Generally Provide better crossings at key junctions to suit pedestrians and cyclists, not cars

Lobby ELC to include improved crossing facilities in new development and improvement schemes.

1 A1087 (Belhaven Rd/Edinburgh Rd); where rd meets side roads provide dropped kerb crossings so pedestrians can cross safely and easily. (Short term programme) Dropped kerbs, tactile paving at all junctions and desire lines on routes to WBPS (short term programme)

High Street, DUNBAR

Pedestrian crossing instead of cobbles at Bank of Scotland, Dunbar High Street

Work with local traders, High Street Working Group and local interest groups to identify solution and lobby ELC

2 Replace existing setts with smoother surface on crossing points along the High Street (short term programme). Install pelican crossing at south end of High Street (short term

programme).

High Street, DUNBAR

Need pedestrian crossing at Post Office


1 Replace existing setts with smoother surface on crossing points along the High Street (short term programme). Install pelican crossing at south end of High Street (short term programme). Install a pelican or zebra crossing at end of High Street utilising an existing uncontrolled pedestrian crossing.

High Street, DUNBAR

Crossings on High Street, Dunbar are ambiguous/dangerous and need improving


11 Replace existing setts with smoother surface on crossing points along the High Street (short term programme). Install pelican crossing at south end of High Street (short term programme). Removal of roundabout at West Port to replace with a signalised junction with a full pedestrian crossing phase, uncontrolled pedestrian crossings. Install pelican or zebra crossings at north end of High Street utilising existing uncontrolled pedestrian crossing (final report recommendations).

High Street, DUNBAR

Should be zebra crossings on High Street


2 Replace existing setts with smoother surface on crossing points along the High Street (short term programme). Install pelican crossing at south end of High Street (short term programme). Removal of roundabout at West Port to replace with a signalised junction with a full pedestrian crossing phase, uncontrolled pedestrian crossings. Install pelican or zebra crossings at north end of High Street utilising existing uncontrolled pedestrian crossing (final report recommendations).

High Street, DUNBAR

Need traffic lights on High Street

Work with local traders, High Street

1 Replace existing setts with smoother surface

Working Group and local interest groups to identify solution and lobby ELC

on crossing points along the High Street (short term programme). Install pelican crossing at south end of High Street (short term programme). Removal of roundabout at West Port to replace with a signalised junction with a full pedestrian crossing phase, uncontrolled pedestrian crossings. Install pelican or zebra crossings at north end of High Street utilising existing uncontrolled pedestrian crossing (final report recommendations).

High Street, DUNBAR

High Street roads should be level with the crossings


1 Replace existing setts with smoother surface on crossing points along the High Street (short term programme).

High Street/West Port, DUNBAR

Junction West Port/High Street impossible to cross, mainly vehicles parked on West Port


1 Removal of roundabout to replace with a signalised junction with a full pedestrian crossing phase (final report recommendations).

Bayswell Road/High Street, DUNBAR

Bayswell Road/High Street junction needs pedestrian crossing


1

Cossar’s Wynd/Church Street, DUNBAR

Cossar’s Wynd/Church Street dangerous for children crossing

1 Close the Church Street end of Cossar’s Wynd to vehicle traffic to provide a safer accessible route for pedestrians and cyclists (short term programme). Improve lighting in Vennels and provide build-outs where Vennels meet Castle Street and Church Street to improve safety and accessibility(short term programme)

Silver Street/Church Street, DUNBAR

Silver Street/Church Street dangerous for children crossing – need double yellow lines

1 Provide build-outs where Vennels meet Castle Street and Church Street to improve safety and accessibility (short term programme). Widening

of footways on Silver Street to at least 2m (final report recommendations)

Countess Road/Station Road, DUNBAR

Traffic lights/crossing (toucan)required at top of Countess Road by station

Work with Dunbar Schools to lobby ELC for this improvement a part of a safe route to school.

3 Install a pelican crossing immediately west of the junction of Abbey Road and Countess Road (final report recommendations)

Countess Road Crossing, DUNBAR

Can’t hear the green man at Countess Road crossing

1

Countess Road, DUNBAR

Too many roads off of Countess Road, making it difficult to cross

1

Countess Road Crossing, DUNBAR

Traffic lights at Countess Road/Dunbar Primary School, takes ages to cross with all the bikes, kids, adults/bottleneck

Improvement urgently needed at this junction to increase pedestrian/cyclists capacity. Work with Dunbar Primary School and ELC to find solution. A solution is required urgently for this problem which will only get worse with the opening of the new DPS site. In the short term, Connecting Dunbar is working with Dunbar Primary School to produce route maps, funded by Paths for All, for the two sites which will hopefully minimise increased congestion.

6

Lammermuir Crescent/Doon Avenue, DUNBAR

Junction is dangerous for children to cross on way to school, need lollipop patrol or traffic lights.

Work with Dunbar Schools and ELC to improve this well used pedestrian/cycle route to both schools.

9

High Street, BELHAVEN

Dangerous to cross Belhaven High Street at Brewery Lane

Support the 20’s plenty campaign for Edinburgh Road/Belhaven Road

1

Belhaven Road, DUNBAR

Difficult to cross Belhaven Road with bikes

Seek assurance from ELC that any crossings installed on Belhaven Road will include provision for cyclists, particularly as this route has cycle lanes.

1


Need crossing or traffic island on

This is one of the main routes to

12 Provide build-out, dropped kerbs and

Belhaven Road near DGS to make it safer to cross for pupils

Dunbar Grammar School. Work with DGS to lobby for this improvement as part of a safe route to school.

tactile paving with a pelican crossing (final report recommendations)


More crossings on Belhaven Road

1 Provide build-out, dropped kerbs and tactile paving with a pelican crossing – near DGS (final report recommendations)


Pelican crossing on Belhaven Road/DPS needs shorter pedestrian waiting times

1


Difficult to cross Belhaven Road from the library

Support the 20’s plenty campaign for Edinburgh Road/Belhaven Road

2

Park Avenue/North Road, DUNBAR

Park Avenue/North Road junction poor visibility for pedestrians crossing eastbound

The width of the junction could be reduced, although this junction is part of a bus route. Consult Eve Coaches.

1

Knockenhair Road/Back Road, DUNBAR

Back Road/Knockenhair Road junction poor visibility for pedestrians crossing, walking round corner

The provision of a footpath on this route would make it safer for pedestrians at this junction. Work with ELC to lobby for this improvement as part of a safer route to school.

1

Spott Road, DUNBAR

Crossing Spott Road with bike dangerous since ASDA opened

Seek assurance from ELC that any crossing installed on Spott Road will include provision for cyclists.

2 Install pelican crossing (short term programme). Location?

Spott Road, DUNBAR

Difficult to cross Spott Road, particularly in am peak (by railway bridge), need crossing.

Seek assurance from ELC that provision of a crossing on Spott Road should be included as part of any future development in the area.

2 Install pelican crossing (short term programme). (Location?)

Spott Road, DUNBAR

Difficult to cross Spott Road to get to Walker Homes

In short term, consult ELC about the possibility of including Spott Road in the Queens Road school crossing patrol. In longer term, a signalised junction is required.

1 Install pelican crossing (short term programme). (Location?) Review need for additional pedestrian crossings (final report recommendations)

Spott Road/Queens Road, DUNBAR

Spott Road/Queens Road junction not safe enough for young cyclists to cross

In short term, consult ELC about the possibility of including Spott Road in the Queens Road school crossing patrol. In longer term, a

1 Signalisation of junction (final report recommendations)

signalised junction is required.

Hallhill, DUNBAR

Need temporary crossing where lorries going to new DPS site

1

Kellie Road/Middlemas Road, DUNBAR

Need crossing at school times Kellie Road/Middlemas Road

Set up a town wide 20’s Plenty campaign to reduce traffic speeds.

1

Middlemas Road, DUNBAR

Need crossing on Middlemas Road

1

Spott Roundabout, A1

No safe crossing at Spott Roundabout

1

A1 No crossing point on A1; difficult to cross A1 with child on bike


3

TORNESS Torness road crossing dangerous for cyclists; camber and poor visibility

1

EAST LINTON Need pedestrian crossing on High Street; possibly at post office.

Work with Community Council to identify best crossing point and lobby ELC.

3

Bowling Club, EAST LINTON

Hedges and trees should be trimmed to increase visibility when crossing the road opposite the bowling club, East Linton

Ask ELC to ensure that residents maintain hedges.

2

A1 INNERWICK Safety issues with crossing the A1 at Innerwick

Set up local lobby group to work with Sustrans (NCN76), ELC, Transport Scotland to investigate the possibility of a crossing on the A1

1

INNERWICK Children need to cross school access road to get to play park, should provide opening in fence 20m east of current access (Innerwick)

Ask ELC to investigate this, if necessary working with school to lobby for this change.

1

6. PARKING

location comment Possible solution

Number of comments

in DTMEIS

Generally Cars parked on pavements

1

Generally Provide better parking

1

Generally Parking should be more considerate

1

Schools, Generally Should be no parking within ¼ mile of schools

Work with schools and ELC to investigate this.

2

Schools, Generally Car parking at schools needs to be improved

3

High Street, DUNBAR

High Street congested with delivery vans all day

It may be possible to work with traders and ELC to ensure that delivery times do not coincide with peak hours.

1

High Street, DUNBAR

Improve parking on High Street

5 Explore option of developing Foggo’s yard as an alternative car park for town centre use (short term programme). Monitor parking demand on High Street by survey and consider enhancement of existing enforcement levels (final report recommendations).Introduce spaces for short stay only (final report recommendations).

High Street, DUNBAR

Double parking on High Street makes it difficult to cross road

It may be possible to work with traders and ELC to ensure that delivery times do not coincide with peak hours.

6 Explore option of developing Foggo’s yard as an alternative car park for town centre use (short term programme). Monitor parking demand on High Street by survey and consider enhancement of existing enforcement levels (final report recommendations)

Countess Crescent/Countess Road, DUNBAR

Parking on footpaths, despite local car parks. Need yellow lines, especially on Countess Crescent.

In short term, traffic orders for construction work on new community centre will include a temporary one way system around this area, and no parking. These could be made permanent.

3 Introduction of a TRO to prevent all day parking and reinforce acceptable parking behaviour on Countess Road – included in 5 year programme.

Work with ELC and DPS on safe routes to school.


Cars park on pavements at corner of Countess Road

1 Introduction of a TRO to prevent all day parking and reinforce acceptable parking behaviour on Countess Road – included in 2010/11 proposals.

Countess Crescent/Countess Avenue, DUNBAR

Countess Crescent/Avenue should be no parking at school times

In short term, traffic orders for construction work on new community centre will include a temporary one way system around this area, and no parking. These could be made permanent. Work with ELC and DPS on safe routes to school.

1 Improvement of junction safety at Countess Road/Countess Crescent by closing junction to vehicle traffic and redesignating as footway status (TRO) – short term programme. Disabled parking only will be allowed in small car park near Laundrette


Irresponsible parking, e.g. on pavements, at DPS.

DPS recently held a campaign to reduce this. Continue to work with DPS to educate parents, particularly during construction works when parking spaces will be greatly reduced.

3 Improvement of junction safety at Countess Road/Countess Crescent by closing junction to vehicle traffic and redesignating as footway status (TRO) – short term programme. Disabled parking only will be allowed in small car park near Laundrette (short term programme)


Better dropping off points needed at DPS

Encourage park and stride using existing car parks.

1 Designate Bleachingfield car park as drop off pick up “park and stride” and provide only disabled parking in small car park near Laundrette (short term programme)

Grammar School, DUNBAR

Parking at DGS needs improving

1


Yellow lines round Bayswell Park to stop overnight parking

3

North Road, DUNBAR

Parking on both sides of North Road makes it unsafe for cyclists

High levels of on-street parking often act as traffic calming.

1

Kellie Road, DUNBAR

Parking along Kellie Road causes problems when there are events at Hallhill

1

7. LITTER


in DTMEIS

Generally Provide more litter bins

Work with local groups to identify best locations, lobby ELC.

2

Generally Provide more dog poo bins and bag dispensers

Work with local groups to identify best locations, lobby ELC.

12

Generally Dog poo Enforce dog fouling fines, campaigns?

45

Generally Clean pavements, litter, broken glass

9

Generally Dog poo on pavements

16

Generally Dog mess on cycle routes

4

Generally Dog owners think the council will pick up dog mess

1

BEACHES Beaches should be kept cleaner

1

BEACHES Dog poo on beaches

1

DUNBAR Dog poo in Dunbar 3 High Street, DUNBAR

Litter and graffiti on High Street, Dunbar

1


Dog poo Lammermuir Crescent

5


Dog fouling DPS Work with DPS to educate parents.

3

Bleachingfield, DUNBAR

Dog poo Bleachingfield

2

Coastal Path, DUNBAR

Coastal path needs cleaning and maintenance

1


Dog poo Bayswell Road area

1

Winterfield Park, DUNBAR

Dog poo Winterfield 1

John Muir Country Park, DUNBAR

Dog poo at John Muir Country Park

1


Dog poo problem Church Street

1

Lamer Street, DUNBAR

Dog poo problem Lamer Street, Dunbar

1

Dolphin Road, DUNBAR

Dog poo problem Dolphin Road, Dunbar

1

Parish Church, Dunbar

Dog fouling problem, near old

1

road, Parish Church

Spott Road, DUNBAR

Dog fouling Spott Road

1

Hallhill Astroturf Path, DUNBAR

Glass and rubbish on astropath

5

Hallhill, DUNBAR

Rubbish around Hallhill; glass, dog poo, graffiti; need more litter bins and dog poo bins

17

Hallhill, DUNBAR

Dog wardens and litter pick up needed around Hallhill paths

1

Kellie Road, DUNBAR

Dog poo Kellie Road

2

Ashfield Railway Bridge, DUNBAR

Cleaner pavements at railway bridge, Ashfield

1

Ashfield, DUNBAR

Dog poo Ashfield to High Street using main route, more dog poo bins needed

2

Ashfield, DUNBAR

Ashfield paths often messy, rubbish everywhere

Possible area for Living Streets/Sustrans project getting local people involved in their surroundings.

1

Bothwell Gardens, DUNBAR

Dog fouling Bothwell Gardens

1

Curling Pond/Leslie Way DUNBAR

Lots of dog poo on Curling Pond/Leslie Way path

3

Lochend Woods, DUNBAR

Dog poo and rubbish in woods, needs to be cleared up

Woodland Group holds regular Clean Up sessions, work with them to investigate funding for more rubbish and dog poo bins.

5

Viridor Cycle Track, DUNBAR

Existing cycle track by Viridor covered in rubbish

Work with Viridor to clean up track.

1

EAST LINTON Dog poo on main route and around school East Linton

Work with school to educate parents.

2

Bridleway, A1

A1 Bridleway has glass, litter, no bins

1

8. TRAFFIC SPEEDS/VOLUMES


in DTMEIS

Generally Roads are busy/traffic fast;

Set up local 20’s Plenty lobby groups.

5

need 20 mph speed limits

Generally More traffic calming needed to slow down boy racers

Set up local 20’s Plenty lobby groups.

4

Generally Main roads are too dangerous

2

Generally Fewer speed bumps

1

Schools, generally Need 20 mph speed limits around schools

Work with schools to set up 20’s Plenty lobby groups.

2

Primary School DUNBAR

Too many cars at DPS

Work with ELC and DPS to reduce parking around school, have designated drop off point.

1 Primary School DUNBAR


Need speed humps Countess Road from High Street to Summerfield Road

1

Summerfield Road, DUNBAR

Road safety concern Summerfield Road bend

Work with DGS and local residents to set up 20’s Plenty lobby group.

1

Summerfield Road, DUNBAR

Speed signs Summerfield Road

Work with DGS and local residents to set up 20’s Plenty lobby group.

1


Speed signs Lammermuir Crescent

Work with Dunbar Primary School and local residents to set up 20’s Plenty lobby group. Possible area for Living Streets/Sustrans project getting local people involved in their surroundings.

1

Pine Street, DUNBAR Speed signs Pine Street

Set up neighbourhood groups to lobby for town wide 20’s Plenty limit

2

Doon Avenue, DUNBAR

Speed bumps on and around Doon Avenue are too high


1

Doon Avenue/Lammermuir Crescent, DUNBAR

Need signs encouraging drivers to slow down in Doon Ave/Lammermuir Cres. Area

Work with Dunbar Primary School and local residents to set up 20’s Plenty lobby group. Possible area for Living Streets/Sustrans project getting local people involved in their surroundings.

1


Traffic speeds along Belhaven Road

Work with Dunbar Primary and Grammar Schools to set up 20’s Plenty lobby group for this route between the schools.

3


Need traffic calming near DGS Belhaven Road

Work with Dunbar Grammar School to set up 20’s Plenty lobby group.

1

Edinburgh Road, DUNBAR

Edinburgh Road too busy for children

1

Edinburgh Road, BELHAVEN

Speeding cars on Edinburgh Road

1

often also cut corner, Belhaven Road

North Road, DUNBAR

Traffic speeds too high

Set up neighbourhood groups to lobby for town wide 20’s Plenty limit. Speed limit/signs could be introduced as part of work on NCN76.

3

Back Road, DUNBAR Cars drive too fast on Back Road

Set up neighbourhood groups to lobby for town wide 20’s Plenty limit. Speed limit/signs could be introduced as part of work on NCN76.

2


Traffic speeds too high


1 Provision of footway build-outs and double yellow lines to switch on-street parking from side to side creating a chicane system (final report recommendations) Widening and resurfacing of footways as part of the wider street-scaping solution to better manage the on-street parking and traffic speeds (final report recommendations).

Lamer Street, DUNBAR

Need speed humps or 20 mph speed limit


1

Spott Road, DUNBAR Reduce traffic on Spott Road

5

Spott Road, DUNBAR Reduce traffic speeds on Spott Road; electronic speed signs

Set up neighbourhood groups to lobby for town wide 20’s Plenty limit. Speed limit/signs could be introduced as part of any future development on Spott Road.

4

Spott Road, DUNBAR Traffic lights needed on Spott Road

Seek assurance from ELC that provision of signals/ crossing on Spott Road should be included as part of any future development in the area.

1 Install pelican crossing (short term programme). (Location?)

Spott Road, DUNBAR New access road to Dunbar needed to take pressure off Spott Road (Joining Beveridge Row/Brodie Road)

1 Provision of a new link road between Beveridge Row underpass and Edinburgh Road (final report recommendations).

Spott Road/Queens Road, DUNBAR

Bottleneck; need a roundabout at Spott Road/Queens Road

Seek assurance from ELC that improvements to this junction will be included as part of any future development in the area.

2 Signalisation of junction (final report recommendations)

Queens Road, DUNBAR

Very busy with fast cars


2

Queens Road/Bowmont Terrace, DUNBAR

Speed bumps and signs needed


1

Newhouse Terrace, DUNBAR

Speed of cars Set up neighbourhood groups to lobby for town wide 20’s Plenty limit

1

Kellie Road, DUNBAR

Traffic speed too fast; need traffic calming


6

Brodie Road, DUNBAR

Speed bumps needed


1

EAST LINTON East Linton very busy with traffic; need speed measures and yellow lines on entry roads

4

School Road, EAST LINTON

Reduce traffic on School Road

Work with primary school to educate parents.

2

Phantassie Roundabout, EAST LINTON

Traffic calming for cars leaving at Phantassie Roundabout/Pencraig Brae

1

Dunpender Road/Rennie Place, EAST LINTON

Speed bumps needed Dunpender Road/Rennie Place


2

INNERWICK Road by cemetery at Innerwick dangerous for pedestrians, speeding vehicles (from Wind Farm)

Work with local residents and wind farm to resolve.

1

INNERWICK Traffic speeds Innerwick


1

Thurston to Innerwick Road

Route has speeding traffic from wind farm

Work with local residents and wind farm to resolve.

1

Co’path to Hoprig Road

Co’path to Hoprig road has fast traffic speeds

1

WEST BARNS Traffic speeds West Barns should be limited

Set up neighbourhood groups to lobby for 20’s Plenty limit

1

9. PLANNING


in DTMEIS

Generally There should be a planning requirement that large developments provide/fund small local garages

1

Coastal Areas Too much housing along the coast

1

DUNBAR More parks around Dunbar

1

DUNBAR Improve Dunbar generally

1

DUNBAR Out of town shopping should not be allowed in Dunbar

1

High Street, DUNBAR

More shops on the High Street

2 Dunbar Townscape Heritage Initiative aiming to bring vacant floor space back into use, including High Street shops.

Hallhill, DUNBAR

Need a bigger play park at Hallhill

1

Hallhill, DUNBAR

More sports activities at Hallhill for youngsters

1

South of DUNBAR

Lack of petrol stations south of Dunbar causing unnecessary mileage

1

10. BRIDLEWAYS


in DTMEIS

Bridleway, A1

A1 Bridleway not maintained

Set up horse-riders group to lobby ELC for improved maintenance of bridleway.

1

11. PUBLIC TRANSPORT GENERALLY

location comment Possible solution Number of Comments

In DTMEIS

Generally Public transport fares too expensive

30

Generally Not enough/regular public transport services

19

Generally More information about 7

public transport services required

Generally Public transport timetable information not available

7

Generally Public transport travel times too long

2

Generally Reliability/Accuracy of public transport timetables

2

Generally Accessibility of public transport (elderly, parents and buggies etc.)

1

Generally Services never on time

3

Generally Need better public transport between towns in East Lothian

4

Generally No public transport for shift workers

2

12. TRAINS

Location Comment Possible Solution Number of Comments

In DTMEIS

Generally Train Frequency 24 Generally Cost of train fares 13 Generally Later trains

required 14

Generally Later trains needed at weekend

9

Generally More local trains with local stops required

6

Generally Better train service at rush hour needed

4

Generally Train service has improved

3

Generally Use Newcraighall park and ride

2

Generally Increased weekend service needed

4

Generally Train service generally

1

Generally Trains overcrowded 2 Generally Train fares ok with

railcard 1

Generally Scotrail services at wrong times

1

Generally Improved bike parking at station needed

1 Explore option of developing Foggo’s yard as alternative car park (short term programme). Discourage car trips to the station, do not increase the number of spaces at the station and improve accessibility by other

modes (final report recommendations).

Dunbar Improved train service to Edinburgh required

11

East Linton Train station at East Linton needed

6

13. BUSES

Location Comment Possible Solution Number of Comments

In DTMEIS

Generally More frequent buses needed

17

Generally First/Eve buses take too long going round houses

6

Generally Need later buses 6 Generally Buses not reliable 6 Generally Poor customer

care from First 2

Generally Need newer/more comfortable buses

4

Generally Poor evening service to Edinburgh

1

Generally 120 service ok for school pupils but not frequent enough for workers

1

Generally 253/First bus services times are too close

1

Generally No buses to town between 0800 and 0945, but six services between 0700 and 0800

1

Generally Buses are stuffy 1 Generally Buses drive too

fast 2

Generally Young people sit on priority seats

1

Generally Moaning bus drivers

1

Generally - fares Buses too dear 10 Generally - fares Local fares

expensive 7

Generally - fares More flexible fares needed; day

6

passes, family tickets, smart cards, ability to use debit cards

Generally - fares First buses overpriced

4

Generally - fares No change on First buses

3

Generally - fares Older school pupils have to pay adult fare

2

Generally - fares Can’t use school bus passes when doing after school activities

1

Generally - connectivity

Bus services don’t connect with each other

2


Buses and trains don’t connect

1 Provide financial support for a new bus service or enhanced local service to serve the station (final report recommendations)


Better bus service to/from railway station

1 Provide financial support for a new bus service or enhanced local service to serve the station (final report recommendations) Invest in new infrastructure to provide a new road link or to enhance existing road links to the station (final report recommendations).

Generally - information

Availability of timetables is poor

3 Preparation of a short to medium term programme of bus stop enhancements (short term proposals), provision of route and timetable information at all bus stops in Dunbar (short term proposals)

Generally - accessibility

Coach style buses are not suitable for the elderly, people with mobility problems and those with buggies/young children

10 Improve bus accessibility by providing bus boarders (short term proposals)

1A - suitability 1A is too small to get shopping trolley on, not good for shopping service

1

253 - suitability 253 needs more luggage space

1

Bus stops Need electronic SESTRAN is 2 Preparation of a short to

bus signs currently considering locations in East Lothian for a pilot project for electronic bus information at bus stops.

medium term programme of bus stop enhancements (short term proposals), provision of route and timetable information at all bus stops in Dunbar (short term proposals)

Bus stops Timetables at bus stops are illegible

2 Preparation of a short to medium term programme of bus stop enhancements (short term proposals), provision of route and timetable information at all bus stops in Dunbar (short term proposals)

Dunbar/Gullane Dunbar bus should connect with Gullane bus at Haddington

1

East Linton East Linton bus services are limited and expensive

2

East Linton Bus stop is too far from Day Centre

East Linton Day Centre

East Linton More frequent East Linton buses required

1

Innerwick Bus stop in wrong place, should be at bottom of hill

1

Innerwick/Dunbar Buses should tie in with trains

4

14. SUGGESTION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO BUS ROUTES

SUGGESTED ROUTE IMPROVEMENT NUMBER OF COMMENTS DUNBAR Bus service to Torness (including shift workers) 13 Buses to the new houses in Dunbar (Moray Avenue/Brodie Road) 3 Direct bus to Musselburgh 3 More direct buses Dunbar - Edinburgh 3 Direct buses to other towns in East Lothian, always have to change at Haddington

2

Better Sunday service 2 Bus service should go to Ashfield, Dunbar 2 Bus service should go to Queens Place, Dunbar (buses often miss out this stop)

2

More direct routes to towns in East Lothian (without having to change at 1

Haddington) Buses from Midlothian to Dunbar 1 More direct buses Dunbar – Haddington (missing out East Linton) 1 Direct bus to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 1 Need bus service Dunbar/Prestongrange 1 All services should go via Middlemass Road 1 More buses Dunbar/Fort Kinnaird 1 Better bus service in West Barns 1 VILLAGES Later bus service Co’path/Innerwick 5 More buses to Innerwick 3 Village buses (dial-a-bus) 2 Improve service to Oldhamstocks 2 Need circular village service (Whittinghame, East Linton, Tyninghame, West Barns, Dunbar, Asda, Spott, Pitcox, Stenton)

1

Need buses between Oldhamstocks and Co’path 1 Short turnaround time Oldhamstocks/Dunbar bus 1 Improve bus service to Stenton 1 No buses in Skateraw 1 No buses in Cove 1 No buses in Pease Bay 1 No buses in Pinkerton 1 EAST LINTON Minibus service East Linton - Haddington 1 Direct bus East Linton – Edinburgh (missing out Haddington) in peaks 1

Suggestions for 1A stops

SUGGESTED STOP NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS All over Dunbar 8 High Street 6 Belhaven/Belhaven Church 6 West Barns 5 Villages (Innerwick, Spott, Co’path) 4 Ashfield 3 Top of Brodie Road/Moray Avenue 3 New houses/Middlemas Road 2 New Lochend estate/Lochend Road 2 Walker Homes 2 Harbour 2 Youth Centre/Countess Centre 2 Pool 2 Nearer the Schools 2 Belhaven Church 2 Dunbar Grammar School 1 Tennis Courts 1 Sites where activities run 1 West Port 1 Victoria Street 1 New Primary School 1 Jet petrol station 1 Wingate 1 Spott Road 1 North Berwick 1

Route ok, but long 1 Circular Route 1 Thurston Manor 1 John Muir Country Park/East Links Family Park Street

1

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