Transport Strategy

Our Local Transport and Active Travel Strategy 2023 to 2028 (LTATS) sets out our vision, objectives and proposals for North Ayrshire.

We use it to influence the actions of partner organisations. Those who deliver aspects of transport within North Ayrshire's boundaries and surrounding regions.

We work with partner organisations to deliver the strategy. They play a vital role in ensuring North Ayrshire will have a sustainable and well-connected transport network.

A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Environmental Report of the strategy has been produced. The role of the SEA is to consider ways by which the strategy can:

• contribute to improvements in environment, social and economic conditions
• identify and mitigate any potential adverse effects the strategy may have

By doing so, it can help make sure that the proposals are the most appropriate given the alternatives. The Strategic Environmental Assessment is fundamentally a plan-making tool.

A copy of the strategy and the SEA is available by emailing transportation@north-ayrshire.gov.uk.

Our Vision is “North Ayrshire will have a sustainable and well-connected transport network that meets the needs of all, supports an inclusive economy, healthier communities and creates an attractive place in which to live, work, visit and do business”. We have developed the following three priorities, providing context for what we want to achieve:

• Accessibility for All – enhancing the range of sustainable transport opportunities to enable well connected access to employment, education and services
• Inclusive Economy – improving the transport network and connectivity in North Ayrshire and beyond to create an attractive place for businesses and communities to thrive
• Healthier Communities – a transport network that enables sustainable healthy travel choices underpinned by a low carbon ethos to improve the quality of life for everyone

The five objectives below provide more detail on what the Local Transport and Active Travel strategy aims to achieve:

1. Access to Employment and Services; Improve accessibility, availability, affordability and safety of the transport system, ensuring everyone can access town centres, jobs, education, healthcare and other everyday needs
2. Reduce Emissions; Reduce carbon emissions caused by transport in North Ayrshire
3. Active Travel and Communities; Encourage and enable physical activity and improved health and wellbeing in the communities for all through active travel
4. Confidence in Public Transport; Improve the reliability, accessibility, safety, personal security, and integration of public transport services for all
5. Transport Network Condition; Maintain the condition of the existing roads and active travel network

The following extra objectives have been developed for Active Travel:

• Enable people to walk, wheel and cycle within their local communities and to key attractors by the provision of a convenient, attractive, high quality and safer active travel network
• Help an increase in the proportion of all journeys made by walking, wheeling and cycling
• Deliver training, events and promotion of active travel to encourage and enable more people to travel by active means

Our List of public roads document is a register of public roads in North Ayrshire.