Agenda and decisions

That apologies were received and noted from Councillor Howard Sykes (substituted by Councillor Angie Clark), Councillor Naeem Hassan, Councillor John Leech, Councillor Dzidra Noor, Councillor Roger Jones and Councillor Barry Warner.

Muhammad Karim to update Members on the recent ‘Leaders in Diversity’ accreditation  and winner of “Transportation Organisation of the Year 2020” award for TfGM.

1.       Passing of Councillor Christine Wild

That it be noted that the Members of the GM Transport Committee express their condolences to the family of Councillor Christine Wild, who had been an active member of the previous Transport for Greater Manchester Committee for many years until 2012, and had recently passed away.

2.       Leaders in Diversity

That congratulations be passed on to Muhammad Karim for the recent ‘Leaders in Diversity’ accreditation and the winning of the ‘Transportation Organisation of the Year 2020’ award for TfGM.

To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting. A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda; please ensure that this is returned to the Governance & Scrutiny Officer at the start of the meeting.

That Councillor Phil Burke declared a personal interest in relation to Item 9 (Metrolink Performance Update) & Item 10 (Metrolink Ticketing) as an employee of Metrolink.

To consider the approval of the minutes of the meeting held 17 January 2020.

1.        That the minutes of the meeting held on 17 January 2020 be approved as a correct record.

2.        That in relation to minute GMTC 10/20 it be requested that a report on how TfGM are moving forward on the climate change agenda be brought to the Committee following the mayoral elections; and

3.        That in relation to minute GMTC 07/20 it be noted that Cllr Evans was yet to receive a response from Northern on the recent platform access improvements at Hale Station, and that this was to be chased up.

Report of Liz Treacy, Monitoring Officer, GMCA.

That the work programme for the GM Transport Committee be noted.

Report of Bob Morris, Chief Operating Officer, TfGM.

1.      That the Transport Network Performance Report be noted.

2.      That TfGM would review the Manchester Community Transport offer where appropriate as part of the re-tendering process.

3.      That relevant Members be kept informed of transition arrangements related to Manchester Community Transport within their wards; and

4.      That officers be asked to respond directly to Councillor Steve Adshead regarding reliability issues with new trains replacing discontinued Pacer train services.

Report of Alison Chew, Interim Head of Bus Services, TfGM.

1.        That Greater Manchester’s intention to submit a statement of intent to the Department for Transport for £1,589,489 for supported bus services be noted by the Committee;

2.        That the approach and bidding criteria which have been developed to inform the Statement of Intent to the Department for Transport, which is planned for submission subject to approval by the Chief Executive of the GMCA and TfGM, in consultation with the GM Mayor, Portfolio Holder for Finance and Chair of the Greater Manchester Transport Committee (GMTC), in accordance with the timescales set out by Government be noted by the Committee.

3.        That it be noted that a further report will be submitted to a future GMTC meeting on other opportunities for Greater Manchester to apply for funding as part of the Better Deal for Bus Users programme; and

4.        That officers be asked to consider the feasibility of including areas that would benefit through the Clean Air Plan as part of the ‘Superbus’ network criteria.

Report of Alison Chew, Interim Head of Bus Services, TfGM.

1.      That the changes to the commercial network and the proposals not to replace the de-registered commercial services as set out in Annex A of the report, be noted.

2.      That Members agree that no action be taken in respect of changes or de-registered commercial services, as set out in Annex A of the report.

3.      That Members agree that no proposed action be taken in respect of changes or de-registered commercial services, as set out in Annex B of the report.

4.      That the proposed changes to general subsidised services set out in Annex C of the report, be approved; and

5.      That as part of the Better Deal for Bus Users process, the representations made regarding the continuation of the 375 bus service be assessed against the appropriate criteria. With the findings to be reported back to the Committee.

Report of Daniel Vaughan, Head of Metrolink, TfGM.

1.          That the performance of Metrolink services be noted; and

2.         That Danny Vaughan will liaise directly with Councillor Phil Burke to understand more of Rochdale’s concerns, noting that a senior GMP officer will be present when an update on Travelsafe is presented to Members at the March meeting

Report of Stephen Rhodes, Customer Director, TfGM.

1.    That the presentation on Metrolink ticketing be received.

2.    That comments from Members on future ticketing opportunities be noted; and

3.    That further communications around the risk of ‘card clash’ in contactless payment be sought by Members.

Report of Eamonn Boylan, Chief Executive Officer GMCA & TfGM.

1.         That the report on TfGM’s contribution to social value be noted; and

2.          That comments received from Members identifying further opportunities/areas of focus for TfGM to deliver social value in future, be noted.

Report of Kate Brown, Director of Corporate Affairs, TfGM.

1.      That the update report on age friendly transport be noted.

2.      That concerns raised about signposting of network issues at stations be forwarded to the Disability Design Reference Group (DDRG) for consideration; and

3.      That officers be asked to consider a new report from social scientists and architects linked to the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG) titled ‘Developing Age-Friendly Communities in the Northern Gateway Urban Regeneration Project’ which provides insight into how older people experience walking within the urban realm.

That, under section 100 (A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public should be excluded from the meeting for the following items on business on the grounds that this involved the likely disclosure of exempt information, as set out in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

That, under section 100 (A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public should be excluded from the meeting for the following items on business on the grounds that this involved the likely disclosure of exempt information, as set out in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

Report of Alison Chew, Interim Head of Bus Services, TfGM.

1.      That the report be noted.