myjourney is Central Bedfordshire’s new Local Transport Plan (or LTP), which we are busy preparing at the moment. myjourney will cover all modes of transport, and will set out to improve, maintain, manage, and make safer all of these modes, and make transport and local services more accessible.

Whether you drive, cycle, walk, use public transport or any other mode of transport, then myjourney will affect you. So it is vital that you have your say on how we improve, maintain, and manage our transport networks, and plan for future growth.

This site is designed to give you all the information you need on myjourney, and how you can get involved. If you have any questions, then please feel free to contact us.

The consultation on the Local Area Transport Plans for Ampthill and Flitwick, Marston Vale, Shefford and Silsoe, and Heath and Reach / Toddington / Barton-le-Clay has now closed. We thank everybody who has submitted comments on these plans.

Comments have been taken on board, and final Local Area Transport Plans will be considered by the Council's Executive on Tuesday 27th March 2012.

We shall be developing Local Area Transport Plans for the Potton, Chiltern, and Haynes and Old Warden areas over the next few months. Please come back soon for more information on these plans.

You can download FREE copies of Local Transport Plan 3, including copies of the technical appendices, by clicking on the below links.

Local Transport Plan 3 (including Executive Summary) (PDF 3.1MB)

Local Area Transport Plans

Arlesey and Stotfold (PDF 1.3MB)

Ampthill and Flitwick (including Clophill, Flitton and Greenfield, Maulden, Pulloxhill, Steppingley, Tingrith, and Westoning) (PDF 5.7MB)

Biggleswade and Sandy (PDF 2.1MB)

Heath and Reach, Toddington, and Barton-le-Clay (including Chalgrave, Chalton, Eggington, Harlington, Hockliffe, Stanbridge, Streatley, Sundon, and Tilsworth) (PDF 7MB)

Dunstable and Houghton Regis - Part 1 (PDF 2MB) | Part 2 (PDF 727KB)

Leighton-Linslade (PDF 577KB)

Marston Vale (including Aspley Guise, Aspley Heath, Battlesden, Brogborough, Cranfield, Eversholt, Husbourne Crawley, Hulcote and Salford, Lidlington, Marston, Millbrook, Milton Bryant, Potsgrove, Ridgmont, and Woburn) (PDF 10MB)

Shefford and Silsoe (including Campton, Chicksands, Gravenhurst, Meppershall, and Shillington) (PDF 2.6MB)

Journey Purpose Strategies and Evidence Base

Journey to Work Evidence Base (PDF 639KB)

Access to Services Evidence Base (PDF 3.3MB)

Sustainable Modes of Travel Strategy (PDF 3.3MB)

Freight Strategy (PDF 1.1MB)

Walking Strategy (PDF 1.3MB)

Cycling Strategy (PDF 1.9MB)

Public Transport Strategy (currently in development)

Car Parking Strategy

Road Safety Strategy (PDF 540KB)

Transport Asset Management Plan (Framework) (PDF 506KB)

Consultation and Assessment

(PDF 1.3MB)

Strategic Environmental Assessment (including Health Impact Assessment) (PDF 1.5MB)

Equality Impact Assessment (PDF 206KB)

Habitats Impact Assessment (PDF 932KB)

Engagement and Consultation Report (PDF 1.6MB)

If you would like paper copies of the Local Transport Plan, or you want to see a previous Local Transport Plans covering Central Bedfordshire, these are available to view for free in your local library. If you would like your own copy, we are happy to provide these at a charge. Please email us on myjourney@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, or call us on 0300 300 6516 to find out more. 

myjourney is the new Local Transport Plan covering all of Central Bedfordshire. In a nutshell, myjourney sets out Central Bedfordshire's aims and objectives for transport over the next 15 years, and how we plan to deliver them. myjourney reflects national Government guidance on transport, local transport priorities, local travel patterns and how much money there is available. It is probably the most important transport-related document for Central Bedfordshire.

myjourney is very important to how the Council delivers transport services, improvements, maintenance and management. The priorities in myjourney sets out in what areas we will focus most of our effort and resources, and what schemes and services that you will see on the ground. In fact, without these priorities, many transport schemes delivered in your area over the last 10 years may never have seen the light of day!

Now that we have completed the work on the main Local Transport Plan 3 document, our focus is now shifting to developing some more Local Area Transport Plans and Strategies. In particular, we are working on the Public Transport, Road Maintenance, and Car Parking Strategies. Watch this space for more information.

As part of the process to put together the Local Transport Plan (LTP) it is a legal requirement to conduct an Environmental Assessment of the plan’s objectives and implications.  As part of this assessment we will also consider health implications by incorporating a Health Impact Assessment.

This process is split in to two key stages – these being:

• Scoping - this asks for comments on the scope, level of detail and appropriate consultation period of the Environmental Report and runs for five weeks.
• The Environmental Report - views are sought on the Environmental Report in conjunction with the LTP.  The consultation period runs for twelve weeks, although this can be shortened or lengthened at the transport authorities discretion.

The Better Bus Area Fund has been introduced by the Department for Transport with the aims of increasing bus patronage in busy urban areas, creating growth and cutting carbon.

The fund will provide grants of up to £5million to a minimum of ten local authorities who are working in partnership with local bus operators.

Our Bid

Our bid, submitted jointly with Luton Borough Council, is entitled Luton – Dunstable: Connecting Communities. This £3.155m package of funding seeks to build upon the benefits of the Luton and Dunstable Guided Busway to improve services and infrastructure, particularly in Dunstable and Houghton Regis.