Consultation

Public Consultation and Engagement

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority is committed to providing mechanisms to enable consultation and engagement on transport issues with the travelling public across Greater Manchester through further development of the GMPTA website and new consultation and engagement arrangements.

A minimum of two Greater Manchester-wide public transport Forums/Sub Regional Seminars will be held annually which will inform on issues such as GMPTA policy priorities; and consult on the annual GMPTA budget and transport initiatives such as the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF). These seminars attract large numbers of members of the public and take the form of a presentation followed by a question and answer session; providing the Authority with a forum that enables informed debate whilst allowing members of the public to put their questions to leading members of the GMPTA.

New arrangements have been agreed for providing members of the public with an opportunity to raise their individual concerns/complaints about public transport services directly with senior managers from rail, tram and bus companies. A schedule of 40 transport operator surgeries is being developed and is listed on the website in six-monthly schedules.

This website also allows us to undertake, quickly and inexpensively, online consultations.

A dedicated Consultation Team now exists within GMPTE, which undertakes a wide range of consultation activities throughout the year, on both local and strategic public transport matters.

GMPTE has also established a Consultation Panel whereby members of the public and representatives of organisations can register for future consultation opportunities and receive a newsletter demonstrating the impact of their feedback. The Panel enables GMPTE to select consultees from particular demographic groups or geographic areas to ensure that we consult the people most likely to be affected by proposals.

Stakeholder engagement and dialogue is a key aspect of the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) programme. The public transport improvement consultation process began on 7 July and will run until 10 October 2008. Now is the time to contribute to this consultation process - by leaving your comments on the gmfuturetransport website.

Schemes which are currently, or have recently been, subject to consultation include: