Agenda and decisions

Transport Delivery Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Monday 30th October 2023 1.00 pm

Venue: Room 116, 16 Summer Lane, Birmingham, B19 3SD

Contact: Janna Simpson Governance Services Officer

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for Absence Presented By: Chair Decision: Councillor Aqeela Choudhry (Sandwell), Councillor Amo Hussain (Walsall), Councillor Narinder Kaur Kooner (Birmingham), Councillor Josh O'Nyons (Solihull) and Councillor Alan Taylor (Dudley).
4.	Minutes - 4 September 2023 PDF 215 KB (including action log) Presented By: Chair Additional documents: Trasport Delivery Overview - Actions , item 4. PDF 106 KB Decision: The minutes were agreed as a correct record, subject to a minor amendment to minute no. 22.
5.	Rail Ticket Office Closures PDF 172 KB View the background to item 5. View the decision for item 5. Presented By: Tom Painter Additional documents: Restricted enclosure 6 View the reasons why document 5./2 is restricted Restricted enclosure 7 View the reasons why document 5./3 is restricted Decision: (1) The update on rail ticket office closures was noted. (2) A report would be submitted to a future meeting providing further details on the on-going process.
6.	Member Engagement Group Progress Reports PDF 189 KB View the background to item 6. View the decision for item 6. Presented By: Chair Decision: (1) The report was noted. (2) The recommendation of the Air Quality, Congestion & Environmental Impact Member Engagement Group that the WMCA Board considered adopting, as part of development of the Regional Air Quality Framework, stretch targets which were more ambitious in terms of timescales and pollutant concentration targets than the Government’s air quality targets, and which were closer to World Health Organisation targets for NO2 and PM2.5 was supported.
7.	Work Programme PDF 131 KB (a) Transport Delivery Overview & Scrutiny Committee Work Programme (b) WMCA Board Forward Plan Presented By: Lyndsey Roberts Additional documents: WMCA Board Forward Plan 20 October 2023 , item 7. PDF 257 KB Decision: The work programme was noted.
8.	Exclusion of the Public and Press [In accordance with s100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business as it is likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of the Act.] Presented By: Chair Decision: The public and press were excluded for the remainder of the meeting.
9.	West Midlands Rail Fares Reform Update View the reasons why item 9. is restricted View the background to item 9. View the decision for item 9. Presented By: Peter Sargant / Paula Higgins Decision: (1) It was noted that under the Trailblazer Deeper Devolution Deal, there was a commitment for the Great British Railways Transition Team, the Department for Transport and the WMCA to agree the scope of a pilot Pay-As-You-Go smart ticketing scheme by the end of 2023. (2) It was noted that the current range of rail fares did not provide a simple, consistent passenger offer and was not compatible with the future Pay-As-You-Go scheme. (3) It was noted that it was proposed to implement a two-stage process to reform rail fares with an initial package of rail fare changes planned for implementation next year, to be followed by further packages of changes aligned with the implementation of Pay-As-You-Go.
10.	Date of Next Meeting Presented By: Chair Decision: Monday 11 December 2023 at 1.00pm.