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WHO OR WHAT IS SPITS?

SPITS, or the South Pennines Integrated Transport Strategy, was formulated by the Peak Park Transport Forum (PPTF) in 1994. The PPTF itself developed out of a group of Highway and Public Transport Authorities. This grouping initially was used to consider the transport content of the Peak District National Park Authority structure plan and continues now as the PPTF. It comprises:

· 9 Highways Authorities

· Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

· Cheshire County Council

· Derbyshire County Council

· Kirklees Metropolitan Council

· Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

· Sheffield City Council

· Staffordshire County Council

· Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

· Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

· The Highways Agency

· 5 District/Borough Councils

· Macclesfield Borough Council

· North East Derbyshire District Council

· Derbyshire Dales District Council

· Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

· High Peak Borough Council

· the Peak District National Park Authority and The Countryside Agency

· Network Rail

· 2 railway companies

· English Welsh Scottish Railways

· First North Western

· 2 Public Transport Executives

· South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive

· Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive

· 4 regional government offices act as observer		· 4 regional assemblies act as observer
	· Government Office for the West Midlands · Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber · Government Office for the North West · Government Office for the East Midlands		· West Midlands Regional Assembly · Yorkshire and Humber Assembly · North West Regional Assembly · East Midlands Regional Assembly

Some other organisations with which SPITS is involved:

o Trent Barton

o West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive

o Scott Wilson

o English Nature

o FirstGroup

o Peak Connections

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