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Colin Brader Integrated Transport Planning Ltd Cambridge Futures 23rd November 2001. CRTS Ltd. Stagecoach RTI Cambridge Rapid Transit Limited AIM To upgrade the public transport network Providing a viable alternative to the private car. The Public Transport Challenge.
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Colin Brader Integrated Transport Planning Ltd Cambridge Futures 23rd November 2001
CRTS Ltd. Stagecoach RTI Cambridge Rapid Transit Limited AIM To upgrade the public transport network Providing a viable alternative to the private car
The Public Transport Challenge “If you travel much by public transport in Britain these days you soon come to feel like a member of some unwanted sub class, like the handicapped or unemployed, and that everyone wishes you would just go away” Bill Bryson, Notes From a Small Island – 1995.
How Is Modal Choice Made? One mode of public transport cannot satisfy all market segments, all trip types and all trip patterns Target Market - The Marginal Car User • Is modal choice made at all? • Cost minimisation criteria? • TAS (UK) low cost sensitivity • Increasing affluence = altered decision making
Defining Rapid Transit Intermediate Transit - Between the Bus and the Tram • High Quality Vehicle - Intermediate Transit • Maximising segregation and/or priority • Information at stops, in home and remote locations • Ticketing options - smartcard • An integral part of urban design/land use planning
CRTS Line One South • 70% Segregated • Protected in Cambridge Local Plan • Serving the new park and ride • Linking Addenbrooke’s, Railway station and City Centre • Establishing the principles
CRTS - Key Facts CRTS Supercam Length 7.5 Km 25 Km Cost £15-20m £55-60m Patronage (per day) 2500 16,000 Planning Dec 2000 Part of TWA Consultation Summer 2001 Early 2002 Transport & Works Early 2002 Spring 2002 Open for passengers 2004 2006
Funding Options • Part funded through fares and franchises • Equity partnership from contractors and manufacturers • Additional funding from proposed developments along route • Minimise any reliance on public funding
CRTS - A network wide system • Reacting to Structure Plan Allocations • Supporting Local Transport Plan Objectives • Pursuit through partnership • Working alongside an enhanced bus network Project Manager: Graham Rayner www.rtiplc.co.uk