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Colin Brader Integrated Transport Planning Ltd Cambridge Futures 23rd November 2001

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

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  1. Colin Brader Integrated Transport Planning Ltd Cambridge Futures 23rd November 2001

  2. CRTS Ltd. Stagecoach RTI Cambridge Rapid Transit Limited AIM To upgrade the public transport network Providing a viable alternative to the private car

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

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