CASE STUDY Transport
CASE STUDY: The Manchester Metro link
The Manchester Metro link opened in 1992 and there have already been some extensions to the Network e.g. Salford Quays and Eccles.
The initial link ran from Bury to Altrincham serving 18 stations on the conventional rail network as well as 6 street levels stations in the city centre.
There are plans to extend the network to Oldham and Rochdale, Manchester airport, Ashton under Lyne, the Trafford Centre and Didsbury and Stockport.
The Metrolink operates at intervals of 5 minutes at peak periods, and12-15 minutes at less busy periods. There is a fleet of 32 vehicles making 52,000 journeys every day- 19 million journeys every year.
Research suggests that at least 3.5 million car journeys along the Metrolink corridor have been prevented each year as they claim “it provides an efficient and pleasant alternative, Metrolink is persuading commuters to get out of their cars and onto the trams”
CASE STUDY: A638 Quality Bus Corridor, Doncaster
The QBC stretches along the A638 to the North of Doncaster and along the A638 Bawtry Road to the south.
Features include:
New dedicated bus lanes on the approach to the town centre, in addition to existing lanes of traffic.
Upgraded bus stops along the route providing better waiting areas an information, including new shelters with lighting and seating to make waiting for the bus safer and more comfortable, textured paving to help people with visual impairments, raised kerbs to make it easier for people with mobility problems and electronic information about waiting times.
Two new park and ride sites at the north and the south with 400 car parking spaces at each. Each has a ticket office, covered waiting facilities with seating, toilets and baby changing facilities, security staff and CCTV.
State of the art buses with the latest low emission engines.
The A638 QBC has been designed to integrate with Doncaster’s new public transport interchange at French gate in the centre of the town, which is close
The Manchester Metro link opened in 1992 and there have already been some extensions to the Network e.g. Salford Quays and Eccles.
The initial link ran from Bury to Altrincham serving 18 stations on the conventional rail network as well as 6 street levels stations in the city centre.
There are plans to extend the network to Oldham and Rochdale, Manchester airport, Ashton under Lyne, the Trafford Centre and Didsbury and Stockport.
The Metrolink operates at intervals of 5 minutes at peak periods, and12-15 minutes at less busy periods. There is a fleet of 32 vehicles making 52,000 journeys every day- 19 million journeys every year.
Research suggests that at least 3.5 million car journeys along the Metrolink corridor have been prevented each year as they claim “it provides an efficient and pleasant alternative, Metrolink is persuading commuters to get out of their cars and onto the trams”
CASE STUDY: A638 Quality Bus Corridor, Doncaster
The QBC stretches along the A638 to the North of Doncaster and along the A638 Bawtry Road to the south.
Features include:
New dedicated bus lanes on the approach to the town centre, in addition to existing lanes of traffic.
Upgraded bus stops along the route providing better waiting areas an information, including new shelters with lighting and seating to make waiting for the bus safer and more comfortable, textured paving to help people with visual impairments, raised kerbs to make it easier for people with mobility problems and electronic information about waiting times.
Two new park and ride sites at the north and the south with 400 car parking spaces at each. Each has a ticket office, covered waiting facilities with seating, toilets and baby changing facilities, security staff and CCTV.
State of the art buses with the latest low emission engines.
The A638 QBC has been designed to integrate with Doncaster’s new public transport interchange at French gate in the centre of the town, which is close