Integrated Passenger Transport Policy - Worcestershire County ...

3.11.3 Revenue funding tends primarily to provide accessibility benefits by enabling provision of sociallynecessary passenger transport services. Nevertheless, all supported services do make a significantcontribution to congestion relief particularly in relation to support for Park and Ride services, schooltransport, social care transport and other services operating at peak hours. Revenue funding is alsoused to support the concessionary travel scheme and to maintain road based passenger transportinfrastructure.3.11.4 The investment of capital funds into road and rail based passenger transport infrastructure is key todealing with the key "pinch points" on the network such that the efficiency and quality of service isimproved (particularly in terms of reliability and journey times). This is particularly important in urbanareas and along key inter-urban corridors where a realistic alternative to the car needs to beprovided to deal with congestion and support the economy.3.11.5 Capital investment can also address accessibility issues (e.g. purchase of accessible vehicles,investment in multi-modal interchanges and rail, bus and coach stops and stations to improve accessto the network), passenger information (e.g. through investment in real time information systems)and fares and ticketing issues (e.g. through investment in off-vehicle ticketing and payment systemssuch as smartcards).3.11.6 Well targeted capital investment will both help to attract additional demand (and revenue) andincrease the efficiency (and hence reduce the operating costs) of the passenger transport network.Where such investment is supported by meaningful partnership agreements between the public andprivate sectors, this efficiency improvement can be fed back to the user in the form of reduced faresand/or higher levels of service.Worcestershire County Council will work with passenger transport operators, infrastructureproviders, funding bodies and private sector businesses and developers to:Maximise the value for money of capital and revenue investment in the passengertransport infrastructure and services.Identify the "pinch points" which reduce the efficiency and quality of servicesDevelop robust bids for capital and revenue funding investment in Worcestershire'spassenger transport infrastructure and services to address identified problems andopportunitiesEstablish meaningful partnership arrangements whereby efficiency savings are passedback to Worcestershire residents and businesses in the form of reduced fares and/orimproved levels of service agreed between the partners as being most appropriate