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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
4.1.1 Central to the Worcestershire ITP Policy is the delivery of an integrated network that is fit forpurpose in terms of achieving high levels of accessibility, providing real transport choice (particularlyin congested urban areas and along key inter-urban corridors) and offering value for money for usersand funders. To achieve this requires recognition of the strengths, weaknesses and role of eachpassenger transport mode and the subsequent targeting of scarce public and private sectorresources toward the achievement of a network which offers the best business case and a high valuefor money.4.1.2 The approach must be modally agnostic, that is to say, in each case; the network has to use the mostefficient mode of transport according to existing and projected demand, balanced with availablecapital and revenue funding. Table 4.1 identifies the model which considers passenger transportmodal provision, taking account of demand, performance and costs (capital and revenue).Table 4.1 – Worcestershire Approach to Modal ProvisionName Description RoleAverageSpeedLevel of TravelDemand to JustifyInvestment(Passengers/Hour/Direction)InfrastructureCostsOperatingCostsHEAVY RAILFully segregated, highcapacity passengerrailwayMajor Inter-City and InterurbanCorridorsHigh (40+mph) Very High Very High (for new build) Very HighTRAM TRAINFully segregated,medium capacitypassenger railwayMajor Urban and Inter-Urban CorridorsMedium to High(20-40+mph)HighHigh (unless built-uponcommitted investmentswhich deliver theinfrastructure needed forTram Train)Medium to HighLIGHTRAIL/TRAMWAYMostly segregated,medium capacitypassenger railwayMajor Corridors in LargeCitiesMedium (20-40mph)HighHigh (very high for newsegregated sections)Medium to HighBUSWAY / BUS RAPIDTRANSITHigh quality andcapacity bus systemsupported byfacilitativeMajor Corridors in Townsand CitiesMedium (20-40mph)Medium - HighMedium - High(Dependent upon extentof segregated busway)Medium to HighBUSConventional busserviceUrban and Interurbantransport corridorsLow to Medium(10-30mph)Medium Low to medium Low to MediumDEMAND RESPONSIVETRANSITTAXISimilar to conventionaltaxi service, althoughspecialist vehicles oftenprovided.Conventional taxiserviceUrban/Rural Areas &times of day not servedby conventionalpassenger transportservices.Urban/Rural Areas &times of day not servedby conventionalpassenger transportservices.Low to Medium(10-30mph)Low to Medium(10-30mph)Low Low Low to MediumLow Low Low to medium
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