Similar to Auckland's current claims of taxing/tolling road users to pay for public transport! Great Manchester Transport Innovation Fund poll 2008 rejected by 78.8% of voters

7/30/2019 Similar to Auckland's current claims of taxing/tolling road users to pay for public transport! Great Manchester Trans

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The Transport Innovation

Fund Strategy Why does

congestion matter?

Congestion costs Br itish

business 10 billion each year.

We risk 30,000 potential new jobs

if we fail to tackle congestion.

The number of employees within an hour

of the regional centre wil l halve.

Road transport contr ibutes a third of

our greenhouse gas emissions.


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Six out of ten cars on the road in the

morning peak have only one occupant.

Car use is set to r ise by 25 per

cent in the next ten years.

Doing nothing is

not an option

If we dont act ...

We will lose the opportunity to shape our owntransport future.

We have identified a 3 billion transport package thatwould be the biggest and most far-reaching investment

programmeoutside of London.

It will transform the scale, quality and efficiency of ourtransport system.

This is a once-only opportunity to make it

happen.


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Our future transportWhat do you think?New, longer trains

Our future transportWhat do you think?

Rail stations and interchanges for21st Century commuters

Shudehill

Before

Salford Central - The Past

After

Piccadilly


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After

Shudehill

New buses, faster services and atransformed experience.

Our future transportWhat do you think?

100 per cent increase in parkand ride schemes.

A limited, peak-time congestion chargewill offer a real incentive to switch to

a new and high quality public

transport service.


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So.what do people think of ourplans?

1. General Public

5,000 telephone interviews 22 J une to 16 July

500 adults (16+) in each GM district, controlled by:

key demographics (age and sex/working status)

social grade (ABC1, etc)

and relative population size for each authority

Sampling error of +/- 1.4% at GM level

Base: All (4,962)

Views on what might happen in Greater

Manchester in next 5-10 years - summary


Manchester in next 5-10 years - summary

81

75

27

24

13

15

61

70

Unless action is taken in the near future,

traffic congestion in Greater Manchester

will get much worse

Traffic congestion will have an increasing

impact on the economy of Greater

Manchester

There is already enough public money

spent on public transport in Greater

Manchester

Traffic congestion causes no real damage

to the environment in Greater Manchester

Disagree Agree


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Agreement w ith p roposal :

Principle of package

Agreement w ith proposal:

Principle of packageQ.6: Would you agree or disagree with the principle of a combined package of 3 billionimprovements in transport in GM that also included greater local control over buses and rail andthe introduction of congestion charging for vehicles using the busiest roads at peak times onweekdays?

5732

Disagree Agree


including details ch arging scheme

Agreement w ith p ropo sal:

including details ch arging schemeQ7. The proposal is that congestion charging would only operate at peak time, on weekdays, forinward journeys in the morning and outward journeys in the evening. For the longest journey, themaximum cost in the morning would be 3 and in the evening 2. These charges would only beintroduced after there has been a large investment in transport in Greater Manchester. All of the

money raised from the charges would also be invested in improved public transport. Do youagree or disagree with this overall proposal

5340

Disagree Agree

Agreement w ith p ropo sal to submit b idAgreement w ith p roposal to submit bid

Q8. In J uly, the Councils of Greater Manchester can submit its bid to the Government for the overall transportpackage we have been talking about. This is a competition and ifsuccessful, there would be further consultationwith the public and businesses before the schemes are introduced. On this basis, would you agree or disagreewith the principle of Greater Manchester submitting a bid for the package

6824

Disagree Agree

2. Businesses

1009 telephone interviews 25 J une to 11 J uly

Employers sampled by Experian across GreaterManchester

100 employers interviewed in each GM district

Sampling error of +/-3.1% at GM level

Base: All (1,009)


Manchester in next 5-10 years


Manchester in next 5-10 years

79

72

24

20

14

16

63

74

Unless action is taken in the near future,

traffic congestion in Greater Manchester

will get much worse

Traffic congestion will have an increasing

impact on the economy of Greater

Manchester

There is already enough public money

spent on public transport in Greater

Manchester

Traffic congestion causes no real damage

to the environment in Greater Manchester

Disagree Agree

Agreement w ith p roposal :

Principle of package


Principle of packageQ.6: Would you agree or disagree with the principle of a combined package of 3 billionimprovements in transport in GM that also included greater local control over buses and rail andthe introduction of congestion charging for vehicles using the busiest roads at peak times onweekdays?

4738

Disagree Agree


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Agreement wi th proposal :

including details of charging scheme

Agreement wi th proposal :

including details of charging schemeQ7. The proposal is that congestion charging would only operate at peak time, on weekdays, for inwardjourneys in the morning and outward journeys in the evening. For the longest journey, the maximum costin the morning would be 3 and in the evening 2. These charges would only be introduced after there hasbeen a large investment in transport in Greater Manchester. All of the money raised from the charges

would also be invested in improved public transport. Do you agree or disagree with this overall proposal?

4150

Disagree Agree

Agreement w ith p roposal to submit b idAgreement wi th proposal to submit bid

Q8. In J uly, the Councils of Greater Manchester can submit its bid to the Government for theoverall transport package we have been talking about. This is a competition and if successful,there would be further consultation with the public and businesses before the schemes areintroduced. On this basis, would you agree or disagree with the principle of Greater Manchestersubmitting a bid for the package

6031

Disagree Agree

Next Steps

Bid submitted to Government, 31 J uly2007

Now December:Detailed discussions with DfT officials

Next stage of information and engagement

Bid refinement and detail clarification

Anticipated announcement on ProgrammeEntrystatus, early 2008

www.gmfuturetransport.co.uk

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Similar to Auckland's current claims of taxing/tolling road users to pay for public transport! Great Manchester Transport Innovation Fund poll 2008 rejected by 78.8% of voters