Tranzwight :: The Benefits

The Island Benefits:

In summary, the main Island community benefits of the new tramway link are that it would:

provide a step change in the quality and quantity of public transport, creating an enhanced travel choice and offering a real alternative to the car;
attract over 9,100 trips per day onto the tramway services by 2016, enabling a modal shift away from the A3056/A3020 in a corridor where the car currently dominates, thus relieving the A3056/A3020 corridor;
provide substantial congestion relief on the road network in the corridor with a forecast reduction in traffic demand of up to 20% at peak times from in 2016;
support sustainable new developments, in Cowes, Sandown and Newport (Pan), as well as at St Mary’s Hospital, Newport industrial estate and the Isle of Wight College;
provide a new public transport service in the Sandown to Cowes corridor, introducing a thirty-minute frequency service along the route at all times by 2016;
provide new opportunities for interchange between the new tramway services, the existing public transport network and the private car, through the introduction of new Park and Ride facilities;

enhancing access to local employment, retail, leisure and education opportunities;
provide a vital part of the sub-regional transport infrastructure which is essential to ensure that other elements of the Isle of Wight Local Transport Plan can be delivered, e.g. the agreed roads Private Finance Initiative;
reduce accidents along the A3056/A3020 corridor by encouraging a shift away from the private car.
promote social inclusion by improving accessibility;
reduced pollution and Climate Change through cleaner air.

Some Interesting Stuff

Did you know that of the total greenhouse gas emissions from transport in the UK, some 85% are due to CO2 emissions from road vehicles;
around 40% of CO2 emissions in the UK are caused by things we do as individuals;
across these activities, personal car travel is the single biggest contributor to personal CO2 emissions.