Birmingham Council House

Thursday 2nd April 2009

Jamie HodgsonAaron PereiraJamie Phillips

Opinions on Birmingham’s Public Transport

Evidently, something needs doing.

“Hagley Road, Jam-packed full of cars!” “Ubiquitous, but not on time!”

“I had to wait an hour and a half for a bus,

at prime time!!”

What makes Paris successful?

•Regular

•Fast

•High Connectivity

Integration & Coherence

London Midland Routes

Midland Metro Route

• Incoherent systems of Metro, Bus and Rail

• Successful systems – London, Singapore, Berlin, Frankfurt – integrated.

• More than one mode of travel impractical in Birmingham

Sutton

Cologne – an S-bahn network reaching into the suburbs

Population Density in the West Midlands (Maptube)

Aims• Connect residential to centre• Relieve congestion• Greener• Expandable• Frequent• Integrate with other transport• Service underdeveloped areas• Encourage business investment

The Brumderground

Castle Vale

An integrated network

• More power to Network West Midlands

• Regulated fares

An Integrated Network

• Smartcards

• Privately Operated“You will find that once you take away this profit motive from the public transport operators, the cost starts to go up”

Raymond Lin, Minister for Transport, Government of Singapore

A Feasible Solution?

Flexible and expandableValuable city centre land keptTakes cars off roadLittle overground disruptionNew jobsPassable GeologyCost - £350 million / mileOverall £10-15 bn

To conclude…• Urgent need for

underground• Integrated

transport system• Provide

alternative to car• Sound

infrastructure for future

Thank you for your attention