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INTRODUCTION

The Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund was a failed

bid by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA)

and Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) to secure 1.5

billion from the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF), a major public transport

funding mechanism in England, for the metropolitan county of Greater

Manchester. There would have been an additional 1.2 billion borrowed and

paid back through a mixture of public transport revenues and weekday,

peak-time only Greater Manchester congestion charge.

The funds would have been spent on modernizing Greater

Manchester's transport network, with large scale extensions of the

Manchester Metro link system, as well as increased bus and rail services,

investment in existing stations and improvements to cycling and road

networks. Other changes would have been the introduction of the Ready

card, an Integrated Transport Smartcard similar to the Oyster

card used in Greater London.

AGMA decided to hold a referendum in Greater Manchester so that its

electorate could express their approval or rejection of the proposals. The

referendum, a postal vote, began in late November and closed on 11

December 2008. The results were announced on 12 December, showing that

the majority of voters in all ten boroughs rejected the proposals.

Funding

The proposed funding would have been in two parts: 1.441bn in the

form of a grant from Central Government, and 1.150bn as a loan to be

repaid over a period of 30 years with the profit generated by both the public

transport system and the Congestion Charge


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In addition 300m would have been loaned to directly set up and

administer the congestion charging system. The funding would be spent on

the proposed improvements, and the cost of setting up the system. Once the

loan had been repaid, the profits from the congestion charge would be used

to fund future investment in Greater Manchester's transport system.

QUESTION

Identify one of the major innovations that you believe have helped

to improve the overall public transport system. Discuss the effect of

this suggestion to the mobility issues among the people.

The major innovation that has helped to improve the overall public transport

system in Manchester is by funding. By having fund, all the public transport

will get benefit from it. Such as privately-operated bus services would have

gained a large amount of investment from the fund. The aim of the TiF was

to improve reliability, create better local routes and better access, and to

make the services easier to use.


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The proposals included:

Improving the frequency of bus services at all times of day, including theearly morning and late evening(peak-hours).

Expanding the service network and making bus coverage in GreaterManchester more comprehensive and effective.

Introducing more modern and comfortable buses (all of which would havelow floors for ease of access) to attract many people to used public

transport.

Providing new "feeder" links with railway stations and Metrolink stops Improving fare-collection systems, encouraging the use ofseason

tickets and the introduction of a smartcard scheme

Introducing "bus priority" corridors to give buses more road space.At a local level, the plan presumed that 90% of the population of Greater

Manchester should live within a five-minute walk of a bus service meeting

the following criteria:

At least a 20-minute frequency on weekdays At least a 30-minute frequency on weekday evenings and at weekends.


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Railways

A Northern Rail service near Castleton

By having Transport Innovations Fund, it can improve the rail network in the

area. Investment in new and longer trains would:

1. Increase peak-time capacity by 2,950 seats across GreaterManchester; this would be in addition to 4,100 peak-time seats thegovernment had promised to fund regardless of whether the TiF

proceeded.

2. When peak hours, there must happen congestion or the seats notenough for the passengers, so by having this fund, the facility of the

rail can be improved.

3. Extra platforms or extensions to existing platforms could be built atsome stations to accommodate longer trains. This would help the

congestion problem because the rail can accommodate longer trains

which means can carry many people on it.


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4. Security improvements would include the provision of closed-circuittelevision at stations, covering platforms, waiting areas and car parks.

It will guarantee the safety of the passengers when using it.

5. In order to encourage passengers to cycle to stations, 2,500secure bicycle stands are planned. When the government decides to

build bicycle stand at the stations, this would help to reduce the usage

of the car and automatically reduce the congestion. The systems also

will well- organized.

6. Connections between different modes of transport would be improvedwith interchange facilities (with buses and Metrolink services where

applicable) at several locations in Manchester city

centre, Salford, Altrincham, Ashton-under-

Lyne, Bolton, Eccles, Stockport and Wigan.

7. New or enlarged park and ride facilities were proposed at CheadleHulme, Horwich Parkway, Hazel Grove, Heald Green, Mills

Hill, Rochdale, Romiley and Stalybridge railway stations.

8. As with the proposed improvements to the bus network, customerinformation screens would have been provided at all stations; real-

time updates would be available online and via a text message service.

These will easier the passenger to know the exactly time of the buseswill arrive at the stations or give exactly time if the buses delayed

even by text messages service to their cell phones.


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9. The proposed smartcard system would be valid on trains in theGreater Manchester area as well as on buses and trams. The

smartcard can be used for the trains, buses and trams. These help

passengers to purchase the ticket even though the transport modes

are different.

Metrolink

A Metrolink tram in Eccles

Manchester Metrolink is Greater Manchester's urban transit system.

The network in 2008 had 3 routes, 37 stations and 23 miles (37 km) of

track. The Phase 3a extension already had funding, with surveys and

inspection work already underway.

Further extensions proposed under the TiF scheme would have

increased track mileage to 67 miles (108 km), the number of stops to 108,

the combined impact of the recently announced extensions to the Metrolink

network (which are not part of TiF) and the impact of TiF extensions would

bring to the total passenger capacity to 70 million journeys annually (from

20 million in 2008).


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The proposed Phase 3b extension included within the TiF consisted of various

extensions to Phase 3a routes:

Two branch lines running from the Phase 3a terminus at Chorlton-cum-Hardy. One would run to East Didsbury, the other to Manchester Airport

An extension to the Phase 3a Droylsden branch, to Ashton-under-Lyne A Street running line running between Mumps and Werneth stations in

Oldham, replacing the heavy rail route.

Extending the Phase 3a Rochdale branch from Rochdale railwaystation into the town centre

Funding would also be made available for a branch line to the TraffordCentre.

A Second City Crossing to increase capacity through Manchester citycentre, and to avoid the possibility of tram congestion between G-Mex

station and Piccadilly. This would link G-Mex directly with Victoria station,

avoiding Piccadilly, with potential new stops at Cross Street and Albert

Square - although a slightly longer route along Deansgate was

considered.

Metrolink is one of the transport system that always being used by the

people of Manchester to travel. By investing in this kind of transport

system, it would increase the amount of passengers per journey. This

help to reduce the cost in term of time to the passengers. The addition of

stops to 108 will increase the number of passengers because of this is the

urban transit system in the country. The fund also being used to extend

the phase3a to the town center which are where the population number is

high.


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Greater Manchester smartcard

The planned smartcard system would cover all modes of transport inthe Greater Manchester area, removing the need to buy separate

tickets for a multi-modal journey. Operationally, it would be similar to

London's Oystercard scheme.

While delayed by the failure of the Tif vote the smartcard has sincefound 1m annual funding from a new government programmed for

research and studies into enabling the roll out of smartcards nationally

amongst the city regions.

The investment on this type of modes will improve the transport system and

will have effect towards the passengers. By introducing the Greater

Manchester smartcard, the passengers can buy ticket of all transport modes

using only one card. This will easier them to buy tickets without having to

buy separately at different places. Those days, many countries have used

this type of system to influence the people to used public transport.

Passengers will feel more comfortable with the facility provided.


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