Traffic Managment: Birmingham Flashcards
1
Q
How has the scheme CarShare Birmingham helped traffic issues?
A
-if you share a car with someone once a week could get £200/year
-share fuel and parking costs
-Can travel in car share lanes=quicker
=less cars on road
2
Q
How have Park and Ride Schemes around Birmingham helped traffic issues?
A
-government approved expansion of park and ride schemes
-will provide 300 parking spaces, electric vehicle charging points
= less people driving into CBD but still going in
3
Q
How have road improvement schemes helped traffic issues
A
- 2013 Birmingham started work on improving roads
- £9 million spent on improvements so far
- designed to make it easier for traffic to get into CBD
4
Q
How has Grand Central Station, New Street, made traveling easier?
A
-Now handles 170,000 passengers a day
-traveling easier, stressfree, less time consuming
= more people take trains rather than cars
