Transport Flashcards
What does the Budget 2020 mean for investment in infrastructure?
£640 billion of capital investment in infrastructure.
What does the Budget 2020 mean for roads?
15 local road upgrades across the country that will reduce congestion. £27 billion between now and 2025 on the Second Road Investment Strategy?
What does the Budget 2020 mean for potholes?
A £500 million-a-year Pothole Fund (a 50% increase) to fix 10 million potholes a year.
What is our National Bus Strategy?
£220 million project to transform bus services across England. 50% of it goes towards additional bus services. It gives local authorities the power to create London-styled franchised services.
What are we doing in regard to electric buses?
£150 million to replace and upgrade the bus fleet. This will bring about an extra 1,300 low emission buses on our roads, and an extra 263 zero emission buses on the way.
£50 million to create Britain’s first all-electric bus town.
What is our approach to superbus networks?
Launch new low-fare, high-frequency superbus networks. Give local authorities the power to partner with bus companies to create new superbus networks. In exchange for the local authority investing more in bus lanes, bus operators run more lower-cost services. They allow passengers more choice and lower prices.
How are we restoring lost bus networks?
£30 million in 2020-21 to restore lost services and improve existing routes. We’ve already made £250 million available.
How much is the Beeching Reversal Fund?
£500 million
Where is a candidate for the Beeching Reversal Fund in the NE?
Ashington, Seaton Delaval, Blyth: an active freight line. 42% of households in Ashington Central do not own a car. Northumberland County Council wants £99 million. 35 minutes away from Newcastle.
Where is a candidate for the Beeching Reversal Fund in the Lancashire?
Thornton-Cleveleys and Fleetwood, served by a disused freight line.
Skelmersdale, West Lancashire: only served by infrequent buses. 35% of households don’t own cars. An active rail line runs less than two miles away; extending it to the town would bring it within 30 minutes of Liverpool and 60 minutes of Manchester.
How much are we investing on building new cycling infrastructure?
£350 million into a Cycling Infrastructure Fund - and designs must meet tough new standards to receive any money - too much cycling infrastructure is substandard, providing little protection from motorised traffic and giving up at the very places where it is most needed.
How will we promote cycling?
Double bikeability training so it is accessible to all children. Create a long-term cycling programme and budget, like roads have. Increase provision for separated bike lanes on main roads. Pilot incentivising GPs to prescribe bicycles or bike hire to patients in need. Raise cycling funding elsewhere in the country and make it conditional on adherence to strict new quality standards, similar to the London Cycling Design Standards introduced under Boris Johnson’s mayoralty.
How will we promote walking?
Improve and increase pavements.
Since 2016, how have strikes affected the railways?
160 days of strikes affecting 11 of 17 franchises and the LU.
How will we minimise disruption from strikes on the rail network?
Legislate to oblige rail employers and unions to enter into Minimum Service Agreements. MSAs would set in advance the number and nature of staff who would remain at work during a strike. In the absence of an MSA, strike action would not be lawful. This means that there would never be a situation where there are no trains running. Similar provisions already exist in other European countries, i.e. France, Spain, Italy, Belgium. Minimum service varies between 1/5 and 1/3 of normal service.
