This brings prosperity and growth for the local and national economy, but also places pressure on the transport network. Forecast growth over the next decade will create 26,000 more daily car journeys if we don’t take action now.
To reduce congestion, improve air quality and reduce carbon emissions and create a more sustainable network for the future, we need more people travelling by public transport, cycling and walking and fewer people travelling by car.
We have a plan to make that happen by giving people better choices to travel sustainably.
A transformed public transport and walking, cycling, and wheeling network, giving more people the choice of attractive sustainable journeys by better serving existing and new employment and residential areas.
Public transport journeys need to be competitive, sustainable and reliable and active travel alternatives need to be safe and easy to encourage people to move away from cars. Our City Access programme is promoting measures to improve access by sustainable transport to the city centre and key employment sites and encourage commuters away from cars, as well as supporting air quality improvements and creating a more people-focused city centre environment.
Our transport projects aim to reduce congestion and serve key areas of growth, reducing city traffic flows by 10-15%.
We’re actively supporting local partners’ net zero carbon ambitions as well as the government’s commitment to bring the UK’s harmful emissions to net zero by 2050. We’ve part-funded thirty electric buses.
Investment is helping to better share prosperity across our area by widening access to affordable, reliable public transport for existing and growing communities outside the city.
Our projects encourage healthier alternatives to car use, such as cycling and walking, to support people being more active day-to-day.
We’re working to introduce modern, greener vehicles and better technology to achieve more seamless integration for passengers moving between modes of transport, like bus and train, with better access to cycling and walking routes for onward journeys.