Post by TB123 on Mar 21, 2024 23:43:50 GMT
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Gloucestershire bidding with Stagecoach, Pulhams and Lydney Community Transport for new EVs
Gloucestershire bidding with Stagecoach, Pulhams and Lydney Community Transport for new EVs
Gloucestershire’s ZEBRA 2 application included the following routes: Routes 94 and 94x serve Gloucester and Cheltenham and offer an opportunity to electrify one of Gloucestershire’s busiest bus routes, providing high visibility on a corridor identified in Gloucestershire’s Local Transport Plan (LTP), Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) and in the emerging express-bus study. Routes 41, 42, and 43 (linking Tewkesbury to Cheltenham) as well as route 71 (linking Tewkesbury to Gloucester) are also recognised in the LTP, BSIP, and the emerging express-bus corridor study. These services provide high quality regular bus services for the proposed expansion of Gloucestershire’s rural DRT service to link into. In addition, routes 41, 42, and 43 will benefit from investment in bus priority as part of the M5 J10 scheme and developer fundingmaking this a real opportunity to create a flagship express-bus corridor for Gloucestershire. Route T, links Bishop Cleeve and Tewkesbury, complements the 41 and 71, and would complete the EV conversion of Stagecoach’s Tewkesbury network. Routes 1 and 2 serve Gloucester and run through an Air Quality Management Area, providing significant opportunities to improve the health of Gloucestershire residents and have quality buses serving some of our most deprived communities. Route 99, linking Cheltenham General Hospital to Gloucester Royal Hospital via Arle Court. This route provides significant benefits for NHS workers as well as Gloucestershire residents needing to access hospital services. It aligns with Gloucestershire’s LTP and BSIP and links to one of GCC’s major investment projects and flagship Interchange Hub, at Arle Court. Routes P, Q, and L provide local services within Cheltenham, which has long suffered from poor air quality. Route 801, links Moreton-in-Marsh to Stow-on-the-Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water and Cheltenham. This route would see investment in one of our emerging express-bus corridors, which we plan to enhance using BSIP+ funding, and provide links to the Gloucestershire “Robin” service in the north Cotswolds and to rail services at Moreton-in-Marsh station. Routes 802 and 855 are rural services linking Bourton-on-the-Water to Upper Rissington and Cirencester. Route 777 serves Lydney to Coleford. As with the 801, these are truly rural bus routes that would benefit a significant congestion hotspot and AQMA.