Chapter 4 I Transport and Mobility
CMATS Modal Share Baseline and Outcomes
Mode
Walking
Cycling
Public Transport
Car
Existing
21%
1%
10%
66%
Outcomes
21%
10%
25.7%
49.3%
Table 4.1: CMATS Modal Share Baseline and Targets. Source: CMATS.
4.4 The modal share across the Cork Metropolitan Area (CMA) differs from that of the city due to the larger geographic area that the CMA covers. A key objective of CMATS is to shift this modal shift in favour of more sustainable transport modes. 4.5 These are the CMATS expected outcomes, however there is scope, and an ambition of Cork City Council, to exceed the targets set for sustainable transport modes. Cork City Council agreed to set a modal share target for cycling of 10%. Due to forecast population growth, achieving these targets will mean that by 2040 there will be: • 90 million annual walking trips, with a 250% increase in footfall in the city centre;
making it easier to walk and cycle, yielding the potential for big changes in the way people move around the city. 4.8 Addressing sprawl by creating the opportunities for people to live and work in proximity to employ- ment and services via a modern and efficient public transport network is fundamental to the success of Cork as a City, both in terms of a successful city of neighbourhoods and as the economic driver of the Southern Region. 4.9 The delivery of a €3.5 billion investment in transport infrastructure set out in the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (CMATS) which was developed by the National Transport Authority will fundamentally change how people move around Cork City.
• 19.5 million annual cycling trips; • 85 million bus passenger trips; • 16 million trips on suburban rail; and • 46 million trips on light rail.
4.6 Linking sustainable transport provision with land use provides a co-ordinated approach to the development of the city. This in turn can facilitate compact growth and, through a broad range of transport options; reduce congestion and the economic and environmental cost of congestion; herald a reduction in car dependency, whilst strengthening the basis for investment in sustainable transport alternatives by providing some of the necessary prerequisites for these alternatives, the primary requirement being a critical mass of population. 4.7 This will involve focusing new residential and employment development in areas with good access to the planned public transport network, and in locations where people can live close to work,
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