Chapter 4 I Transport and Mobility
Park and Ride
4.94 Indicative locations for high capacity, strategic PnR facilities are proposed at: • Dunkettle – catchment for M8 and N25. Will be supported by suburban rail and BusConnects; • Carrs Hill / M28 – BusConnects; • Cork Airport – BusConnects; • Bandon Road Roundabout (N40) (BusConnects);
4.88 Park and Ride (PnR) involves the provision of high capacity, car parking facilities at designated public transport interchanges to provide onward access to the City Centre and other key destinations via high frequency public transport, walking or cycling. 4.89 Park and Ride can deliver the following benefits for Cork City: • Support economic vitality by improving overall accessibility to the City Centre area; • Reduce road traffic congestion on radial routes; • Increase the attractiveness of the City Centre to visitors and shoppers; • Increase the effective catchment area of the public transport network; • Transfer commuting trips from private car to public transport; • Improve access for those living on the city edge and in low density suburbs; and • Maximise public transport patronage. 4.90 CMATS is a means of increasing the accessibility of the transport network to a population that might not otherwise have access by walking, cycling or bus transfer. 4.91 At present, Cork has limited PnR services with the existing Black Ash facility near the Kinsale Road interchange is operating below capacity. A number of strategic PnR facilities are therefore proposed to address the shortcomings in recent provision. 4.92 Strategic PnR facilities will cater for between 400 - 600 car parking spaces and will in all cases, be serviced by reliable, high frequency public transport including the suburban rail corridor, BusConnects and/ or light rail system. 4.93 Quality local walking and cycling networks will be required to support safe and reliable interchange services and adjoining employment and residential uses.
• Blarney/Stoneview (rail based); • Ballincollig/Woodberry (light rail).
4.95 The above represent indicative locations only and are subject to further investigation. In the majority of cases, strategic PnR will be related to the delivery of the BusConnects network and require bus priority measures to be implemented in advance of the opening of the facility.
Local Mobility Hubs
4.96 The strategic PnR network will be complemented by a number of smaller, local facilities sometimes known as ‘mobility hubs’ in a European city context. Local mobility hubs may include formalising existing surface or multistorey car parks at locations including Mahon, Pouladuff Road, Carrigrohane Road, Black- pool, and Docklands. These hubs may potentially take the form of multi-storey car parks or basement car-parking in some circumstances. Existing rail and bus stations may also be retrofitted as mobility hubs. 4.97 Typically, a local mobility hub will be supported by frequent public transport, quality walking and cycling networks within a catchment area of 500- 600m and include supplementary facilities including public transport stops, high-capacity cycle parking, bicycle sharing systems, dedicated car club spaces, carpooling spaces, electric charging facilities for cars and taxi drop-off facilities. 4.98 Local mobility hubs typically support lower levels of residential parking from new development areas but can potentially support some limited destination parking in areas where on-street parking has been re-purposed to support public transport or local public realm improvements. Site specific locations and suitable capacities for mobility hubs will be determined during the lifetime of the plan.
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