{"id":40349,"date":"2020-02-14T13:19:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T13:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=40349"},"modified":"2020-02-14T13:19:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T13:19:32","slug":"cardiffs-green-affordable-public-transport-plans-praised-in-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/02\/14\/cardiffs-green-affordable-public-transport-plans-praised-in-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Green, affordable public transport plans praised in Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">180,000\u00a0commute into Cardiff by car every day, council estimates, and it wants that to change<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>PLANS to make Cardiff&#8217;s public transport greener and more affordable have been praised in Parliament. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Stephen Doughty, the MP for Cardiff South and Penarth expressed his support in the Commons for the scheme. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\nHe said: \u201c[The Welsh&nbsp;Labour&nbsp;Government] are supporting the building of a new station east of Cardiff.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: I spoke up this week in Parliament in support of green transport and the proposals for a new station in East Cardiff \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StMellons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StMellons<\/a>. It\u2019s good to see the plans progressing with support from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WelshLabour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WelshLabour<\/a> Government and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cardiffcouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cardiffcouncil<\/a> . <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HZzmyHyvsN\">pic.twitter.com\/HZzmyHyvsN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Stephen Doughty MP (@SDoughtyMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SDoughtyMP\/status\/1225815312127447041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u201cFunding is working to ensure that more people can have access to public transport, green public transport, in the east of the city.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year Cardiff Council released its \u201cTransport Vision to 2030\u201d, a paper which&nbsp;outlines how the council intends to deliver on&nbsp;public transport&nbsp;investments such as expanding the South Wales Metro&nbsp;into Cardiff, switching to electric buses&nbsp;and re-prioritising&nbsp;the city\u2019s streets to cater for cyclists and walkers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Cardiff Council estimate that 180,000 people commute by car every day, with 80,000 coming from outside the city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>In the paper,&nbsp;Councillor&nbsp;Caro Wild said:&nbsp;\u201cA public transport system \u2013 underfunded for years \u2013 and an&nbsp;ever-increasing&nbsp;number of cars on our roads is bringing our city to a standstill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is our biggest contributing factor to climate change.&nbsp;Air pollution is reaching legal limits, affecting the health of every one of us, especially the most vulnerable.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The council hopes that&nbsp;the Cardiff Metro&nbsp;will reduce carbon emissions using a newer and cleaner fleet and&nbsp;improve access to public transport in areas like Radyr, Creigiau and St Mellons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Proposed improvements to the bus network&nbsp;include&nbsp;reducing fares&nbsp;with the aim of introducing \u00a31 journeys,&nbsp;switching&nbsp;to electric buses&nbsp;and&nbsp;building new \u201cbus&nbsp;corridors\u201d to the east, north and west of the city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cardiff-buses-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27224\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cardiff-buses-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27224\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The 94A Cardiff Bus Service to Penarth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The council hopes that the&nbsp;corridors, which they claim in the white paper will be \u201cfree from&nbsp;the delays, traffic and congestion caused by other motorists\u201d, will encourage commuters to get out of their cars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Michael&nbsp;Oakley,&nbsp;24, a call&nbsp;centre&nbsp;operative from St Mellons,&nbsp;said&nbsp;by bus&nbsp;at rush hour&nbsp;it&nbsp;can take over an hour to get from his workplace in Cardiff city&nbsp;centre&nbsp;to his home in Old St Mellons,&nbsp;a distance of&nbsp;just&nbsp;over four miles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cThat\u2019s two hours a day, or&nbsp;ten hours a week spent sitting in traffic&nbsp;if I take the bus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&nbsp;don\u2019t like taking the car too often because it\u2019s too expensive to park in the city&nbsp;centre, but at least you don\u2019t have to worry about&nbsp;the bus being late and it\u2019s slightly faster as you don\u2019t have to stop.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would definitely use the bus more if the&nbsp;corridors are effective; having that extra bit of time at home would be&nbsp;welcomed.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>180,000\u00a0commute into Cardiff by car every day, council estimates, and it wants that to change PLANS to make Cardiff&#8217;s public transport greener and more affordable have been praised in Parliament. Stephen Doughty, the MP for Cardiff South and Penarth expressed his support in the Commons for the scheme. He said: \u201c[The Welsh&nbsp;Labour&nbsp;Government] are supporting the building of a new station east of Cardiff.&nbsp; \u201cFunding is working to ensure that more people can have access to public transport, green public transport, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":40359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,3,15,522,110],"tags":[583,547,536,617,584,409,618],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-40349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","category-news","category-penarth-g-q","category-rumney","category-rumney-llanrumney","tag-cardiff-bus","tag-cars","tag-congestion-charge","tag-green","tag-public-transport","tag-st-mellons","tag-stephen-doughty-mp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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