[sustran] Achieving Modal Shift - Market Research - another thought

[Alan Howes]

[Re-sending now I am properly subscribed again!]

A further point on the above - 

I'm now using public transport regularly for the first time in about 30 years. One of the things I find most annoying is the journey on foot to and from the station.

Edinburgh is quite a good place to be a pedestrian. But nevertheless, if you are hurrying for a train, problem #1 is narrow footways, obstructed by bus shelters / tourists / slow walkers.

Problem #2 is probably more widely felt - if it's wet, walking near the kerb carries a high risk of being soaked as (mainly) buses splash through puddles. Then there's uneven paving, lack of pedestrian crossing facilities, etc.

But none of the research I have seen so far seems to look at this aspect - how much people are put off public transport by the pedestrian experience at either end.

(I consider the pluses, e.g. view of Edinburgh Castle, or at the other end the trees and the birdsong, to be ample compensation - but others may think differently.)

Cheers, Alan


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Alan Howes
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