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Appendix A: Maidstone Transport Model - Option Testing Summary Model Scenario
Appendix A: Maidstone Transport Model - Option Testing Summary
Transport Intervention Assumptions
Model Results: Network Performance
Travel Distance (Veh km)
Travel Time
(Veh hours)
AM
2014 Base
None
122,000
8,300
2022 Do Minimum
Adjusted housing allocation (14,034 homes) and unchanged employment allocation (200,100m2)
Maidstone Gyratory scheme only
141,400
(+16%)
10,700
(+29%)
2022 Do Something
Adjusted housing allocations (14,034 homes) and unchanged employment allocation (200,100m2)
Package of transport improvements:
· Highway capacity improvements
· Public transport improvements (10 min bus frequency)
· Discounting of walk/cycle trips up to 5km
· Increase in long-stay parking charges (by 50%)
· Removal of P&R at Linton and M20 J7
132,000
(+8%)
9,100
(+10%)
2031 Do Something 4b
Revised housing and employment allocations (18,560 homes)
141,800
9,800
(+19%)