Ebbsfleet International is a focal point of the wider Ebbsfleet Garden City regeneration zone, which will provide up to 15,000 homes by 2035. Ebbsfleet falls within the wider ‘Kent Thameside’ area, which aims to bring 50,000 new jobs and 25,000 new homes over the next 15 to 25 years.
Maximising the use of sustainable and active transport forms part of the Garden City Implementation Framework, which promotes improving cycling infrastructure including implementing cycle hubs at major transport interchanges.
PJA was commissioned by Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (EDC) to undertake a Cycle Hubs Feasibility and Economic Case at Ebbsfleet International and Northfleet Stations.
The commission comprised a site and desk based audit of the Garden City and its vision; a review of best industry practice; an optioneering and scheme design of potential facilities; travel demand modelling; and an economic appraisal, in line with DfT Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG), to demonstrate the scheme provides value for money.
A welfare Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) was undertaken, in line with DfT TAG, based on the active mode appraisal guidance. The CBA revealed high value for money. Sensitivity testing of reasonable changes in travel demand assumptions demonstrated this value for money estimate is robust.
Our work formed a key part of a full business case (FBC) for the facilities, successful in securing over a million pounds worth of Government funding in July 2019 to build a state-of-the-art cycle hub facility.
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