A major justification for the CW route we are told is the speed by which it will get passengers to the city centre. NET say that the journey time from the Clifton park and ride to the city centre will be 21 minutes for the CW route. This is now a lot quicker than an earlier NET prediction for some reason! The same journey on the CQD route will take three minutes longer. This increase of three minutes on total journey time NET say is said to significantly reduce the patronage numbers, but by how much? Can you see a potential park and ride user not using the tram if the journey takes three minutes more. It's hard to understand how NET can justify the claim when you look at it this way.

So you may think that the tram will get you to the city centre more quickly. Have you considered the amount of time it will take to walk to the nearest tram stop. Part of the increased speed occurs because there are not many stops on the tram route. Looking at the proposed CW route the chances are that you may have a long walk ahead of you to benefit from the frequent service. Has that been factored into the calculations on the improved speed of getting to the city centre?

Peak time for any transport system is commuting time. At a public meeting organised by ENT, a straw poll indicated only around 5% of the audience might use a CW route tram to commute to and from work. How does this figure equate to the patronage profile predicted by NET?

So far NET has refused to provide patronage data on a stop by stop profile.