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| What we have achieved
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Expansion of Superoute to 41 high quality bus services on key corridors
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Demand responsive transport Ucall services introduced in Hetton le Hole
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Installed bus priority signals at nine key locations in the Real Time Information (RTI) project
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Introduced a second innovative Shared Taxi service in South Shields
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Completion of the kerb guided elements on the Stephenson Corridor
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Implementation of the Route 19 bus service in North Tyneside
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| What we plan to achieve
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Complete the bus route elements of the Centrelink project
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Further extend the Superoute network to a target of up to 50 services
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Introduce further bus priority signals at new locations in the RTI project
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Further develop demand responsive and other innovative service alternatives as appropriate to local opportunities that combat social exclusion
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| Performance Indicators and Targets
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| Performance Indicator | Target 04/05 | Actual 04/05 | Target 05/06 | Target 06/07 | Target 07/08 | | Secured Bus Services: % mileage operated with buses complying to accessibility targets | 97 | 99.7 | 99 | 99 | 99 | | U-call Services: Number of passenger journeys (thousands) | 70 | 94.9 | 98 | 98 | 98 | | All Bus Services: Influence an increase in easy access buses (number) | 514 | 590 | 565 | 622 | 684 | | Total number of local bus passengers journeys: LTP1 (millions) | 128.5 | 134.3 | 123.3 | 124.5 | 125.8 | | % of all bus services operated to schedule (+1 to -5 minutes) | 95 | 87.56 | 95 | 95 | 95 |
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| Key to table |
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| Target achieved or bettered | | Within 10% of target | | Well below target | | Not Applicable |
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