import type { Metadata } from 'next' import Link from 'next/link' import SocialShare from '@/components/SocialShare' export const metadata: Metadata = { title: 'Community Impact', description: 'How Plymouth Metro would transform daily life — improving health, reducing inequality, connecting communities, and supporting a greener Plymouth.', } const IMPACT_AREAS = [ { icon: ( ), title: 'Health & NHS', body: 'Direct, reliable access to Derriford Hospital — the region\'s major trauma centre — would reduce missed appointments, ease parking pressure, and cut ambulance demand. Fewer cars on the road means cleaner air and fewer road casualties, delivering real NHS cost savings.', stat: '£28m', statLabel: 'estimated annual NHS savings from reduced car casualties and better hospital access', }, { icon: ( ), title: 'Education & Young People', body: 'Faster, affordable connections to Plymouth universities, schools, and colleges — reducing transport as a barrier to educational attainment. University of Plymouth and Plymouth Marjon University students and staff would benefit directly from Metro access.', stat: '30,000+', statLabel: 'students and academic staff directly served by the proposed network', }, { icon: ( ), title: 'Social Inclusion', body: 'One in four Plymouth households has no private car. For these residents — including many elderly and disabled people — Metro would deliver genuine freedom of movement. Flat fares, level-access boarding, and audio-visual information systems designed to meet the needs of all passengers.', stat: '65,000', statLabel: 'Plymouth residents in car-free households who would gain reliable rapid transit access', }, { icon: ( ), title: 'Neighbourhoods & Placemaking', body: 'Metro stations become focal points for community investment — bringing improved public spaces, local businesses, and new homes. Station quarters in Derriford, Plympton, and the Barbican would anchor major regeneration schemes and attract private development.', stat: '15,000', statLabel: 'new homes unlocked by development around proposed Metro station catchment areas', }, { icon: ( ), title: 'Environment & Climate', body: 'Every journey made by Metro instead of car removes emissions from Plymouth\'s air. Modelling based on comparable UK systems suggests Plymouth Metro could prevent over 45,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year by 2040, directly supporting the council\'s net-zero ambitions.', stat: '45,000t', statLabel: 'CO₂ prevented per year by 2040 through modal shift from car to Metro', }, { icon: ( ), title: 'Defence & Naval Community', body: 'Devonport Naval Base is one of Plymouth\'s largest employers. An interchange station at Devonport would dramatically improve transport for thousands of Royal Navy personnel, civil servants, and support staff — reducing the military\'s own vehicle fleet and carbon footprint.', stat: '12,000', statLabel: 'Devonport Naval Base personnel who would gain direct Metro access', }, ] export default function ImpactPage() { return ( <>
Community Impact

Better transport, better lives

The impact of Plymouth Metro would go far beyond faster commutes. It would reshape how people access healthcare, education, and opportunity — and make Plymouth a greener, more inclusive city.

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