21st February 2007, 02:40 PM
And some into Leeds haven't....I got on the other day and wouldn't have been surprised to see Thomas pulling it.
Bus lanes are a tricky thing, evidence for their effectiveness is mixed. What has been found is that in many cases (not all, before you pick on a example of the contrary) by reducing non-bus road capacity, traffic queues get far longer, and obstruct junctions, thus the buses can't get onto their lanes and you have a lose-lose situation. It is not a simple issue, there is no hey presto. Trams maybe?
Yes, I think the nub of it is the 'unnecessary journey' syndrome - but who decides? How about the school run - look at how dramatically the traffic flow improves during school holidays. Who decides how accessible by public transport a workplace is?
Society has chanmged enormously over the last 40 odd years. Infrastructure has become geared to the car - out of town shopping centres, peripheral supermarkets and the death of the high street. We used to have full time housewives with the time to go shopping every day or two. Now most people do a weekly shop, difficult to carry home from the peripheral supermarket.
Yes, exactly 1man, as I said before if government is serious about the issue they would put effective alternatives in place BEFORE introducing another tax, which doesn't just mean a couple of extra buses. Do you really believe that will happen? I'd like to think so, but....
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.
Bus lanes are a tricky thing, evidence for their effectiveness is mixed. What has been found is that in many cases (not all, before you pick on a example of the contrary) by reducing non-bus road capacity, traffic queues get far longer, and obstruct junctions, thus the buses can't get onto their lanes and you have a lose-lose situation. It is not a simple issue, there is no hey presto. Trams maybe?
Yes, I think the nub of it is the 'unnecessary journey' syndrome - but who decides? How about the school run - look at how dramatically the traffic flow improves during school holidays. Who decides how accessible by public transport a workplace is?
Society has chanmged enormously over the last 40 odd years. Infrastructure has become geared to the car - out of town shopping centres, peripheral supermarkets and the death of the high street. We used to have full time housewives with the time to go shopping every day or two. Now most people do a weekly shop, difficult to carry home from the peripheral supermarket.
Yes, exactly 1man, as I said before if government is serious about the issue they would put effective alternatives in place BEFORE introducing another tax, which doesn't just mean a couple of extra buses. Do you really believe that will happen? I'd like to think so, but....
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.