Liverpool scraps bus lanes...

Mikey23

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-me ... e-24295610

And therefore bicycle lanes... What are your thoughts?

arran77

Good job too Mikey, gives us car drivers more room on the road

Karl Benz

There aren't enough cycle/bus lanes round here , but to get rid of them seems mad?


Way to go to please car drivers but piss off bus wankers,taxis and bikes

Stevo_666

I've never understood bus lanes - I mean, why do poor people need to get anywhere faster than I do?

Cygnus

It's because there's too many of them in the city centre, all it does is to increase congestion. And it won't make any difference to cyclist, the bus lanes in the city centre were always filled with too many busses, traffic was always slow. And outside the city centre the bus lanes were only in operation 7.30 am to 9.30 am Monday to Friday going into the city and 4 pm to 6.30 pm Monday to Friday going out of the city.

arran77

Stevo 666 wrote:

I've never understood bus lanes - I mean, why do poor people need to get anywhere faster than I do?

Exactly, they pay next to nothing to go on the bus and then expect to get there quicker than me in my car, have you seen the price of diesel :roll:

Mikey23

I don't think I would be allowed to use my bus pass in liverpool

arran77

Mikey23 wrote:

I don't think I would be allowed to use my bus pass in liverpool

They'd probably nick it off you up there anyway Mikey.

spen666

I think people have mis interpretated the story.

The reason for no bus lanes in Liverpool is that some scouser has stolen them

Headhuunter

What a ridiculous decision... Time and time again it has been proven that if you increase the capacity for people to drive, more people drive and you just end up back at square 1, except this time you have more traffic sat in jams as there is more space....

andyh01

Cygnus wrote:

It's because there's too many of them in the city centre, all it does is to increase congestion. And it won't make any difference to cyclist, the bus lanes in the city centre were always filled with too many busses, traffic was always slow. And outside the city centre the bus lanes were only in operation 7.30 am to 9.30 am Monday to Friday going into the city and 4 pm to 6.30 pm Monday to Friday going out of the city.

That's the point isn't it? s tidle the bus lanes are an advantage at rush hour peak times which means it should be quicker to use public transport to get to/from work then to drive. At quiter times the extra lane can be used for all which helps traffic flow, as the Council states they are triling them and can reinstate if it makes the traffic flow worse, I think it's good to at least try it and see rather than just dismiss the idea. I cycle in a tidle bus lane a lot in leicester 3/4 of my route and IME they can be more dangerous then being in the normal lane of traffic, as drivers don't expect to see anything but big buses or taxi's, so at juctions/side roads they'll creep forward into bus lane whilst waiting for a gap thus pull out on cyclist without seeing us or left hook as turing into minor and cut across bus lane without signilling/looking.

Stevo_666

arran77 wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

I've never understood bus lanes - I mean, why do poor people need to get anywhere faster than I do?

Exactly, they pay next to nothing to go on the bus and then expect to get there quicker than me in my car, have you seen the price of diesel :roll:

Serves you right for driving a diesel, they are are the work of Satan. I mean, why else would the French drive so many of them?

arran77

Stevo 666 wrote:

arran77 wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

I've never understood bus lanes - I mean, why do poor people need to get anywhere faster than I do?

Exactly, they pay next to nothing to go on the bus and then expect to get there quicker than me in my car, have you seen the price of diesel :roll:

Serves you right for driving a diesel, they are are the work of Satan. I mean, why else would the French drive so many of them?

No choice, company car, has to be diesel

andy9964

Headhuunter wrote:

What a ridiculous decision... Time and time again it has been proven that if you increase the capacity for people to drive, more people drive and you just end up back at square 1, except this time you have more traffic sat in jams as there is more space....

Long term plan to justify introducing a congestion charge??
Or am I just being too cynical?