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West Midlands Buses in Discussion => General Discussion, Questions & Route Suggestions => Topic started by: Sandy Lane on November 22, 2016, 04:28:36 PM

Title: Coventry bus lane closure trial
Post by: Sandy Lane on November 22, 2016, 04:28:36 PM
Coventry bus lanes to be scrapped for six-month trial period in New Year.

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/bus-lanes-scrapped-city-six-12211920

Ansty Road outbound at Clifford Bridge Road

Ansty Road inbound at Burns Road

Binley Road

Foleshill Road/Old Church Road

Holbrook Lane outbound

London Road outbound St James Lane

Tile Hill Gyratory

Will it or wont it affect bus journey times I wonder?
A controversial decision for a Labour controlled council.
Title: Re: Coventry bus lane closure trial
Post by: Adam 404 on November 22, 2016, 05:35:45 PM
Quote from: Sandy Lane on November 22, 2016, 04:28:36 PM
Coventry bus lanes to be scrapped for six-month trial period in New Year.

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/bus-lanes-scrapped-city-six-12211920

Ansty Road outbound at Clifford Bridge Road

Ansty Road inbound at Burns Road

Binley Road

Foleshill Road/Old Church Road

Holbrook Lane outbound

London Road outbound St James Lane

Tile Hill Gyratory

Will it or wont it affect bus journey times I wonder?
A controversial decision for a Labour controlled council.
I am surprised that Sky Blue Way didn't feature on this as well!
Not very good. Some bus lanes can go but some, Old Church Road, really should stay as it is chaos on Foleshill Road at the best of times!
Title: Re: Coventry bus lane closure trial
Post by: Adam 404 on November 23, 2016, 06:01:22 PM
This is about to feature in ITV Central News.
Title: Re: Coventry bus lane closure trial
Post by: JoNi on November 24, 2016, 02:46:41 PM
A small number of bus lanes are being suspended.
Most of which are scraps of wide road used in the name of bus priority.
This is not the same as Liverpool where all bus lanes were suspended and most valuable were subsequently reinstated and kept.
Indeed despite these challenges Arriva Merseyside still beat NX in the UK bus awards i'm sure their proactive management style to keep them helped in that success.
The concept of being energised by challenge seems completely alien to NX.