Closure of bus lanes in Liverpool

[First Class]

RE: Closure of bus lanes in Liverpool.
I wonder whether bus companies will be forced to reduce frequencies............ replacing single deck vehicles with larger double decker buses, but at a lower frequency could potentially IMPROVE traffic congestion.

[mr t]

RE: Closure of bus lanes in Liverpool.
City-wide – Bus Lane Trial Suspension

Amey LG Ltd will be undertaking works to remove/amend signage associated with the bus lanes from 21st to 27th October 2013 on the following routes. Further detail on the traffic management to be deployed will be shared in due course:

1) Lime Street (northbound from Ranelagh Street to Elliot Street)

2) Strand Street (southbound from James Street to Liverpool One Bus Station)

3) Strand Street (northbound into Liverpool One Bus Station and right turn into James Street)

4) Chapel Street (westbound from Bixteth Street to George’s Dock Gates)

5) London Road – bus only right turn (northbound from Lime Street to London Road)

6) Brownlow Hill (eastbound from Mount Pleasant to Clarence Street and Trowbridge Street to Mount Pleasant)

7) Kensington (westbound from Jubilee Drive to Low Hill)

8) Kensington (eastbound from Ingrow Road to Sheil Road)

9) Prescot Road (westbound from St Oswalds Street to Green Lane and Laburnum Road to Beech Street)

10) East Prescot Road (westbound from Rudyard Road to Queens Drive)

11) County Road (southbound from Lenthall Street to Spellow Lane)

12) Rice Lane outbound (northbound from Wellfield Road to Stoker Way and Hornby Road to Eskdale Road)

13) Warbreck Moor (southbound from Park Lane to Melling Road)

14) Longmoor Lane (westbound from Higher Lane to Greenwich Road)

15) Wavertree Road (eastbound from Martensen Street to Waterworth Drive)

16) Picton Road (eastbound from Spofforth Road to Rathbone Road)

17) High Street (westbound from Church Road North to Glynn Street)

18) Childwall Valley Road (northwest/westbound from Belle Vale Road to Childwall Fiveways and eastbound from Score Lane to Bentham Drive)

19) Horrocks Avenue (north/southbound from Horrocks Avenue to Garston Way)

20) Speke Hall Avenue (north/southbound from Speke Road to Dunlop Road)

21) Upper Parliament Street (westbound from Mulgrave Street to Princes Road)

22) Park Road (northbound from South Hill Grove to Kelby Close and Harlow Street to Laxey Street)

23) Irvine Street / Mount Vernon (westbound)

24) Old Haymarket / St Johns Lane (southbound and eastbound)

[wirralbus]

RE: Closure of bus lanes in Liverpool.
Buses are supposed to improve traffic flow , but removing bus lanes will have an undesired effect of bringing more traffic in to areas which can least cope with it.

[First Class]

RE: Closure of bus lanes in Liverpool.
At least he can't touch areas outside of Liverpool.

What a complete and utter *** !!!

[wirralbus]

RE: Closure of bus lanes in Liverpool.
The only problem is most of the useful bus lanes are in Liverpool .

I do wonder how much say Arriva and Stagecoach have had into this edict from the Mayor.

[CX06 EBK (Administrator)]

RE: Closure of bus lanes in Liverpool.
Some of the above bus lanes (such as the Park Road one) were only in operation between the hours of 7.30-9.30am anyway.

[MPTE1955]

RE: Closure of bus lanes in Liverpool.
7.30 -9.30 are the busiest times though aren't they, others are for evening rush hour. This will not help those times one bit, this idiotic mayor is simply trying to save his job because he has messed up everywhere else.

[Raawwwrrr!]

RE: Closure of bus lanes in Liverpool.
The best thing to happen with this outcome would be for buses to block exits and turn off points whilst stuck in stationary traffic such as at the Lime St bus lane. Buses repeatedly blocking the turnoff for Hanover St/Copperas Hill (due to extra traffic and more queues) would cause mayhem for all traffic trying to enter (and exit) the City Centre from the south and generate bad publicity for the scheme.

You never know guys, it might actually work (doubtful), but you never know!

[CX06 EBK (Administrator)]

RE: Closure of bus lanes in Liverpool.
MPTE, yes they are the busiest times of a morning but for example the Park Road one has no evening use despite it getting just as busy then.

[MPTE1955]

RE: Closure of bus lanes in Liverpool.

(12/10/2013 19:50)CX06 EBK Wrote:  MPTE, yes they are the busiest times of a morning but for example the Park Road one has no evening use despite it getting just as busy then.

There will be the odd one that doesn't matter as they are hardly used, but for the busy one's, well what can I say that I haven't already.