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In article 935820125829@ibm3090.bham.ac.uk, TREHARAJ@ibm3090.bham.ac.uk () writes:
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>The sight of long traffic queues on the main roads in Birmingham annoys the
>hell out of me especially when most of the cars contain the driver only.
>Of course everybody realises that a group of buses is better than the
>equivalent number of cars, in terms of fuel, the environment, accidents,
>travel time etc. Unfortunately the initiative is not going to come from
>the motorists. Birmingham City Council are planning to narrow some of
>the main roads in the south of the city and introduce bus lanes. They hope
>this will make it intolerable for motorists and get them onto the buses.
>Anothe reason is the recognition that residential areas are nothing more than
>hell-holes for a few hours each day when the roads through them choke up with
>traffic, they say they want to improve the environment of these areas by
>reducing traffic, widening pavements and putting the trees back. I hope
>that this works in the long term. In the short term it will slow traffic down
>and cause long queues, this is the idea.
>
>Andy T.


The ONLY way you will get people off the roads, is to force them. You can have the 
most wonderful buses possible, but people won't use them because 'it's more
convienient' to use a car. I vote for VERY large car parking prices, and bus lanes
on every part of a bus route. Also, it would be good if some sort of priority system
for busses at traffic lights could be introduced.

I say well done to BCC, and I hope others will follow suit.

Richard Peat