http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Liverpool bus lanes suspended en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:28:55 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-315249 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 22:01:20 +0000 HankChief 315249@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In some better news, the Liverpool mayor wants to create 600km walking &amp; cycling network.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/MetroMayorSteve/status/1180159477850525696?s=09" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/MetroMayorSteve/status/1180159477850525696?s=09</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-129825 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:05:16 +0000 chdot 129825@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> @SpaceForCycling: Mayor @joeforliverpool bus lane removal is evidence gathering:<br /> <a href="http://t.co/S9LYtJfZgr" rel="nofollow">http://t.co/S9LYtJfZgr</a><br /> Here's @bengoldacre on trials:<br /> <a href="http://t.co/JOEJ1IJw34" rel="nofollow">http://t.co/JOEJ1IJw34</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-129297 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:03:22 +0000 wishicouldgofaster 129297@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You are all of course missing the main point - how much road tax do the folk on the bus or cyclists pay :)</p> <p>I bet that one was trotted out during discussions before implementing it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-129296 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:00:43 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 129296@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>* There is a Hunt.</em>"</p> <p>Almost right. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-129294 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:52:01 +0000 crowriver 129294@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's the fella!</p> <p>Bakers, Thatchers, we just need a few Butchers, Coopers, Fishers, Weavers and Hunters...*</p> <p>* There is a Hunt. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-129276 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:08:04 +0000 fimm 129276@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Baker the education minister in the ?1980s? I can't remember his first name. Teacher training days used to be known as "Baker days" in his "honour"...</p> <p>Ah, no, he was Kenneth, I think. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-129272 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:47:42 +0000 crowriver 129272@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stiltskin, fair enough! Was there not a Tory Norman Baker too or am I thinking of someone else? (No, not Tebbit). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-129267 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:32:55 +0000 stiltskin 129267@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It can be had to tell the difference but Norman Baker is a Lib Dem </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-129264 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:24:02 +0000 crowriver 129264@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well the new Mayor must be a right nutter. Even the Tories support bus lanes! </p> <p>"Transport minister Norman Baker has expressed fears the experiment could lead to a fall in the number of bus passengers and cause more congestion."</p> <p>(except he's no longer at Transort...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-129258 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:53:09 +0000 steveo 129258@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Indeed, lets just hope that the Mayor hasn't stacked the report to ensure the projects looks like a success; and no one is killed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-129257 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:48:39 +0000 Baldcyclist 129257@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As WC says, hopefully it will prove a point and be scrapped after 6 months. Will be worrying for all if the trial is a 'success'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-129255 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:45:42 +0000 amir 129255@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is the bus passengers (and cyclists) that suffer and they don't seem to have much of voice. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-129253 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:43:04 +0000 tarmac jockey 129253@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I heard this on Radio 5 live this morning around 7.30. Derek Hatton was on speaking intelligently about the likely unwelcome changes this will have on cyclists. Up to now lorries have, as you would expect, not been allowed in the Bus Lanes. He said, "as most accidents are caused by lorries who will now be able to use the Bus Lanes, he hopes the number of accidents won't go up". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-129252 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:41:11 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 129252@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good.</p> <p>I say this not because I'm a flat-earther who believes that the sky will fall in if all space on the roads isn't given over to private cars; but rather that I hope/think it will prove the opposite, and that congestion will go up.</p> <p>I've long suggested CEC should have a month long trial of no bus lanes and no parking restrictions, then when the city grinds to a halt issue a lovely 'I told you so' message to the EEN commenters. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11410#post-129249 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:30:27 +0000 DaveC 129249@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-24606912" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-24606912</a> </p>