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Bus lane cameras - BusLoverMum - 01 Feb 2016
Quite lucrative, it seems
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-cash-cow-bus-lane-10816896#rlabs=4%20rt$sitewide%20p$1
RE: Bus lane cameras - James101 - 02 Feb 2016
I believe there's a simple way people wanting to whizz down the bus lanes can get away with it - get on a bus!
Theres something on the theme today in Manchester
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/should-motorists-able-drive-bus-10821391#ICID=FB-MEN-main
Essentially the MP suggests bus lanes should be abolished and the city traffic would move better - ha!
How on Earth they can suggest a bus carrying up to 90 passengers should have less priority than a line of cars consisting of maybe 15 people is ludicrous. Selfishness in the highest order, and I'm a motorist!
City centre congestion should be alleviated with a well managed park and ride and incentives for car-sharing
RE: Bus lane cameras - BusLoverMum - 02 Feb 2016
(02 Feb 2016, 12:37 am)James101 I believe there's a simple way people wanting to whizz down the bus lanes can get away with it - get on a bus!
Theres something on the theme today in Manchester
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/should-motorists-able-drive-bus-10821391#ICID=FB-MEN-main
Essentially the MP suggests bus lanes should be abolished and the city traffic would move better - ha!
How on Earth they can suggest a bus carrying up to 90 passengers should have less priority than a line of cars consisting of maybe 15 people is ludicrous. Selfishness in the highest order, and I'm a motorist!
City centre congestion should be alleviated with a well managed park and ride and incentives for car-sharing
It's the same logic as people going on about how polluting buses are. Yes, there's a single vehicle carrying, potentially, several dozen people. Definitely no more polluting, per head, than a single person in their 5l Chelsea tractor. And even 30 people on a bus creates much less congestion (and pollution) than 15 people in, say 15 cars, of any size.
RE: Bus lane cameras - James101 - 03 Feb 2016
I find many of the anti-bus lobby, such as the comments underneath the news articles above, act as if buses run around the streets empty and intentionality block up roads. It's a selfish attitude, they forget buses carry real people. People they should be thankful too as if bus passengers chose to drive instead there would be even more traffic jams
RE: Bus lane cameras - Andreos1 - 01 Jul 2018
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/revealed-cash-cow-council-bus-14852435.amp?__twitter_impression=true
Here's another camera that doesn't appear too popular.