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Category Archives: buses

One less bike. One more car.

Posted on March 28, 2007 by admin Posted in Bikes, buses, cars, local motion, stories

The same day that I posted Tricky’s views on cycling in Darlington, he decided he would return to commuting to work by car. I’ll let his own words explain why:

After another close shave yesterday by an ignorant motorist who doesn’t know his highway code I have decide to stop commuting by bike and use my considerably larger Ford Mondeo and add it to the ever increasing queues on Yarm Road. Life is far too short, and after 15 years of commuting up and down Yarm Road, DBC have only made things far more dangerous for cyclists. The biggest culprit being the new bus lanes that even the buses don’t use. Add to that the numerous pedestrian refuges and parked cars, and all you have is a road unsafe for cycling on.

Here is a question for you. When is a cycle lane not a cycle lane?

When it’s a bus lane apparently, just after been pushed out of the aforementioned lane by a Citreon Xsara Picasso, who, give him his dues, did have his indicator on at the time when he very nearly side swiped me. When I confronted him about driving in a bus lane his defense for nearly hitting me was “Well you don’t look like a bus either.”

Can someone from the council amend their statistics on decreased car use and increased bike use, please?

The irony here is that, I believe, Tricky has been riding to and from work since before the Local Motion campaign began and before the council started to make changes.

Pedestrian Heart blamed for buses running late

Posted on March 7, 2007 by admin Posted in buses, cars, infrastructure, North Road, Pedestrian Heart, stories 1 Comment

ARRIVA bosses have blamed buses running late in Darlington on the town’s Pedestrian Heart and traffic problems.

Company chiefs made the claims at a heated public meeting at Skerne Park last night.

The Park East community partnership, which incorporates Skerne Park, had called Monday’s meeting to quiz Arriva on the estate’s unreliable bus service.

Tony Stevens, Darlington depot manager, said: “We have a problem in Darlington – and that problem is too much traffic coming into town.

“It’s purely, simply traffic. By 8am, North Road, Coniscliffe Road, Woodland Road, are full.”

– Northern Echo: Pedestrian Heart blamed for buses running late

The Echo’s headline is slightly skewed, as problems caused by the Pedestrian Heart works will go away in time while problems with congestion will only get worse unless we get people out of their cars and onto public transport, bikes or their own two feet.

Unfortunately, while buses are unreliable and get stuck in the same traffic as cars people will not give them a chance. Darlington needs more bus lanes.

A proposed bus lane on North Road was not put in place because of protests from residents. This morning, and most mornings, there were only seven cars parked on North Road where this lane was proposed (from Thompson Street to Morrisons); otherwise buses could have a clear run cutting a huge chunk of time from their journey and make the bus much more attractive to those living in the North of the town.

New Darlington Journey Planner

Posted on February 23, 2007 by admin Posted in buses, local motion 3 Comments

I just recieved the following email:

Dear Local Motion Supporter,

We are pleased to announce that the new Journey Planner is now online!

You can access this site by clicking here or alternatively click on this link http://journeys.darlington.gov.uk/

We hope you find this new facility extermely useful in helping you continue making sustainable travel choices.

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Apparently, the only sustainable transport choices are walking and buses. I’m about to leave to meet with another campaign member at his house and the planner suggested various bus/walk combinations, but not once suggested I ride my bike there. There is a button to toggle bike routes on/off while using the map, and the blue lines are fairly helpful, but they suggest that there is no bike route by my house or my destination, yet looking outside I see the road is still.

Please, planner-creators, how about a link from the results page to a map of cyle routes and secure parking places, with the start and end points of the journeys indicated?

Update:

Here’s my suggestion of what the planner could look like.

planner

As you can see, the fastest option for this journey which I make every week day is by bike. Even walking the whole way is faster than the times given for the walk/bus/walk options, and walkers don’t get stuck in unplanned traffic.

Update 2:

From the council:

We have worked with consultants engaged by Cycling England on the development of an online cycle planner – but are not yet in a position to launch this facility.

So, there is going to be a cycle planner, but it will be separate from the Journey Planner.

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