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post Jan 8 2011, 12:56 PM
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QUOTE (Bofem @ Jan 7 2011, 08:38 PM) *
I was thinking this the other day while stuck in traffic on A4 between Newbury and Thatcham. Mostly, it's two lanes all the way, so WBC want to turn that into a bus lane. There are 7 buses an hour between the two towns.

Persuading people to dump the car, walk to a bus stop, wait in the rain, sit next to some ropey strangers, then walk to work/shops/whatever at other end needs a lot of persuasion....I can afford not to do it. But for how long?

Car-sharing would be much more achievable. Incentivised rather than penalised, people always respond better. So instead of a bus lane, it could be a multiple occupancy lane, like they have in Holland.


Love to know where you get 7 buses an hour between Newbury and Thatcham? Most I can find is 4 and of these only 1 goes around the area I live in.
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post Jan 8 2011, 01:54 PM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Jan 8 2011, 12:45 PM) *
Great! Get rid of the buses and now we have bloody feral kids to contend with! tongue.gif


How about we keep the buses and get rid of the 'feral kids'?
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post Jan 8 2011, 03:16 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jan 8 2011, 09:41 AM) *
I know I've said it before but this really grates on me.................
We were told ten or more years ago that the by-pass would "sort out our traffic". laugh.gif
It did, then everyone decided to use their car more.

The more roads you build the more people will use their cars. That's just how it works.
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post Jan 8 2011, 03:24 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Jan 8 2011, 03:16 PM) *
It did, then everyone decided to use their car more. The more roads you build the more people will use their cars. That's just how it works.

Yet more people than ever before use trains! Prices are going up there as well.
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post Jan 8 2011, 04:01 PM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Jan 8 2011, 12:45 PM) *
Great! Get rid of the buses and now we have bloody feral kids to contend with! tongue.gif



Are you suggesting that my children are "feral"???? laugh.gif
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post Jan 8 2011, 07:16 PM
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Its not more car use its more cars. Always amazes me that no one, least of all those responsible for the infrastructure have actually noticed that Newbury and its environs have experienced massive growth since the by pass was opened. This should have been anticipated, planned for and delivered - after all its no massive surprise - we spend thousands creating 'local developmentr plans'. However,for the past 20 years our local Council has been stuck in a time warp - assuming Newbury is just a quaint old market town. All those new houses mean all those new cars...


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post Jan 8 2011, 07:19 PM
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QUOTE (On the edge @ Jan 8 2011, 07:16 PM) *
Its not more car use its more cars. Always amazes me that no one, least of all those responsible for the infrastructure have actually noticed that Newbury and its environs have experienced massive growth since the by pass was opened. This should have been anticipated, planned for and delivered - after all its no massive surprise - we spend thousands creating 'local developmentr plans'. However,for the past 20 years our local Council has been stuck in a time warp - assuming Newbury is just a quaint old market town. All those new houses mean all those new cars...
On the one hand the Labour government ordered more houses to to be built, on the other some vocal locals moaned that Newbury is a small market town. The result it what we have now.
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post Jan 8 2011, 07:39 PM
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yeah sure, I thought the idea of a towncentre was that people could go there to buy things, not much use if you have to carry everything home is it.. Its alright for those people who are young fit and only interested in going to mackie D's but what about the elderly, infirm and disadvantaged, what are they supposed to do ? or don't they matter anymore ?

Sure lets have a nice pretty town centre full of feral kids and beggers but no shops ! What is this great desire for pedestrianisation for gods sake. O, and if you can't see or hear a dirty great red bus trundling down the road I suggest you stop listening to your ipod and start paying attention. Selfish buggers !


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post Jan 8 2011, 08:00 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Jan 8 2011, 07:19 PM) *
On the one hand the Labour government ordered more houses to to be built, on the other some vocal locals moan that Newbury is a small market town. The result it what we have now.

That's a pretty good summary. We had no choice about the development - Councillors pandering to the local Ned Ludd tendancy hasn't helped!


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post Jan 8 2011, 08:26 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Jan 8 2011, 04:16 PM) *
It did, then everyone decided to use their car more.

The more roads you build the more people will use their cars. That's just how it works.

Exactly!
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post Jan 8 2011, 09:36 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jan 8 2011, 08:26 PM) *
Exactly!

Errr no. Its more people, if we hadn't had to build all those new houses, traffic levels would have reduced when the bypass opened and stayed reduced. The A34 itself had a traffic increase, occassioned by releasing the pent up demand for Southampton docks access to the North. The only time a road generated traffic was the M1 - when it opened, it became a tourist attraction for a short time. Do you honestly know anyone locally who has increased the number of car trips they make simply because the by pass has opened? I do know several people who have recently moved here bringing their cars with them. I also know a couple who now use a car because the local bus service has reduced its already poor service. The self generation of traffic story is an urban myth,


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post Jan 8 2011, 11:30 PM
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QUOTE (On the edge @ Jan 8 2011, 10:36 PM) *
Errr no. Its more people, if we hadn't had to build all those new houses, traffic levels would have reduced when the bypass opened and stayed reduced. The A34 itself had a traffic increase, occassioned by releasing the pent up demand for Southampton docks access to the North. The only time a road generated traffic was the M1 - when it opened, it became a tourist attraction for a short time. Do you honestly know anyone locally who has increased the number of car trips they make simply because the by pass has opened? I do know several people who have recently moved here bringing their cars with them. I also know a couple who now use a car because the local bus service has reduced its already poor service. The self generation of traffic story is an urban myth,

Nope, if you create the space then it will be filled.

Like the M25 - now a traffic jam most of the day but where was all the traffic before it was built?
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post Jan 9 2011, 08:23 AM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jan 8 2011, 11:30 PM) *
Nope, if you create the space then it will be filled.

Like the M25 - now a traffic jam most of the day but where was all the traffic before it was built?

Stationary round the then North and South 'circulars' and in railway waggons. The traffic was always there. Just that the planners 'understated' the volume for political reasons. The engineers knew it was too small even before the first sod was cut. One can understand the reasons for this - can you imagine what the nay sayers would have done if they'd planned for reality - an 8 lane motorway?

By way of example - if we had a proper transport link with Basingstoke, the traffic on the existing cart track would increase significantly as people took up the opportunities the proper link would provide. Like jobs but hey who wants them!


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post Jan 9 2011, 12:29 PM
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QUOTE (On the edge @ Jan 8 2011, 09:36 PM) *
The A34 itself had a traffic increase, occassioned by releasing the pent up demand for Southampton docks access to the North. The self generation of traffic story is an urban myth,

bollocks
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post Jan 9 2011, 01:27 PM
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Not necessarily complete rubbish:
Cruise ships

and

Container Terminal

Doubtless these two facilities have some impact on the A34 traffic patterns.
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post Jan 9 2011, 01:29 PM
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I agree, the new A34 will have seen increased useage due to the fact it is a superb link between the midlands / north and the south coast.
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[quote name='dannyboy' date='Jan 9 2011, 12:29 PM' post='3
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What an intelligent well considered response - get out much these days?


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post Jan 9 2011, 01:53 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jan 9 2011, 12:29 PM) *
bollocks


Not a politician then Danny? Man of few words - but at least straight to the point - no ambiguity with that then! tongue.gif


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post Jan 9 2011, 01:55 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jan 9 2011, 12:29 PM) *
bollocks


Is this a medical problem of yours then? Or are you actually complaining or boasting?
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post Jan 9 2011, 02:29 PM
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The A34 always was the N-S link between Southampton & Portsmouth and the north of the UK. The Newbury by pass is simply a missing link. The road was & is part of a pan-european road network, the A34 being part of the link from Scotland to Portugal. The building of the Newbury By Pass simply shaved 30 mins off a truckers journey to the docks. Oh, and was hijacked for political ends.
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