9:57am Friday 12th March 2010
By Reader's letter
I attended the mobile council offices in Nunnery Lane showing the proposed changes to Blossom Street.
The options stated they could cause delays in entering York. This would mean vehicles queuing with motors running, creating more pollution.
Would it not be better to find ways of speeding up traffic without long queues?
If one metre was taken off the footpath on the cinema side of Blossom Street it would leave three lanes for vehicles and provide a cycle lane.
On the opposite side, remove the cobbles from Nunnery Lane to Scarcroft Road, helping buses to be closer to the footpath to collect passengers, and again traffic flows would be faster. Better still, rid York of bendy buses.
The cycle lane at Clifton Green causes more havoc, as do the bus stops sticking out into traffic on Fulford Road, with more hold-ups and pollution. The lights at Bootham need reassessing.
I could go on, but am I being cynical in suggesting City of York Council wants excuses for a congestion charge?
Bob Allison, Hawthorn Grove, Heworth, York.
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