Building traffic gridlock in York (From York Press)
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Building traffic gridlock in York
11:38am Saturday 31st July 2010 in
COUNCIL staff say there are health and air quality benefits from cycling – odd, as the hundreds of cars regularly forced to queue over Clifton Bridge will soon be ruining air quality for everyone, including cyclists.
The numbers quoted are very surprising.
At meetings we were told that counting machines were out of order for several months.
If the numbers and increases are correct in November, there will be more than 2,000 cycles in 12 hours using the Clifton cycle lane.
It was also said that if the orbital cycle lane was not continued into Water Lane due to traffic congestion, the destruction of Clifton Green was still a possibility.
While accepting it is not always possible to build your way out of traffic problems, City of York Council has again proved it is possible to build your way into traffic gridlock.
Just how many more threats of environmental damage on a huge scale, traffic chaos and massive financial burdens must there be before ordinary people say to the cycle lobby: “Enough – on your bikes and push off!”
M Barker, Ousecliffe Gardens, York.
Comments(3)
yo30 dan
says...
1:48pm Sat 31 Jul 10
I think it's high time that cyclists in this city formed an action group to counter the bigotted and often dangerous behaviour toards York's many cyclists. Paul, can't you get your Critical Mass buddies here?
Cold_as_Christmas
says...
1:01am Sun 1 Aug 10
Maybe an election next May will put an end to this bare cheek!
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pedalling paul says...
12:37pm Sat 31 Jul 10
York is but one of many UK cities who are following Govt. guidlines, which seek to steer residents away from unneccessary car use at peak times. That will create more capacity for essential traffic.
The cycle lobby play an advisory role locally, through representation on York's Cycling City stakeholder team. At the top level, this includes a formal Committee chairedby the Exec. Member for City Strategy.
No sane Local Authority will attempt nowadays, to try and cater for increased car ownership. That will only encourage gridlock sooner rather than later.