For the reasons stated in the letter, based on evidence, a link road will make little difference to Bath’s congestion, because most of the traffic is local. Any difference would soon be swallowed up by induced demand ( more people would make more journeys because they perceive the delays are not as long as previously). […]
People generally spend an hour a day traveling: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchetti%27s_constant So any road improvement simply means that people will journey further to their destinations. This means there will be the same number of cars on the road as before but they are spread over a longer road mileage. But immediately other drivers will work out that […]
See Also: https://bathtrams.uk/buses-and-busways-some-factual-observations-by-prof-lewis-lesley/ It is absolutely not true that if you take away the car choice, people will go by bus. It has been proven over and over again, that people just choose what is easier and go to other destinations” I spent 15 years in Academia and Local Government trying to get people out of […]
Note – the Bath, Odd Down, Park and Ride is only about half full at peak-time when it is most needed. Nottingham Nottingham has 5,000 P+R places on 7 sites around the periphery of the city. Most are full most of the day, and some are over-capacity, with parking on surrounding streets. The largest is […]
The picture above shows why Edinburgh track laying was perhaps so time-consuming, as there was a thick concrete base laid, then tied sleepers placed on that, and this was then all encased in more concrete. Life expectancy will not allow us to see how worn track will be replaced, but meantime Siberian iron-ore trains could probably […]
See Also: https://bathtrams.uk/evidence-that-car-drivers-will-switch-to-trams-but-not-buses-1/ Evidence that car drivers will switch to trams but not buses – 2 Evidence that car drivers will switch to trams but not buses – 3 evidence-that-car-drivers-will-switch-to-trams-but-not-buses-4/ https://bathtrams.uk/buses-and-busways-some-factual-observations-by-prof-lewis-lesley/ https://bathtrams.uk/car-drivers-will-not-use-buses/ See also evidence that car drivers hate buses The Executive summary from report prepared for the Passenger Transport Executive Group – “What Light Rail […]
See Also: https://bathtrams.uk/buses-have-a-much-lower-modal-shift-ie-attracting-car-drivers-capability-than-trams/ https://bathtrams.uk/buses-have-a-much-lower-modal-shift-ie-attracting-car-drivers-capability-than-trams/ Evidence that car drivers will switch to trams but not buses – 2 Evidence that car drivers will switch to trams but not buses – 3 evidence-that-car-drivers-will-switch-to-trams-but-not-buses-4/ https://bathtrams.uk/buses-and-busways-some-factual-observations-by-prof-lewis-lesley/ https://bathtrams.uk/car-drivers-will-not-use-buses/ See also evidence that car drivers hate buses USA – home of the car love affair A US Transportation Research Board analysis […]
(its worth noting that trams only work where there is a high demand for passengers, which means cities or between cities, and that as such, they have a capacity 3 – 5 times that of a bus service on the same route. See: https://bathtrams.uk/relative-carrying-capacity-cars-buses-trams/ Buses are great for low demand city routes and for rural areas) First: Trams […]
Above: the Curitaba Busway and see also https://bathtrams.uk/difficulties-and-problems-encountered-with-bus-rapid-transit-in-the-uk/ For examples of Bus Jams which occur if you try to run a city on buses alone – see here: https://bathtrams.uk/why-you-get-bus-james-if-you-try-to-run-a-large-city-on-buses-alone-not-trams/ Some factual observations by Prof. Lewis Lesley BSc, AKC, PhD, CEng, MICE, FRSA, FCIT, MTPS 1.0 Background Bus patronage Today busses carry about 5bn passengers a […]
( The Agenda follows on at the foot of this page) Bath’s MP Wera Hobhouse and Bath Trams held a conference on the re-introduction of Trams for Bath as a solution to the traffic congestion and associated pollution issues in the city. Trams can be a stimulus to Bath’s economy by facilitating movement into and […]