Second new Oxford Road bus lane due to open
A second new stretch of bus lane is due to open on Oxford Road following resurfacing work this week Bus priority schemes are part of the Council’s drive to tackle congestion and poor air quality by making public transport even more attractive A second new road scheme designed to provide quicker and more reliable bus […]
New Oxford Road bus lane in Reading set to go live
Reading Council’s ongoing drive to help tackle poor air quality by offering quicker and more reliable bus routes continues this week when the second of a series of new bus lanes across the town goes live along the Oxford Road. The next phase of the Council’s major £26 million investment in local bus services to […]
Work due to start on new east Reading bus lane
Work on a road layout to speed up bus journeys into town from east Reading is due to start on Monday 12 August. The introduction of a new inbound bus lane along London Road will lead to even faster and more reliable journeys for people travelling towards town by bus. The scheme will open alongside […]
Portsmouth licensed private hire vehicles in bus lanes trial proves a success
Allowing private hire vehicles to use five bus lanes in Portsmouth to improve reliability has proved a success. Portsmouth City Council carried out a successful 14-month trial of Portsmouth-licensed private hire vehicles – cars that can be booked using a phone or an app but can’t use taxi ranks – giving them permission to use […]
Reading set for six new bus lanes
Planners in Reading are recommending the creation of six new bus lanes in the town to create a faster and even more reliable bus. £26 million is being invested into local bus services by the Council with the aim of attracting more passengers to use them. The council believes that key to achieving that is […]
Consultation on potential changes to Kings Road outbound bus lane in Reading
Proposals to change the use of a bus lane on the main route east out of Reading are now out for consultation. Reading Borough Council is asking for views on a potential change to the vehicles permitted to use the eastbound bus lane out of Reading on Kings Road towards Cemetery Junction. The potential change […]
TfL permits emergency services to use bus lanes when not on blue-light journeys
Ambulances, police and fire vehicles across London are being given access to bus lanes on the capital’s main arterial roads while on duty, even when not dealing with an emergency. This follows a successful trial with Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust that saw fewer missed appointments, and no negative impact on bus journey times. […]
Bus gets a ticket for driving in bus lane
A bus company in Yorkshire has been fined after one of its buses was captured picking up passengers at a bus stop. The BBC reports that the single-decker Connexions bus, which operates in West and North Yorkshire, was said to have driven in a bus lane on York Road in Leeds in October. It quotes […]
24-hour bus lanes trial in London set to become permanent as bus journey times improve
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that it intends to make its trial of 24-hour bus lanes permanent, after a trial found that extending bus lane hours on London’s busiest roads cut journey times and helped reliability. Improvements in bus journey times were particularly noticeable in central and inner London, especially in both the mornings […]
Northants proposing bus lane “crack down”
Enforcement officials in Northamptonshire are pledging to crack down on vehicles illegally using bus lanes in order to improve journey times for bus users. The County Council proposal centres on reliable journey times for bus travel as a way of encouraging people to start using buses and reducing car volumes and congestion. The council’s Cabinet […]
