Man of Honour
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I live in St Jude's....this work is beyond moronic. I don't have a car round here but it's constant traffic outside as more people find the back roads.
A Summer of traffic hell...
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Free quango money from the old Government?
They tried to bribe the Greater Manchester area with the "Transport Innovation Fund" "fixing" years of systemic neglect of the public transport in exchange for road tolls that would charge me £2 to pop to Tesco. We sensible folk told them to stuff it with a 4-1 vote against it.
Soldato
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Looks like Bath, traffic gridlock all for some bus routes!
that looks like a nightmare, I don't think I could handle sitting in that sort of traffic every day. Off topic but I wonder if every city will have a congestion charge in the end? I've heard they are planning this for Liverpool city centre 
Bus 1 Bmw 0
Buses are immune to road traffic?
Abingdon is an absolute joke all year round when it comes to traffic. It's such a poxy town with naff all in the centre, yet it's still jammed solid every day
The only blessing is half terms when it eases a little
If they only built a northbound A34 slip road at the north side of Abingdon, that would fix everything, instead everyone wanting to go on the A34 North has to go through town
The only blessing is half terms when it eases a little
If they only built a northbound A34 slip road at the north side of Abingdon, that would fix everything, instead everyone wanting to go on the A34 North has to go through town
Most of plymouth is now 3 lane with one lane being bus' though taxis seem to use it and actually stop in it to drop off instead of parking in taxi ranks and so buses then barge their way into the car lane instead (and stop in it in some cases).
Wish plymouth was still dual carrigway through royal parade, its bedlam now, 3 sets of traffic lights and a bus lane in 1/4 a mile of main road. pathetic.
I used to live in Witney and my work then would take me to Abingdon frequently. It was hell back in 96 so wouldn't like to think what its like now!
It's a million times worse mate
They made the road around Stratton Way (the one that follows the high street and then round the back) two way to try and "ease" traffic. Instead it made it worse as people now use the new lane to back home through town instead of using the ring road
Least you got your dual climate control to keep you comfy?
Pfft some people. Winge winge winge
Exactly, we love bus lanes especially when you catch the bus, it's so quick these days here.
One man in tin box rant.
Not when they have bus lanes. Let me see many people on bus v few people in tin box. Welcome to the new age.
Not sure what the big deal is,
Having lived in Plymouth for 18 years, and knowing all the rat-runs very well, only a daft lemming would take the main route into Town, it's always chokka on a w/e anyway..
I have to say that even when I'm down in Plymouth now, after a few years away, I see people still haven't twigged where the rat-runs are.. No doubt people will move onto the lesser travelled secondary routes, but even then there are nice shortcuts all over the place..
Which road have they closed? the Embankment/Billacombe road? there is quite some distance from the A38 to town, and several routes in, so I'm not sure which are being affected at the moment.. (Might be down in Plymouth tomorrow anyway, so would appreciate a heads up!)
Having lived in Plymouth for 18 years, and knowing all the rat-runs very well, only a daft lemming would take the main route into Town, it's always chokka on a w/e anyway..
I have to say that even when I'm down in Plymouth now, after a few years away, I see people still haven't twigged where the rat-runs are.. No doubt people will move onto the lesser travelled secondary routes, but even then there are nice shortcuts all over the place..
Which road have they closed? the Embankment/Billacombe road? there is quite some distance from the A38 to town, and several routes in, so I'm not sure which are being affected at the moment.. (Might be down in Plymouth tomorrow anyway, so would appreciate a heads up!)
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Entering Gosport is like that on a weekday going home from work (only 2 major roads inbound) BUT thanks to Google navigation I have found a few shortcuts that bypass the gridlocked areas and join at the end and saves me 15~ minutes \m/
Soldato
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Most people post as if its surprising that these incredible decisions are being made when really they are not that incredible, they want to make life for the motorist as difficult and as expensive as possible so really these amazingly ridiculous ideas that they come up with are actually a good idea from their point of view.
You think thats bad, have you been through Hindhead in the last two years or so? Its pretty crap for commuters being a main route to London from in and around Portsmouth, but it must be truly terrible for the residents of the town. I don't think I've ever got through Hindhead on a commute in less than half hour, and thats to travel about a mile. Even on a Saturday its taken me just as long.
To top it all off, I learnt the other day that they are turning the road through Hindhead into two cu-de-sacs once the tunnel is open, so no one can just pass through that way if they need fuel, or to stop for a drink etc.
To top it all off, I learnt the other day that they are turning the road through Hindhead into two cu-de-sacs once the tunnel is open, so no one can just pass through that way if they need fuel, or to stop for a drink etc.
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Gydnia Way.
The crossroads at Hindhead were always a bottleneck at peak times, at least building this tunnel will hopefully improve that, not that I care as I haven't lived there for 10 years heh.
Err surely you mean A34 SOUTH (North is TOWARDS Oxford)
The only way to join the A34 going South (away from Oxford) is via Marcham road, which goes right though the centre
And traffic in all the major Urban areas sucks in this country
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