South Hampshire Dwellers

[Not Responding]

Hants CC has an important meeting on the 12th October; the Solent
Transport Strategy Panel. Quite a few cycle initiatives included but I
wonder what degree of public exposure the plans have had.

Maybe worth taking a look and leaning on your cllr on the Panel.

Full agenda here:

http://www.hants.gov.uk/decisions/decisions-index/index-docs-6196.html

Details of capital programme and schemes, here:

http://www.hants.gov.uk/decisions/decisions-docs/051012-stspnl-R1004151416.html

Usual apologies for parochialism etc.

 

[Badger]

Not Responding wrote:

> Hants CC has an important meeting on the 12th October; the Solent
> Transport Strategy Panel. Quite a few cycle initiatives included but I
> wonder what degree of public exposure the plans have had.
>
> Maybe worth taking a look and leaning on your cllr on the Panel.
>
> Full agenda here:
>
> http://www.hants.gov.uk/decisions/decisions-index/index-docs-6196.html
>
> Details of capital programme and schemes, here:
>
> http://www.hants.gov.uk/decisions/decisions-docs/051012-stspnl-R1004151416.html
>
>
> Usual apologies for parochialism etc.

Hummm, I wonder just how with the quality of environment concerns they
see the University of Southamptons 8 coaches running with NO passengers
some days and less than half capacity most days from the outlying
hospitals to the School of Nursing and Midwifery and back. Add to that
the drivers sitting with the engines idling for over an hour sometimes
when waiting, loading the exhaust with particlates they discharge when
the pull away...Really not helpful for asthamatics!

 

[David Martin]

Badger wrote:
> Hummm, I wonder just how with the quality of environment concerns they
> see the University of Southamptons 8 coaches running with NO passengers
> some days and less than half capacity most days from the outlying
> hospitals to the School of Nursing and Midwifery and back.

Where you are running a regular service within a small market there
will be occasions where the bus runs empty/part full. The options
otherwise are that there is not a bus guaranteed when you need one so
you don't use the bus but other forms of transport.

> Add to that
> the drivers sitting with the engines idling for over an hour sometimes
> when waiting, loading the exhaust with particlates they discharge when
> the pull away...Really not helpful for asthamatics!

Not acceptable behaviour. And why are they sitting idle for an hour?

...d

 

[Badger]

David Martin wrote:

> Where you are running a regular service within a small market there
> will be occasions where the bus runs empty/part full. The options
> otherwise are that there is not a bus guaranteed when you need one so
> you don't use the bus but other forms of transport.

The Unilink BUS service is fully loaded most of the time, these are
coaches that run everyday in the knowlege that they will never be more
than half full....
>
>
>>Add to that
>>the drivers sitting with the engines idling for over an hour sometimes
>>when waiting, loading the exhaust with particlates they discharge when
>>the pull away...Really not helpful for asthamatics!
>
>
> Not acceptable behaviour. And why are they sitting idle for an hour?
'cause they arrive early and don't want to get cold FWIT.

 

[ian henden]

"Not Responding" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hants CC has an important meeting on the 12th October; the Solent
> Transport Strategy Panel. Quite a few cycle initiatives included but I
> wonder what degree of public exposure the plans have had.
>
> Maybe worth taking a look and leaning on your cllr on the Panel.
>
> Full agenda here:
>
> http://www.hants.gov.uk/decisions/decisions-index/index-docs-6196.html
>
> Details of capital programme and schemes, here:
>
> http://www.hants.gov.uk/decisions/decisions-docs/051012-stspnl-R1004151416.html
>
> Usual apologies for parochialism etc.

Oooohh, look, they've got a bit about the New Forest Tour (wot I drove) in
it... remember I offered you lot vouchers for it? !!

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