Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(10/12/2016 22:10)Dentonian Wrote:  I agree with you about cycles and traffic light phasing. However, the cycle lane on Portland Street is (ironically) not the problem there - its the sheer number of private cars, delivery vans and (private hire) taxis, that should not be there. That's your "cash cow" argument shot down straight away.
As regards traffic light phasing, TFGM management seem to have been reluctant in shaking the staff/culture inherited from the Councils back in 2011. The problem exists in Stockport as well as Tameside and Manchester

Finally we agree on something. The cycle lane might not be a problem re congestion but it's been moved there times now. Who's met the costs of that?? Us tax payers. I'm fairly certain it was TFGM who designed the cycle lane on the outside of the bus lane - something the poor cyclists didn't like so it was moved then moved again to keep them happy.

As for general traffic on Portland street, I'm
All for making a full stretch of road buses/taxis only but when you take a stretch of road and make certain sections no go areas it gets confusing. The fact after only 3 weeks of Portland street being open the cameras were turned off due to the number of people appealing and successfully overturning FPN's because of poor or confusing signage. I've made this point before regarding the pointless bus lanes along Oldham road in Ashton. Instead of having a continuas bus lane the entire length of road it runs in small sections then disapears yet each section has a camera! Inevatbly the bus dosen't get into Ashton any faster as it has to keep giving way to other traffic!

No much more i can say on the traffic light phasing but it is a big contributer to town/city centre congestion.