How to make the number 50 bus more reliable and reduce its journey time during peak hours

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How to make the number 50 bus more reliable and
reduce its journey time during peak hours
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How to make the number 50 bus more reliable and
reduce its journey time during peak hours

• Red Route on the A435
• Bus Priority measures
• Punctuality Improvement Partnership (PIPs)

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How to make the number 50 bus more reliable and
reduce its journey time during peak hours

• Red Route on the A435
• Bus Priority measures
• Punctuality Improvement Partnership (PIPs)

• Stronger parking enforcement
• Improved junctions to reduce incidence of
  accidents

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How to make the number 50 bus more reliable and
reduce its journey time during peak hours

• Red Route on the A435
• Bus Priority measures
• Punctuality Improvement Partnership (PIPs)

• Stronger parking enforcement
• Improved junctions to reduce incidence of
  accidents

• Bus lanes
• Bus gates

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How to make the number 50 bus more reliable and
reduce its journey time during peak hours

• Red Route on the A435
• Bus Priority measures
• Punctuality Improvement Partnership (PIPs)

• Stronger parking enforcement
• Improved junctions to reduce incidence of
  accidents

• Bus lanes
• Bus gates

• Regular meetings to design out issues that delay
  buses

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Myths of Red Routes
Myth 1 Red Routes get rid of all on-street
parking
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Myths of Red Routes
Myth 1 Red Routes get rid of all on-street
parking
Red Route allows on-street parking. Red Route
provides money to compulsory purchase land for
off-street if on-street parking has to be
replaced.
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Myths of Red Routes
Myth 1 Red Routes get rid of all on-street
parking
Red Route allows on-street parking. Red Route
provides money to compulsory purchase land for
off-street if on-street parking has to be
replaced.
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Myths of Red Routes
Myth 2 Red Routes create an urban motorway
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Myths of Red Routes
Myth 2 Red Routes create an urban motorway
Red Route create smoother running traffic.
Experience of the Stratford Road Red route is
that this hasnt become an urban motorway
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What is the difference between yellow parking
restriction lines and red parking restriction
lines?
VERSUS
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What is the difference between yellow parking
restriction lines and red parking restriction
lines?

• Yellow lines double
• Waiting not allowed at any time
• Loading and unloading is allowed within set hours
• Disabled drivers can park for up to 3 hours
• Normal practice is that a ticket will only be
  issued if a vehicle is observed to be not loading
  or unloading for more than 5 minutes
• Yellow lines single
• As double lines, but parking is allowed during
  set hours

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What is the difference between yellow parking
restriction lines and red parking restriction
lines?

• Yellow lines double
• Waiting not allowed at any time
• Loading and unloading is allowed within set hours
• Disabled drivers can park for up to 3 hours
• In Birmingham, the policy is that a ticket will
  only be issued if a vehicle is observed to be not
  loading or unloading for more than 5 minutes
• Yellow lines single
• As double lines, but parking is allowed during
  set hours

• What does this mean?
• We cant issue tickets for someone parked on
  double yellow lines going to the cash point
  machine. Eg Woodbridge Road
• We cant issue tickets for private hire taxis
  parked on double yellow lines eg St.Marys Row.
• We cant issue tickets for vans parked in bus
  lanes, if the shop keeper is watching out for the
  traffic warden.

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What is the difference between yellow parking
restriction lines and red parking restriction
lines?

• Red lines double
• Stopping is not allowed even for loading or
  unloading.
• Disabled drivers not allowed to park either
• Private hire taxis can stop for 3 minutes when
  picking up a pre-booked customer.
• Ticket issued straightaway if stopped
• Red lines single
• As double lines, but parking is allowed during
  set hours

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What is the difference between yellow parking
restriction lines and red parking restriction
lines?

• Red lines double
• Stopping is not allowed even for loading or
  unloading
• Disabled drivers not allowed to park either
• Ticket issued straightaway if stopped
• Red lines single
• As double lines, but parking is allowed during
  set hours

• What does this mean?
• Tickets can be issued for someone parked on
  double red lines going to the cash point machine.
  
• Tickets can be issued for private hire taxis
  parked on double red lines, if they are not
  waiting for a pre-booked customer.
• Tickets can be issued for vans parked in bus
  lanes, whatever the shop keeper says.

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Red lines what about disabled drivers and
deliveries for shops?
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Red lines what about disabled drivers and
deliveries for shops?

• Disabled drivers
• disabled bays have to installed close to shops
• Pavements have to designed so that wheelchair
  users can safety get to the shops from the
  disabled spaces eg dropped kerbs

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Red lines what about disabled drivers and
deliveries for shops?

• Disabled drivers
• disabled bays have to installed close to shops
• Pavements have to designed so that wheelchair
  users can safety get to the shops from the
  disabled spaces eg dropped kerbs

• Deliveries to shops
• Loading bays have to installed close to shops
• Pavements have to be designed so that deliveries
  can be wheeled to the shops from the loading bay.

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How would a Red Route look? Balsall Heath
Parking bays inserted into pavement in front of
shops? Negotiate with Gurdwara about parking
provision? Strict enforcement of No parking in
bus lanes when in operation
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How would a Red Route look? Moseley
Stricter parking enforcement of present parking
restrictions Maybe allow parking during the peak
hour in the into city direction? Provision of
disabled spaces presently there are
none Provision for loading bays for shops (eg in
front of Domestica, Prince of Wales pub, ONeils
pub, La Plancha) Make the Woodbridge
Road/Chantry Road junction light controlled?
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How would a Red Route look? Kings Heath
Stricter parking enforcement of present parking
restrictions No stopping on double yellows to
get money from cash machines. No private hire
taxis parking for ages in front of the Goose
pub. Need to allocate more disabled spaces in
present parking bays. Need to provide loading
bays for shops that do not have rear access
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Timescale
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• Timescale
• Red Route for the A435 is not definite

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• Timescale
• Red Route for the A435 is not definite
• Centro intend to put a bid into the Department
  for Transport for the next phase of Red Routes.
  The A435 is a strong candidate.

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• Timescale
• Red Route for the A435 is not definite
• Centro intend to put a bid into the Department
  for Transport for the next phase of Red Routes.
  The A435 is a strong candidate.
• If successful, the target date for implementation
  is 2012.

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• Timescale
• Red Route for the A435 is not definite
• Centro intend to put a bid into the Department
  for Transport for the next phase of Red Routes.
  The A435 is a strong candidate.
• If successful, the target date for implementation
  is 2012.
• If their are particular routes where there is
  strong local support for a Red Route, then it
  maybe possible to install a Red Route earlier
  than 2012 using local funds.

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Comments? Would you support a Red Route in
principle on the A435, subject to final details?