| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | Tom Pike | |
| Date/Time: | 18/07/23 10:48:00 |
| Francis, looking again at the data and comparing with your observations, which you said were mostly made in the evenings and weekends, those are actually the times when the westbound 267 has been running more quickly than in February 2020. The requestor of the FOI made similar assumptions based on their own observations, claiming that the cycleway was increasing delays specifically for the westbound service at the evening peak. In fact as the data shows the service at this time has been running marginally quicker. Of course the signalling has been changed in response to C9. After all, there is a new signal-controlled bus gate at the junction with Acton Lane which was installed precisely to give buses improved priority. This means that buses have been given a clearer run down the High Road and I think everyone agrees we are seeing less traffic partly as a result. Similarly the signalling has been extensively modified at Hammersmith gyratory, and there the timings are dynamically modified to prevent traffic locking up as well. TfL are quite open that their aim is to prioritise sustainable modes of transport, and that means in comparison deprioritising private motor vehicles while also not locking up traffic flow with the resultant delay to the bus service. The observations, that bus times have not deteriorated, and that traffic on the High Road is lower, is right in line with TfL's aims. That is exactly "what is actually happening". |