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The planned bus lane will run on the southbound side of Hatchet Road, from point A (Gipsy Patch Lane roundabout) to point B (Ratcliffe Drive roundabout)
Council officers’ assessments of the four options considered for the Hatchet Road section of the CPME route are shown in the table below. Journey time saving (secs) Option Description
Southbound
Northbound
am
pm
am
pm
Cost (£m)
1
Southbound bus lane; two existing bus stops upgraded to MetroBus stops
29
0
0
0
2.02
2
Southbound bus lane stopping short of houses; two existing bus stops upgraded to MetroBus stops
1
1
0
0
1.93
3
No bus lane; three new lay-bys for existing bus stops; two existing bus stops upgraded to MetroBus stops
29
36
28
28
0.75
4
No change except two existing bus stops upgraded to MetroBus stops
0
0
0
0
0.55
Although Option 3 (favoured by Stoke Gifford councillors) provides the best improvement in journey times in all cases AND comes in at a £1.27m lower cost than Option 1, officers said it “would not necessarily deliver consistently reliable bus and MetroBus journey times”. Instead, they recommended Option 1, as they believe it will “reduce the impacts of day-to-day variations in general traffic conditions and ensure improved CPME service reliability”. ● Read the full report at http://bit.ly/ecs-1607 (item 14, appendix A)
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