Misguided Bus

[tarron66]

Strange isn't it? The germans have just closed their last guided busway!!! Can't our drivers steer straight or what? Our local busses do 45-50 mph on ordinary roads when possible so I don't see any speed advantage over reserved bus lanes (like FASTRACK). A lot of money wasted! Bring back the trolleybusses, at least they were green electric.

[xfire7]

Its ok if It actually connects two points that need connecting and takes lots of single occupant cars off the road.Does it?

[MrCriticOfAll]

To all the people who"bash" these systems compared to railway then work out running costs when its finished.It is more enviromentally friendly and more cost effective.Light rail , trains ,subways would not turn profits and you cant just drive off the tracks in a train or tram.This is a great system and your councils couldve built real shit and raised your rates a LOT more.So just be happy you actually had someone think for once.

[gallafey]

guided bus ways are just white elephants

[LoLArneh]

Ever heard of a subway?

[jimmyass]

@LoLArneh yes but they are billions of pounds somthing a local authority doesnt have!!!

[xfilethe]

better yet they could upgrade it to a prt systhem :-)

[deckbuzz]

The St. Ives railway branch running direct into Cambridge Station should have been reopened - not this silly bus idea.

DH

[jimmyass]

@deckbuzz would have cost to much!!!

[t470vectra]

Should have been a railway as it was or tramway...

White Elephant is what they said and they were right

[jimmyass]

@t470vectra railway would have been to fixed with stations not being close enough to a place of work. tram way would have been a good idea, however the cost and flexability of a guided bus route is far superior, plus the maintnance/ track work is also at a minimum.

[GayGuyinTucson]

What a nice system!! So much more attractive and less invasive than rail or tram.

[4beatlefans]

Can't wait to see what the local yobs do! Steal a car and drive it down the line... probably on the wrong side as well(!) Where are the fences like the railways? Are there 'block sections' to prevent crashes like railways? (ha-bloody-ha) The whole thing is a bloody disgrace and a shambles.

[TheUktransportfan]

@4beatlefans There is car traps to stop that

[muggles63]

Waste of money - an area of outstanding natural beauty destroyed.

Hope you Councillors feel proud of the concrete shit you've put all over the countryside.

[jimmyass]

@muggles63 you talk rubbish most of it used to be a railway line. the other option to improve the transport situation was more roads in the area.... across even more untouched countryside.

[HMSDaring1]

@muggles63 that area was already an abandoned railway track wasnt it?

[trainlover658]

they seem confortable at first, these NEW buses, just wait, once they've grabbed ur investments, the can start making cuts

[lucyjoyw]

It would have been MUCH cheaper (and greener) to lay tram tracks. Trams also cut through SNOW and ice, this folly would have been closed for most of last winter!!

[245sillybilly]

what a waste of public money

what would be wrong with re-instating the railway lines, or even trams?

[245sillybilly]

so they did destroy most of the sttation, even after the protest against it

[iaintgonletup]

How fast are the buses allowed to go on these guided busways and how fast was this bus going?

[Minidude110]

they're allowed to go about 50 mph

[iaintgonletup]

Wow, thanks for finally responding.

[Minidude110]

yea well i hadnt watched the video until now lol