Planner1
Members-
Content Count
11,054 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
1
Everything posted by Planner1
-
If you seriously think they are there to enforce every single law, statute etc to the max, I fear you will be constantly disappointed. They don’t get enough resources to do that, so they have to prioritise, like most underfunded public services. Go ask them to enforce on the pavement parking around NGH and do let us know how you get on. ( they do actually visit when complaints are received of pavements being obstructed, in my experience they usually send pcso’s). Yeah they do have that too.
-
Couldn’t you take a cab?
-
Indeed, but good luck trying to get a police officer to enforce that. It tends to only happen if the officer sees someone actually drive in the footway. From this item Section 72 of the Highways Act 1835 is used in the current Highway Code. Rule 145 states: "You MUST NOT drive on or over a pavement, footpath or bridleway except to gain lawful access to property, or in the case of an emergency." Since January 1999 a fixed penalty notice can be issued with the offender given a ticket with fine and points attached unless they appeal in which case it goes to court. This regulation tends not to be used, especially if a police officer doesn’t see the driver actually driving on to the pavement. A police officer may have "reasonable grounds" to believe the motorist drove on the pavement - it would be up to the courts to decide whether a driver was telling the truth should he claim his car was placed on the pavement with the use of a crane. However, unlike for a speeding offence a police officer has no power, in relation to driving on the pavement, to insist that the keeper of a vehicle tells of who was driving at any particular time. For this and other reasons the police generally don't enforce this particular law and tend to refer complainants to local authority parking enforcement officers, who have few mechanisms in which to tackle the problem.
-
You should perhaps try to actually understand what you are posting about. It is only prohibited in London. Elsewhere it is only advised against. In the Highway Code, prohibitions are described as something you MUST NOT do. If it says you should not, it isn’t prohibited. The Highway Code Rule 244 says: You MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it. Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs or with visual impairments and people with prams or pushchairs. Report it to the Police then. Only they can enforce obstruction.
-
There isn’t any potential income stream for council parking enforcement as they can’t enforce against vehicles parked on the footway unless there is a waiting restriction such as a double or single yellow line. The government have talked about giving councils outside London powers to ban pavement parking, but that’s all it’s been, talk. Parking on the footway or verge where there isn’t any restriction isn’t in itself an offence. The police can enforce against obstruction and, as I understand it, they apply a pragmatic approach and use the “double buggy test”, so if someone could get past the vehicle pushing a double buggy without having to go onto the road, there’s no offence. If you were really interested in how many tickets the council issue in those areas, you could send in an FOI request. For what it’s worth, while I was at the council I had to field complaints from residents and businesses in those areas, who complained the council enforce there too much.
-
Public Transport Vs. Heart Of The City Ii
Planner1 replied to E-Man Groovin's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
It’s around 500m in either direction from there, so most of Lydgate Lane is well within most people’s walking distance of public transport. -
Public Transport Vs. Heart Of The City Ii
Planner1 replied to E-Man Groovin's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
Absolute nonsense. The city centre is very easy to park in. There’s an over supply of parking spaces, which are never ever full. Huge burden taking a car out with you? Are you serious? -
Public Transport Vs. Heart Of The City Ii
Planner1 replied to E-Man Groovin's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
So knowing a few drivers and transport workers makes you an industry expert does it? My house in Southey? Never lived there. I’ve lived in the South West of the city for around 20 years so I know exactly what it’s like thanks. Sheffield is hilly, ultimately people need to recognise that in making choices on where they live. However, there are options for people who can’t get about as well under their own steam. Community Transport operate a door to door service and there are always cabs. You can’t expect there to be a bus route that takes you up every hill in the city. -
Public Transport Vs. Heart Of The City Ii
Planner1 replied to E-Man Groovin's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
For as long as I can remember the 51 evening and weekend services have been less frequent than daytime ones. Nothing has changed there. The daytime services aren’t every 10 mins now, more like 15 or so. You’re forgetting that bus companies provide the daytime services on a commercial basis. If it profited them to put more frequent services in, they’d do it. Do you seriously think “political bias” comes into a company’s thoughts when it comes to scheduling commercial services? Not every road in an area needs to have a bus service running on it. It’s generally accepted that most people will walk up to 400m to get a bus. That’s the typical distance that’s used by the industry when thinking about whether people will use public transport. Why would Lydgate Lane need to be a bus route? 52 runs past the bottom of it and 51 runs past the top. Darwin Lane and Watt Lane are in walking distance from the 51 route, as is Den Bank. -
Public Transport Vs. Heart Of The City Ii
Planner1 replied to E-Man Groovin's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
4 an hour during daytime, see timetable Used to be every 10 minutes. -
Public Transport Vs. Heart Of The City Ii
Planner1 replied to E-Man Groovin's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
Absolute tripe? Yeah, you know all about that don’t you. I’m sure workers in any sector see operational “facts”. Whether someone employed in the rail industry would be privy to operational facts in the bus industry is another matter. Quite how you can try to contend that Crosspool is poorly served by buses rather beggars belief. 51 not frequent enough for you? -
Public Transport Vs. Heart Of The City Ii
Planner1 replied to E-Man Groovin's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
How does the temperature of your working environment relate to your level of expertise? Do tell… In the real world (ie not your fantasy world) decisions are made based on facts, not occasional observations. The MCA has the data from the operators on the levels of usage for bus services. S10 has some of the busier bus services in the city like the 51 and 52, so your contention that decision makers think all S10 / South Western residents drive about in SUV’s is plainly ridiculous. Less well off areas can be seen to have a greater need of bus services as car ownership isn’t going to be as high as in better off areas, so more people there don’t have an alternative. -
Public Transport Vs. Heart Of The City Ii
Planner1 replied to E-Man Groovin's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
They’re already doing so. They believe bus franchising ( as in London) would be the best way forward and give them the most control over the public transport network. It will be interesting to see how Manchester get on with that approach, but they are a lot bigger in population terms. There are potential downsides to franchising (ie no operators to blame…) I don’t think it’s too helpful drawing comparisons with London as it isn’t a fair comparison at all due to the concentration of people and wealth in one place. It is much easier to justify significant investment in transport in such places. Leeds have been struggling to get a tram for years and they are significantly bigger than here in population terms. Meanwhile here, experienced public transport operators can’t make money on Supertram, so the MCA are going to run it in house. Doesn’t bode well for justifying enormous investment from the government, who’ve already told us that buses offer better value for money here when the last request for a tram extension went in. Also might not have helped our case that we have had to ask the government for all the money to refurbish and renew the existing tram system. -
Public Transport Vs. Heart Of The City Ii
Planner1 replied to E-Man Groovin's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
You might have a “conversation” ( as some cities like to call it) on general principles / support for improved public transport, as part of wider policy development, but there’’s little point consulting the whole city / county ( because it’s not just about Sheffield) on whether they want a tram line to their area as you are not going to be able to do it in any reasonable timescale and in some places you might not be able to do it at all. Proposals for new tram lines take many years to develop, it wouldn’t be a good idea to get into specific consultations too early in the process ( of developing the business case) as you need to look at a lot of options before you arrive at the actual proposals for a specific route or route options. -
Public Transport Vs. Heart Of The City Ii
Planner1 replied to E-Man Groovin's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
Oh I think I know a bit more about all that than you do, seeing as I used to sit on the boards / committees that discussed subsidised services and directly briefed and advised the councillors who made the decisions. Level of usage of services is one factor that comes into the equation when you’re deciding which ones can be funded and which ones can’t. I’m not sure that pushing a refreshment trolley makes you a transport expert…. Most of the locals won’t know where it is practical or economic to run a tram, so not a lot of point asking such a general question. -
Public Transport Vs. Heart Of The City Ii
Planner1 replied to E-Man Groovin's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
Yes indeed, it was the same issue with the proposal to extend out to Rotherham. Staff who were at the public meeting called to discuss it said “you’d have thought we were proposing to murder their kids” the reaction was so bad. I used to work with someone who was active in the anti tram campaign at Stannington. Years later they regretted it and thought it actually would have been a good thing. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. People actually on the proposed routes will think it will have an adverse effect on property values, so are often vitriolic opponents. -
Public Transport Vs. Heart Of The City Ii
Planner1 replied to E-Man Groovin's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
Do you not understand that daytime buses are provided by operators on a commercial basis. If they thought running more services, or more frequent services would profit them, they’d do it. The reason there are less busses on some routes is that there isn’t enough demand to justify providing more. Simple as that. -
Public Transport Vs. Heart Of The City Ii
Planner1 replied to E-Man Groovin's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
They tried to extend it to Ranmoor, the attitude of the locals was pretty much “I’ve got a BMW/Audi/Range Rover, why would I need a tram?” So it was dropped. -
South Yorkshire Bus Service Needs Improvement
Planner1 replied to 1295galaxy's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
Most daytime services are provide by operators on a commercial basis, ie to make money. If they want to make changes, they can, so long as it’s done at the times specified in the partnership agreement. As I recall it, cuts to supported ( subsidised) services are discussed with the councils involved and decisions are taken by councillors at the combined authority. If they did consult, how many people are going to agree with a service being reduced? Many people just want bus services to be there as a backup for when they don’t / can’t use their car, but in reality, they rarely use the bus. What would a consultation tell decision makers that they don’t know? -
South Yorkshire Bus Service Needs Improvement
Planner1 replied to 1295galaxy's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
Do you seriously think that Oliver Coppard even knows that these shelters have been taken out? Mayors do not tend to get involved in operational matters at that level. Maintenance has never been my area of work and I’m not interested in the street trees, so don’t hold your breath. -
South Yorkshire Bus Service Needs Improvement
Planner1 replied to 1295galaxy's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
So, you’re making things up. You don’t know whether anyone has made official complaints to the relevant bodies. If you are so concerned, I’ve provided the links to SYMCA’s complaints process. SCC has one too, here. Why are you asking me? You will only get the answer by asking the right people. -
Irrespective of what you think, the official way of categorising road traffic accidents has been in place for decades. I remember it as far back as the early 1980’s. Its an objective way of categorising, based on the outcomes in terms of injuries sustained. Your categorisation is subjective, based on third hand accounts. They aren’t going to change an established national system that’s been operating just fine for a long time just because you don’t like it. Why would they want to create a centralised portal? If you have a concern and you have footage, you send it to your local police. It’s simple, there’s no need to complicate it. You might also perhaps consider that your suggestion of everyone spying on each other and reporting any transgressions to the authorities might be seen as rather distasteful by many.
-
South Yorkshire Bus Service Needs Improvement
Planner1 replied to 1295galaxy's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
Complaints to whom? What was the response? Do you seriously suggest that SCC and the MCA deliberately set out to make people suffer? -
If you look on this page, there’s a link on the right hand side to diffusion tube results 2003 to 2021. Those monitor nitrogen dioxide. As described on that page, DEFRA have monitoring sites in Sheffield and their historic data can be accessed here
-
South Yorkshire Bus Service Needs Improvement
Planner1 replied to 1295galaxy's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
I don’t know the specifics of these instances, but there are many reasons why a shelter might be removed, or one isn’t provided. Best way to find out is to make a complaint to the relevant organisation, they should have a process and an agreed timescale for responding. Report them to the Local Government Ombudsman if they fail to adhere to their process. ( the number of complaints, how many dealt with in timescale and number of cases referred to LGO are corporate performance indicators, which senior managers are interested in)