Moving the bus stop outside Asda at handsworth and new Costa & KFC

[happychappy7 10]

There are proposals to move the bus stop currently located outside Asda at Handsworth on the council web site, The congestion that this causes in a morning is horrible and has been for a number of years. There is an email address to tell them what you think and it does say you will be kept informed of progress. I have emailed and also asked for the yellow box to be extended to cover the bottom of Richmond park road while they are at it as im fed up up people blocking the inside lane pulling out onto an already blocked outside lane.

Also the people who think its ok to beep at me for not moving from the lights on Handsworth Road inside lane when the buses and cars are already stopped forcing me to park on the yellow box , you seriously need to read the highway code.

 

 

There are proposals to also build a costa coffee and a KFC just behind this bus stop with the entry and exit road being just across from Aldi on Richmond Park Road that will also create more traffic/rubbish

 

16/03764/FUL | Erection of a two-storey building including 3 No. units at ground floor level including café, restaurant and hot food takeaway, (one with drive-through facility), an assembly and leisure unit at 1st floor level also car parking and landscaping | Land At Junction With Handsworth Road And Richmond Park Road Sheffield S13 8HL

 

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/content/sheffield/home/roads-pavements/bus-route-improvement-schemes.html

 

roll on more rubbish!

[silentP 10]

..and all that employment, who needs it right!

[Scozzie 10]

It's the traffic that's the problem, not the new complex.

But if they even start to build the complex without sorting out the congestion, it will be even more horrendous.

 

I work 3.4 miles from home. On a good day, it takes me 15 minutes to drive to work.

On a normal day, it's 30-40 minutes, and the delay is caused by this intersection alone.

 

(busses would take longer, I'm not brave enough to ride a bike and walking is too far)

[happychappy7 10]

..and all that employment, who needs it right!

 

Always one looking for an argument. Build one next to your house then.

 

[mickey finn 12]

..and all that employment, who needs it right!

 

Well said, I hope they build em everywhere, the more jobs the better.

[nikki-red 307]

Posts removed, the bickering ends here.

 

 

Thank you.

[top4718 838]

Buses on busy routes need pull ins its a basic fact.

 

There is a similar situation out side the Admiral chippy in Killamarsh the bus pull in was filled in to create a kerb thats about 20ft wider than it needs to be whilst the bus holds up traffic - totally bizarre logic.

[ads36 214]

well, the logic is this:

 

once a bus has pulled into a layby-stop, the driver/passengers then have to wait for a car driver to let them out. and this can take a while...

 

(lots of people don't let buses out)

 

So, make the bus stop in the lane, and the driver can then pull off when he/she's ready.

 

as the driver of a private vehicle, you may find this annoying. as the passenger on a bus, you may find this advantageous.

 

it's not done to punish car drivers, it's done to stop car drivers punishing bus users.

[Guest busdriver1]

well, the logic is this:

 

once a bus has pulled into a layby-stop, the driver/passengers then have to wait for a car driver to let them out. and this can take a while...

 

(lots of people don't let buses out)

 

So, make the bus stop in the lane, and the driver can then pull off when he/she's ready.

 

as the driver of a private vehicle, you may find this annoying. as the passenger on a bus, you may find this advantageous.

 

it's not done to punish car drivers, it's done to stop car drivers punishing bus users.

 

The biggest factor is NOT to keep them in the traffic flow, it is to prevent people parking cars at Bus Stops.

With many bus stop markings being only 6 feet longer than a bus, and cars parking right up to the lines it becomes impossible to actually get a bus in to a stop. By building the stop out into the road, it can actually create more car parking space as the bus only needs sufficient room to get the door to the kerb meaning bus stop islands can be only 10 - 12 feet long instead of 40 feet long.

Trams have been like it for some time.

[ads36 214]

that's interesting, thanks.

[Phili Buster 10]

Buses on busy routes need pull ins its a basic fact.

 

There is a similar situation out side the Admiral chippy in Killamarsh the bus pull in was filled in to create a kerb thats about 20ft wider than it needs to be whilst the bus holds up traffic - totally bizarre logic.

 

You mean like on Staniforth Road, bus pulls up at stop and all traffic stops.

 

 

well, the logic is this:

 

once a bus has pulled into a layby-stop, the driver/passengers then have to wait for a car driver to let them out. and this can take a while...

 

(lots of people don't let buses out)

 

So, make the bus stop in the lane, and the driver can then pull off when he/she's ready.

 

as the driver of a private vehicle, you may find this annoying. as the passenger on a bus, you may find this advantageous.

 

it's not done to punish car drivers, it's done to stop car drivers punishing bus users.

 

That must be the trainee bus drivers having that problem, most just pull out and then indicate or indicate while passengers are still boarding and paying.

[spider1 11]

In reality it wants to be below lights and road widening to 3 lanes plenty room to do it The traffic is horrendous its like the M1 /

Edited October 18, 2017 by spider1