‘Transport & Environment’
Positives
- Access
- Bus links (Regular and reliable)
- Good variety of bus routes
- Electric Buses
- Illuminated bus information signs
Negatives
- Too many buses
- Bus fumes/ dust/ air pollution
- No public transport on seafront
- Parking on pavements
- Narrow pavements – too crowded
- Cyclists going incorrect way on a ‘one way’ street
- Cycle lane
- Decisions being made without consultation
- Streets look rundown
- Too noisy
- Cost of parking – impact on economy
- Illegal street trading
- Inconsiderate bus/taxi drivers
- Lots of people being hit by buses
Suggestions for improvements
- Bus link to promote Madeira Drive
- Improved north and south bus links
- Pedestrianise or shared space on St James Street
- To reduce air pollution in the area (Fewer buses or reduce cost of buses so less people use their own transport)
- Local Business’s to contribute with greenery (Flower baskets etc.)
- Fewer incidents/accidents on the roads
- Speed bumps
- Safer area for cyclists
- Speed limit signs
- Community notice boards
- Economic Strategy – More independent shops/ Links with Amex development
- Construction – Welcome arches
- Restrict delivery hours – I.e. deliveries can only be made before a certain time etc.
- Improved training for bus and taxi drivers
Requirements to make this change possible!
- Consulting/ proactive meeting with Brighton & Hove Bus Company
- Meetings with taxi companies
- Highways
- Council to sanction removal of bus stop outside ‘Morrison’s’
- Visible Police presence
- Community Garden protests with council/ corporate sponsors
- Council transport partnership – local cyclists
- For all of the above to be working in unison, and not divisions based on personal requirements and issues
