Bus Users Oxford
@bususers-ox.bsky.social
Celebrating 25 years as the independent representative of bus passengers in Oxfordshire.
More and better bus services, please!
More and better bus services, please!
Reposted by Bus Users Oxford
making trips due to lower travel cost (mostly shifted from car); 16–24 year olds, urban; frequent bus users benefit most by more trips/perceived positives.
Value for money hard to assess, but ‘low’ even with unquantified extra benefits.
Value for money hard to assess, but ‘low’ even with unquantified extra benefits.
February 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
making trips due to lower travel cost (mostly shifted from car); 16–24 year olds, urban; frequent bus users benefit most by more trips/perceived positives.
Value for money hard to assess, but ‘low’ even with unquantified extra benefits.
Value for money hard to assess, but ‘low’ even with unquantified extra benefits.
Reposted by Bus Users Oxford
The Lower Thames Crossing scheme was predicted to cost £9bn in August 2020. Applying inflation for road construction up to September 2024 gives a new total of £11.3bn.
It fails on ALL its scheme objectives and will only bring 5 years of traffic relief at Dartford for 7 years of disruption!
It fails on ALL its scheme objectives and will only bring 5 years of traffic relief at Dartford for 7 years of disruption!
January 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The Lower Thames Crossing scheme was predicted to cost £9bn in August 2020. Applying inflation for road construction up to September 2024 gives a new total of £11.3bn.
It fails on ALL its scheme objectives and will only bring 5 years of traffic relief at Dartford for 7 years of disruption!
It fails on ALL its scheme objectives and will only bring 5 years of traffic relief at Dartford for 7 years of disruption!
Reposted by Bus Users Oxford
There appears to be a mistaken belief that any infrastructure project is good for the economy.
This is despite the government’s own projections showing congestion would worsen even if all the schemes in the current roads programme were built!
This is despite the government’s own projections showing congestion would worsen even if all the schemes in the current roads programme were built!
January 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There appears to be a mistaken belief that any infrastructure project is good for the economy.
This is despite the government’s own projections showing congestion would worsen even if all the schemes in the current roads programme were built!
This is despite the government’s own projections showing congestion would worsen even if all the schemes in the current roads programme were built!
Reposted by Bus Users Oxford
These flaws then affect decision-making, with the government often taking far longer than the three months allocated.
We should by all means speed up vital infrastructure, but we should be honest about where the problems lie.
Our letter in The Times 👇🏼
We should by all means speed up vital infrastructure, but we should be honest about where the problems lie.
Our letter in The Times 👇🏼
January 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
These flaws then affect decision-making, with the government often taking far longer than the three months allocated.
We should by all means speed up vital infrastructure, but we should be honest about where the problems lie.
Our letter in The Times 👇🏼
We should by all means speed up vital infrastructure, but we should be honest about where the problems lie.
Our letter in The Times 👇🏼
Reposted by Bus Users Oxford
including promoting roads when we need better public transport. In the case of the Lower Thames Crossing, it wasted years producing something so flawed that it had to withdraw its original planning application.
January 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
including promoting roads when we need better public transport. In the case of the Lower Thames Crossing, it wasted years producing something so flawed that it had to withdraw its original planning application.
Reposted by Bus Users Oxford
The government has made much of its desire to speed up planning decisions, yet by focusing on the legal system it is missing where the real problems lie.
This is especially true for road building, where National Highways spends years developing unsuitable and unpopular proposals
This is especially true for road building, where National Highways spends years developing unsuitable and unpopular proposals
January 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The government has made much of its desire to speed up planning decisions, yet by focusing on the legal system it is missing where the real problems lie.
This is especially true for road building, where National Highways spends years developing unsuitable and unpopular proposals
This is especially true for road building, where National Highways spends years developing unsuitable and unpopular proposals