presta
Guru
Calne High Street has been closed to cars since 1968, so Wiltshire Council are now going to re-open it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7242zv2227o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7242zv2227o
Road to Re-open
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Sterlo
Early Retirement Planning
- Location
- East Riding of Yorkshire
You've got to give them time to do evaluation studies, councillors have to earn their money somehow.
- Location
- Inside my skull
It’s not going to solve the traffic issues and just make things worse. Have they learned nothing.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Looks like it's one of two disconnected short pedestrianised streets in Calne centre and the other one also bans cycling. This 50 metres was piffling and probably made little difference to much.
Of course, they should have gone the other way and tried demotorising the whole town centre. Rewarding motorists for "attempting dangerous passes and mounting kerbs" by reopening streets to them sends the wrong signals entirely, or actually reveals the councillors have spent entirely too much time huffing exhaust fumes.
In any sane world, the air quality on High Street will plummet (as cars will queue to turn out of it and some will sit idling while people shop) and the trial reopening will fail hard. If they're lucky, shopkeepers on High St will lose enough trade to complain. If they're really lucky, having two streets close by trying to turn onto the A4 will jam things up, and/or enough cars will try to go straight over the A4 from High St into Market Hill that it will surprise drivers and cause some low-speed collisions.
Of course, they should have gone the other way and tried demotorising the whole town centre. Rewarding motorists for "attempting dangerous passes and mounting kerbs" by reopening streets to them sends the wrong signals entirely, or actually reveals the councillors have spent entirely too much time huffing exhaust fumes.
In any sane world, the air quality on High Street will plummet (as cars will queue to turn out of it and some will sit idling while people shop) and the trial reopening will fail hard. If they're lucky, shopkeepers on High St will lose enough trade to complain. If they're really lucky, having two streets close by trying to turn onto the A4 will jam things up, and/or enough cars will try to go straight over the A4 from High St into Market Hill that it will surprise drivers and cause some low-speed collisions.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
My dustbin was full.
Instead of doing something to empty it, I opened up another and placed it next to the first.
Now both are full.
Instead of doing something to empty it, I opened up another and placed it next to the first.
Now both are full.
HMS_Dave
Grand Old Lady
"During the 18-month trial, which will cost £100,000...."
And there we have it...
"Disabled parking currently on High Street will be suspended during the scheme."
Oh, good. Im sure this is positive for them. Im sure all of them have been consulted and had their voices heard.
Inconsiderate and poor driving rewarded, pedestrians, disabled motorists and local tax payers punished.
And there we have it...
"Disabled parking currently on High Street will be suspended during the scheme."
Oh, good. Im sure this is positive for them. Im sure all of them have been consulted and had their voices heard.
Inconsiderate and poor driving rewarded, pedestrians, disabled motorists and local tax payers punished.
