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Post by mattyr88 on Jun 14, 2008 21:01:47 GMT 1
yeah thet wouldn't work, don't forget taxis use it too and cars can use it after 10pm until 6am i think, its leeds, it will always be busy, and will get busy the more it expands,
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Post by jackh on Jun 14, 2008 21:24:19 GMT 1
Well I'm sure if footage was publicised of a few hardy souls playing their chances against the bollards and failing would deter other idiots from doing so. Plus you can put the bollards down between 10pm and 6am when the restriction is lifted
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Post by Craig on Jun 14, 2008 21:31:38 GMT 1
A better alternative to these bollards (for Manchester and anywhere else where they are to be used) would be a barrier, same as you get in a car park. I think the problem with the bollards, as the Youtube video shows, is that people perhaps lost in an unfamiliar city happily follow a bus down a road to suddenly have their vehicle harpooned by something they didn't know was there (the clarity and visibility of advance road sign warnings is also relevant to how much such drivers would be to blame). However a driver who fully knew of the bollards' presence probably wouldn't attempt to outrun them anyway. A barrier system however is more visible and obvious to all road users.
To tie all this back to the original topic... perhaps Leeds could use this system as suggested, but with the use of barriers or something similar.
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Post by mattyr88 on Jun 14, 2008 21:32:46 GMT 1
true but they would get vandalised within a day. drunks and things, plus health and safety of pedestrians, any malfuncion would course traffic.
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Jun 15, 2008 11:12:26 GMT 1
The buses are too frequent for anything like that. Don't buses run up and down The Headrow pretty much continuously. The route in Manchester has one service every 5-10 minutes
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