More Car Charging Juice Needed Humphrey? Yes Minister.

Why not air the problems properly, for example Bristol, where I live.


The City was green capital of Europe in 2015, and to get this has been made nonsense of transport. All of the traffic lights are phased to hold up traffic, and bus and cycle lanes make almost all roads to the City centre one lane only. Mostly both of these "green lanes" are unused, cyclists preferring to ride (illegally) on the pavements and even in the lane without lights at night wearing black Lycra. The council spent £240 million building a "Metrobus" system to speed journeys, which unfortunately is so badly planned that most of it runs on roads without bus lanes and buses being an hour late is normal, and usually full up as well. The standard buses are often cancelled and mostly 15-20 years old so not very good from a pollution point of view, and the council has announced a low emissions zone which covers all the vehicles on the M32 going to the city centre, with no way of avoiding huge charges! Bus fares are considerably higher than London, and don't mention the car parking charges anywhere near the City centre! Of course there is little provision for vehicle charging, perhaps 2 or 3 each in the large car parks. The LEZ is to reduce pollution from all the stationary vehicles held up by the traffic lights and resulting jams.


Talk about zero planning or intelligence by the council, perhaps they own the traffic light manufacturers as they keep adding more, in some places one set every 100 metres, all not phased up. West into London is fantastic by comparison, it shows that the systems are there, just not used, presumably deliberately. There is relatively poor footfall in the city centre shops, and the Council wonders why!!!

Why not air the problems properly, for example Bristol, where I live.


The City was green capital of Europe in 2015, and to get this has been made nonsense of transport. All of the traffic lights are phased to hold up traffic, and bus and cycle lanes make almost all roads to the City centre one lane only. Mostly both of these "green lanes" are unused, cyclists preferring to ride (illegally) on the pavements and even in the lane without lights at night wearing black Lycra. The council spent £240 million building a "Metrobus" system to speed journeys, which unfortunately is so badly planned that most of it runs on roads without bus lanes and buses being an hour late is normal, and usually full up as well. The standard buses are often cancelled and mostly 15-20 years old so not very good from a pollution point of view, and the council has announced a low emissions zone which covers all the vehicles on the M32 going to the city centre, with no way of avoiding huge charges! Bus fares are considerably higher than London, and don't mention the car parking charges anywhere near the City centre! Of course there is little provision for vehicle charging, perhaps 2 or 3 each in the large car parks. The LEZ is to reduce pollution from all the stationary vehicles held up by the traffic lights and resulting jams.


Talk about zero planning or intelligence by the council, perhaps they own the traffic light manufacturers as they keep adding more, in some places one set every 100 metres, all not phased up. West into London is fantastic by comparison, it shows that the systems are there, just not used, presumably deliberately. There is relatively poor footfall in the city centre shops, and the Council wonders why!!!