Viewpoint * UK - Free up this transport gridlock
Belfast,UK -The Belfast Telegraph - -February 07, 2008: -- Anyone who uses public transport in Belfast is well aware of the problem of congestion, but there are better means of tackling it than a threat of strike action by the Metro bus drivers. At a meeting next month between the drivers' union and the Regional Development Minister, Conor Murphy, new strategies must be devised to make sure buses have priority on main roads... Ideally, Belfast should follow Dublin's example with dedicated tram lines, but the narrowness of main thoroughfares may rule this out. Certainly there is no way that public transport can be made more attractive without the use of buses, hopefully at rock-bottom fares, so the drivers have a secure future. Just now, they need all the bus lanes they can get, together with parking restrictions, to guarantee better time-keeping for their passengers...
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