The Fast Lane * UK - Get buses back in !!
Thousands more passengers are using Birmingham's buses - but many more could join them if bus lanes were introduced across the city
Birmingham,UK -The BirminghamMail.net, by Jon Griffin -Mar 3 2008: -- ... National Express chief executive Richard Bowker today threw down the gauntlet to Birmingham City Council to join the debate and cut traffic congestion in the city... Mr Bowker said just five per cent of Birmingham's road space was devoted to bus lane schemes despite growing passenger figures... And he pledged National Express, which owns Travel West Midlands, would plough more money into buses and add to the group's fleet if more bus priority schemes were introduced... Last week the city council revealed its 20-year Big City Plan, under which buses could be banned from Corporation Street and city centre roads as part of a bus-free central area... (Video from YouTube, by ukbusnutter -December 05, 2007: "Travel West Midlands Tribute" a collection of photos of buses and coaches within the National Express Group)
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