(27 Sep 2021, 9:34 am)Train8261 wrote Buses set to get top priority on three of Newcastle's busiest roads under plan to cut pollution

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3 major roads set to change for buses

Way to increase pollution...have a virtually unchanged number of cars queuing in one lane with an empty bus lane.  For the extent to which bus lanes speed up bus journeys, I would be amazed if they tempted more than a handful of people out of their cars.  And to have a meaningful or even break even impact on pollution, surely they would need to tempt out enough people to warrant markedly more buses to run...for which there are neither the vehicles, nor the drivers. So said vehicles would just be fuller and even less appealing. Having buses slightly more quickly still take you to where you dont exactly want to go, at a time that still isn't really that convenient, possibly to then need to change to another bus to complete the journey, isn't going to change behaviour. "Deterring motorists" just deters them to an alternative route, or to an alternative destination if they have a choice.