(23 Dec 2023, 12:28 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Qualified transport and highway engineers design  them, not councillors.

“Awful traffic light schemes” are usually required to improve life for those with the highest priority in the transport hierarchy: pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users, because at the end of the day we need sustainable and active travel options to be more appealing. 
Speeding up and making private car journeys more attractive is the last thing we want.

What all those pedestrians that use travel along Sandy Lane? It's not about active travel, most these schemes are actively making public transport worse. The X7/X8 are now 30 minutes late most evenings and that is directly linked to the Sandy Lane works. There's absolutely no pedestrian travel around there.

Which 'active travel' scheme has improved travel for buses?

Gosforth High Street - no
Four Lane Ends - no
South Gosforth - no
Haymarket - no
Central station works - no
St James' Boulevard - no
Heworth - no

The time it takes for some of these works, would suggest they're going for the cheapest option going and you pay for what you get, some of the schemes are even damn right dangerous especially that roundabout near Miller and Carter which is way too tight.