Liverpool City Centre Traffic Issues

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RE: Liverpool City Centre Traffic Issues

(16/10/2018 22:47)Y474 KNF Wrote:  Whenever I go past a taxi rank in the city centre during the day there are usually a number of taxis waiting for a fare. Where would they wait for fares if you changed the taxi ranks into bus stops?

That will never happen. It would cost far too much money and also remove three parking spaces for disabled drivers. Where would you put those?

It was one whole idea. Though it would be costly, it would free up bus stops, layovers and ease congestion. Disabled parking spaces are all over Liverpool. Losing 3 won't be a big loss. I would like to add as well, if there are so many taxis waiting for a fare, I think it says a lot about the demand. So many taxi ranks, so many taxis. Very rarely see many taxis leave with passengers so really, there is far more supply than there is demand.

(17/10/2018 05:37)MPTE1955 Wrote:  More idealistic rubbish from some people on here, I'll start with the 79s issue with every other bus missing QS and going out through St John's Lane, that bus is every 5 minutes for a reason and you would end up with people all over the place and a delay issue wouldn't be solved so that is really silly. The taxi rank underground, really just make muggers job etc easier, so another silly idea as well as removing ranks, taxi drivers also have to make a living so just cut their avenues of doing so with less ranks in busy areas, really!!!, We have a council that is not bus friendly, which is not helping, there is no easy answer to this, you could make the QS to James Street area car free but there are car parks in between so that wouldn't work, the closure of the flyovers is not going to help this, even more so if they end up closed permanently. Truth is a really good park and ride is the answer but sites close to the centre and not one miles away like Gillmoss, something like they have in Norwich with several routes around all having their own buses, that is the way to go. But even something like that would only work if you made more of the centre a car free zone unless you were using the car parks with the disabled being the exception for obvious reasons.

Bus 79, yes it's busy but every 10 minutes in Queen Square would take 6 buses per hour out of there. It wouldn't make delays worse. It would confuse passengers slightly but they would get used to it. Let's face it, they already have the 79, 79C, 79D. They have got their head around there. Why not one other little change.
The Taxi Rank thing is a bit OTT but the benefits are listed above. Muggers are an issue anywhere you go. You could try part time bus stop/part time taxi rank for the evenings but then it is a lot of work to convert it for both buses and taxis to use.

Park and ride would be good but would it be used? Though Gillmoss P+R is so far out, surely it is better in that it would remove traffic from along Walton Hall Ave and closer to the city centre. The closer to the town centre it is, surely the whole scheme becomes more pointless.