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Re: Metro

PostSat Sep 28, 2024 12:26 pm

Ash wrote:
Brian62 wrote: I like the idea of sorting out Callaghan square, it's a place I tend to avoid when driving west-east, but I think closing top of Bute street is an error.


100% this. It would be interesting to know how much of the traffic realignment in actually required to run the new line and how much is just about traffic management. It dosn't make much sense in terms of hitting net zero to increase the length of car journeys and cause congestion.


Well, theres only about 500M of new on-street track so I would say that about 75% of this is "traffic management" and that is strongly influenced by an obvious desire to make it more difficult to travel by car within the city centre. I think this is a good thing - it SHOULD be more more difficult to take a car into the city centre. Or rather, I should be more costly to drive in the centre. That cost can come in the form of time/inconvenience or direct charges and I think I would prefer the latter.

Cardiff council have been toying with the idea of road user charging for a while but given how politically controversial this will be I don't think they are ready to grasp the nettle yet. They are probably also waiting to see which way the UK and Welsh governments go on this. So we keep getting traffic schemes that are ostensibly about improving active travel or public transport, but have a pretty obvious side-effect of making driving more inconvenient.
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Re: Metro

PostThu Oct 03, 2024 11:44 am

That is not ideal, seems like the WG aren't committed to improving Cardiff transport, with the Cardiff Parkway decision being sat on too.
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Re: Metro

PostFri Oct 04, 2024 7:51 am

Ash wrote:
Brian62 wrote: I like the idea of sorting out Callaghan square, it's a place I tend to avoid when driving west-east, but I think closing top of Bute street is an error.


100% this. It would be interesting to know how much of the traffic realignment in actually required to run the new line and how much is just about traffic management. It dosn't make much sense in terms of hitting net zero to increase the length of car journeys and cause congestion.

I went to one of the road shows and asked about closing the top of Bute Street. Initially I got the active travel and public transport lecture, which I didn't fully accept. So then I was told their models suggested that the current junction caused tail backs along Bute terrace. I questioned how pushing more traffic along Tyndall street/Windsor road and LGA/central link to meet up at an already congested piece of road would help. At which point I got a mumble in return of "maybe their models wrong and it's something that needs to be looked at".
I also asked about where and how the lines from Central will link with the bay line. The slope is going to be steep, but the modern trams can cope apparently, but the precise where and how of the join hasn't been decided. Which I found a bit of a surprise.
On the bright side the bike lanes and pedestrian environment looks like an improvement.
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PostSun Oct 06, 2024 6:37 pm

The trams should be able to cope with a 5% gradient - and the difference in elevation of the Bay line to Bute Street is only around 3 m so connection length could be as short as 60m. Not an issue.
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