Sustainable travel plan for Cardiff

[ddraig]

also the bay is already well served by the 4min train from Queen st and the no 6 baycar bus (as well as the no 8/35 and others)

and what 'out of the way businesses' you on about?

 

[Gromit]

Cool. Just me being cynical and expecting the worst as usual. Good to know for once it's unfounded.

 

[davesgcr]

I would think the Coryton line - having survived the bleak 70's and 80's is very safe for now.

Affordable tram trains would be nice - but in the interim there is a big resignalling and capacity scheme - more platforms at Central and Queen Street to keep a busy railway even busier. 18 tph an hour Not bad for a system that nearly lost it till JOhn Davies and others pulled it back from the edge.


Tram extensions to unserved areas like Ely and Llanrhymney amongst other places along the major road routes would really tip the balance towards "sustainability" .......

IN a wild dream you could even get the St Fagans Pullman back (look it up in the railway literature)

 

[1927]

Just looked ta Google earth and there is actually plenty of land available for a link between Radyr and Coryton. If the will was there it could be done.

 

[m4rk]

Sustainable travel plan for Cardiff

It is excellent news that the funding has been announced, but let's not confuse that with a plan being in place. Currently, Cardiff City Council has no plan and they no vision outside of building a few shopping centres, car parking and roads through sophia gardens. There is a risk this money will find its way into the st david's development fiasco (and similar), used to build more carparks, to prop up cardiff bus and diverted into the failed council final salary pension funds.

We need a vision and a plan pretty darn quick. Integrated transport, proper cycling facilities and a Cardiff Circle Line are a good start.