11:48am Tuesday 9th March 2010
It would be almost impossible to create a high speed transit system for Southend. Apart from the enormous cost it would require buses, or preferably trams, to have designated lanes devoid of other traffic.
This would require four lanes on the proposed routes. The one in the Far East is computer controlled, runs at predetermined intervals, knows how many people are joining and alighting at each stop and will increase or decrease the frequency accordingly.
I am probably thinking too far into the future for the present council, which seems to delight in installing more and more traffic lights, costing vast amounts of money, and will do nothing to ease the traffic problems.
Better and cheaper public transport is the answer, but it comes at a price.
David Barratt
Southbourne Grove
Westcliff
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