Public transport
- If you haven’t
got a car you are relying on public transport. Not getting improved service we are
promised. Need new buses to make it
more efficient. Old buses are very
uncomfortable for elderly and frail people to travel on.
- Improve public
transport service to get traffic off roads
- Public transport
– weekend travel – lack of buses – lack of
services – low buses needed and through ticketing
- Public transport in
the Woodlands area – 308 and 455 are very old buses with
steps up and majority of people are elderly. ARRIVA have said they cannot afford to replace
with new buses as they do not make money from the
elderly. Spoke to MP Adam Holloway who
said it will improve but it hasn’t been
forthcoming. They promised that when
other areas got new buses we would get more modern ones but they
have gone back on their word. We get
one bus an hour and services are often cut because buses break down
and go in for repair.
- If you haven’t
got a car you are relying on public transport. We are not getting improved service we are
promised. Need new buses to make it
more efficient. Old buses are very
uncomfortable for elderly and frail people to travel on.
- Lack
of access on buses for the elderly and access needs e.g. buggies
Buses too high off curb
- Bus service – Improvements
– not everyone wants to go to Bluewater
- routes to hospitals bad service
- Cars parked at
schools are a problem – buses struggle to get through
- Route to Darent Valley Hospital from Northfleet and West not good
- Fastrack should be used for new large
developments
- Hospital –
early appointments – public transport
- Fastrack
– local service not given priority new link Northfleet to … St – When and
where?
- Low income can’t afford to
send children to school Cost of children’s travel to school
– £50/week
- Has analysis been done on
users? What is use of Fastrack – need stats from Fastrack and feedback
Highways maintenance
/ Potholes
- Street lighting is also abysmal
contract
- Marry up road works
to avoid digging up same roads twice within short timescale
- Lighting –
street lights out of order since November 19 2008
- After utilities work – road
collapses and potholes start showing – there should be more
supervision of utilities work
Speed reduction/lorries and congestion
issues
- Average speed checks
on the A2 have improved traffic speed on A2
- When there is an
accident on the A2 there is grid lock – motorways are
closed.
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Concerns about fast traffic on Coldharbour Road and Singlewell Road
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Need to re-educate young people in schools about dangers of
speed
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Lost lorries causing gridlock at Stone
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Speeding – waiting for fatalities – not good enough
Highways schemes
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Traffic calming – not good for elderly travelling
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Bean junction
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What happens with schemes – political independent system
decided politically?
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Pipkin officer driven – not what
was wanted
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More dropped kerbs
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Access for St George’s School, Meadow Road – road
surface was never designed for heavy traffic - School is
campaigning for new access and road – can extra funding be
found
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what about a one way system around St. Mark’s Avenue –
will this be in scheme for 2010/11
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Hall Roard/Springhead Road problems
Illegal
parking/parking issues
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Pavement parking not enforced – have only just spent money
– what is the point if it is to be ruined.
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Cars parked on yellow lines – need enforcement
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Cyclist having to go round parked cars makes life difficult
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Traffic wardens – enforcement – parking permits work
quite well
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There is limited parking in new developments
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A2 activity park – access into park … very limited
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There is Park and Ride for commuters – will the Park and Ride
be used? Wrotham/… Road
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Chilton Road – green is in the middle – want more
parking