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A6038 Rawdon 1. Bradford to Leeds via Stanningley, Bramley BaAInLDdO! N Armley Tinshill Moortown A6120 As part of our Connecting Leeds vision for the city, Leeds City Council and its partners – including West Yorkshire Combined Authority and bus operators – are planning significant investment in our transport! network. In 2016, we started an unprecedented This consultation provides an opportunity — Enforcement of the ‘2+’ lane is better conversation about transport in Leeds. for you to review our latest proposals for than converting to a bus lane. Over 8,000 of you told us very clearly what the sections of route shown on the plan Surveys have shown one in three changes are important to you and for the opposite, together with the evidence we vehicles using the ‘2+’ lane are single Headingley city. You said you wanted wider travel have used to inform our proposals.! occupancy, but enforcement has proven Pudsey choices and more reliable public transport, difficult. This is one of the main causes with more priority given to buses and a Taken together, modelling has shown our of delay to buses along the entire route. Bramley city centre that is accessible to everyone. proposals are capable of reducing bus Our modelling work has shown Kirkstall journey times by up to 15 minutes at peak converting the ‘2+’ lane to a bus lane, Dawsons We have since developed ambitious plans times, making bus journeys more reliable if delivered in combination with our Corner Farsley that will give people much more appealing and attractive for the 12,000 people who other improvements to the junctions, Stanningley Road alternatives to the car by making bus travel along the route by bus each day. will smooth traffic flow to the benefit Woodhouse 4a&4b 5 Harehills services quicker and more reliable, while also of all road users, including motorists. Stanningley 3 6a ensuring that journeys on foot or by bike What you told us A647 are more convenient, attractive and safer. — Remove on-street parking instead 6b During the previous consultation, many Towards Stanningley Bypass of creating a bus lane. Bradford Armley Road Leeds city people said the plans for the Bradford to 7a&7b A64(M) The first stage of our plans involves Leeds route would benefit buses and bus We agree that, in some locations along 8 centre investment in five key bus routes across the ! the route, parking restrictions will users, as well motorists, cyclists and Pudsey Armley city – including between Bradford and pedestrians. However, some concerns wereB ra dfincreaseord Fo rthest eamountr of usable road Leeds, via Stanningley, Bramley and Armley. also raised, which we want to respond to: Sq uarspace.e However, opening up that road BspaceRA DtoF generalORD traffic risks creating ! Wortley Bus services are regularly delayed by — More bus lanes could cause greater new points of delay where traffic is Armley significant traffic congestion along this congestion for other motorists. required to merge back in at the end Gyratory route, and improvements are also needed We need to make bus travel a more of that section. Designating that space to provide better facilities for pedestrians as a bus lane will help bus service viable and attractive alternative to the Holbeck and cyclists. car. Our proposals include reliability without impacting on other improvements to junctions to enable motorists. In the longer term, we have ambitions them to operate more efficiently which, Have your say A61S/A639 to deliver a new mass transit network when delivered in combination with the for Leeds which will complement the reallocation of road space between Please take a few minutes to review improvements to the bus network we junctions, enable us to improve journey the materials we are presenting, which plan to deliver in the short term. times for buses without detriment to communicate the latest improvements now other motorists. proposed along this route and how these Earlier this year we held a public have changed in response to previous consultation to outline our plans for this — The Cycle Superhighway is underused consultation feedback. and other routes, to allow you to give us and should be scrapped. your views as a bus user, cyclist, motorist, We recognise not everyone is in favour, You can share your views online at pedestrian, business owner or local www.leeds.gov.uk/connectingleeds, by KEY Park Halt but in the past two years more than half For detailed information on each of the projects below, ! resident. a million trips have been made along completing a feedback form or by talking please refer to the corresponding numbered boards. the CityConnect Cycle Superhighway. to a member of staff. Across the city, there were more than 3 Bradford Road between More than double the number of Drighlington A62 Gain Lane and Ederoyd Grove 14,000 contributions providing feedback people are now cyclingBu alongtter stheAh6a route4w1 If you would like to receive information by 4a/b Dawsons Corner Junction on issues and our initial ideas. post, or would like a large print or braille 5 Stanningley Road Junction with Hough Lane than before it was introduced and most 6a/b Stanningley Road between say they feel safer because of the copy of any of these materials, please A651 Town End and Armley Ridge Road Our proposals ! 7a/b Armley Road between Ledgard Way separation it provides from traffic. contact us. We have updated our proposals along and Pickering Street Our proposals will enhance the Cycle A650 A62(T) 8 Armley Road and Canal Street the route, taking into consideration the Superhighway through Armley. We also between Lidl and Inner Ring Road feedback received during the previous plan to extend it into and through the consultation (see right) and also further city centre, which will further increase MORLEY Thornbury Barracks Armley Road (MC Carpets junction) analysis carried out since then in response its appeal to potential new cyclists. to particular concerns. For further information visit Join the conversation Birstall West Ardsley www.leeds.gov.uk/connectingleeds #ConnectingLeeds Smithies A649 CLECKHEATON BATLEY East Ardsley.