Time for a rethink on bus lanes?

Sir, – Will Dublin City Council ever consider the impossible and discontinue the use of bus lanes?

Only this week, this is what the city authorities here in Liverpool have done. After a 12-month review, during which time all of the 26 bus lanes into the city were suspended, it turned out that the routes offered little in reducing the flow of traffic, and in some cases they made matters worse. They have now opted to scrap all but four of the bus lane routes. There are, of course, protests from the usual suspects – cyclists, passengers and the bus companies – but the council is standing firm.

What is particularly refreshing about this development is that the council will forego some £700,000 the lanes generated each year from errant motorists.

“Making the motorist a cash cow is immoral”, said the lord mayor, Joe Anderson. Now that’s a first. – Yours, etc,

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FRANK GREANEY,

Formby,

Liverpool.