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Enforce 20mph zones properly or paint over them. Half-arsed is worse than useless.
Bristol rolled out 20mph zones across almost the entire city. Fair enough, evidence says lower speeds reduce serious injuries. Except there is no enforcement. Zero speed cameras on the 20mph roads. Police say they have no resources to prose
Officially redesignate all potholes as "traffic calming features" and mark the problem as resolved
The Managed Decline Party notes that the pothole problem is, in the language of Whitehall, "a long-standing challenge". What we mean by this is that we have completely given up. Rather than continuing the expensive charade of "repairing" t
Trains should cost less than driving the same journey
Peak return Reading to London: £52 Petrol for the same journey: £12 Even with parking its cheaper to drive In what world does that make sense for a country that says it wants fewer cars on the road? Rail fares in the UK are the highest in
Bus lanes should only operate when buses actually run
The bus lane on the A370 is in operation 24 hours a day. Seven days a week. I drove down it at 10:30pm on a sunday in february and there was one car in front of me, no buses anywhere, and about a mile of empty bus lane I wasnt allowed to us
Stop closing rural post offices and bus routes then wondering why villages die
There is a pattern that repeats across rural England and it goes like this. First the bus route gets cut because its not commercially viable. Then the post office closes because footfall dropped when the bus stopped. Then the pub closes bec
Parking fines shouldnt be a revenue stream for councils
My council made 4.2 million quid in parking fines last year. Four point two MILLION. Thats not enforcement. Thats a business model. And it means every decision they make about signage, yellow lines, and parking zones is quietly shaped by
Make the Channel Tunnel one-way on alternate days for fairness
The Channel Tunnel currently operates in both directions simultaneously, which seems unnecessarily European. A more sensible, more British approach would be to have it go one way on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and the other way on Tues
Ban all through-traffic on our road but maintain our divine right to drive everywhere else
The traffic on our road is terrible. Something must be done. Specifically, a Low Traffic Neighbourhood that prevents other people from using our road as a shortcut. This is about safety, air quality, and the children. However, the proposed
Roadworks that overrun should cost the contractor, not the taxpayer
There are roadworks near my house that were supposed to take 6 weeks. We are on week 14. I have seen someone actually working there maybe three times. Here is what should happen: - Every contract gets a hard completion date - For every we
Fix roads with dedicated funding
I’m genuinely at the end of my tether with the state of our roads. It feels like we’ve quietly accepted that crumbling surfaces, endless potholes and patchwork repairs are just how things are now - they shouldn’t be. As a teacher I see the
Scrap the HS2 White Elephant
I'm proposing we cancel the HS2 project and divert the funds to upgrading our existing rail network, it's a no-brainer when you look at the costs and benefits. The current plans are going to soak up over a hundred billion pounds, which coul
Every pothole reported should be fixed within 14 days or the council pays you £50
I hit a pothole on the A38 last October. Two tyres and an alloy wheel. Reported it. Got told it was scheduled for assessment. That was five months ago. The policy: - Report a pothole through an official channel - If its not fixed within 1
Scrap the idiotic HS2 project already
I'm sick of hearing about the HS2 debacle, it's been years of delays and cost overruns, and for what, so a bunch of suits can get to London a bit quicker, it's a complete waste of money. The estimated cost is now over 100 billion pounds, it
National Pothole Act
Britain's roads have become so bad that Tony Robinson has been filmed retreiving a Saxon hoard from the middle of the A38. It's time to stop treating our suspension like a piñata at a Year 6 disco. 1. The "Heritage Hole" Reclassification
Speed bumps that wreck your car should be removed and the council should pay for the damage
Some speed bumps are so aggressive they damage cars driven at the posted speed limit. If a speed bump wrecks your suspension at 20mph the council should pay for the repair. End of.
Using AI for age checks on kids seeking safety? We need to talk.
So, are we really saying a computer algorithm knows better than doctors when it comes to figuring out if a young person is a child or pretending to be? It feels like we’re outsourcing basic human judgment to a black box, and frankly, it’s w
Enough is enough! Our trains are a national disgrace.
It's utterly infuriating. Every time I need to visit my daughter in London, I face the same dismal experience: delays, cancellations, and overcrowded carriages. You'd think a country that pioneered railways would manage to run them halfway