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Street design in new housing estates ‘too restrictive for buses’

29 May 2015
Some main streets can be too narrow 
for efficient bus operations
Some main streets can be too narrow for efficient bus operations

 

Oxfordshire County Council has criticised the street design in some of the county’s recently-built housing estates, saying the main streets are too narrow and low-speed for efficient bus operations. 

“The recent design orthodoxy for large residential developments in Oxfordshire has been far too restrictive for bus operation and this restricts the eventual range of bus services that can be operated,” says Oxfordshire. 

The council’s comments reflect a concern of...

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