Guided buses: not enough regard for safety?

[Magdalia]

Cambridgeshire County Council are now considering providing a fence long the whole length of the busway:

Cambridge guided busway could introduce safety barriers

A council has proposed extra safety measures to the guided busway from Huntingdon to Cambridge.

www.bbc.co.uk

A council that was fined £6m after three deaths on its guided busway has proposed installing fencing and barriers along the entire 16-mile (26km) route.

Cambridgeshire County Council said it was in "full acceptance" of "historical failures" relating to its busway, which runs from Huntingdon to Cambridge.

Jennifer Taylor, Steve Moir and Kathleen Pitts died after collisions on the route between 2015 and 2021.

The council said a "new and robust" safety regime had been in place since the authority was sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court in April, prompting it to recommend more safety measures as a result.

 

[Trainbike46]

Cambridgeshire County Council are now considering providing a fence long the whole length of the busway:

Cambridge guided busway could introduce safety barriers

A council has proposed extra safety measures to the guided busway from Huntingdon to Cambridge.

www.bbc.co.uk

That seems excessive to me - while I agree with placing fencing along high-risk locations, such as between the station and the hospital site, it seems absurd to build fencing along the parts of the route where the foot/cycle path is separated from the busway by a wide grassy verge, and such a requirement would never be put on a regular road, which is the most similar infrastructure.

 

[mangad]

It's only doing what if done for paths along side roads with 60/70mph limits. They're always fenced. We know that.

Oh, hang on...

 

[MikeWM]

As a Cambridgeshire taxpayer, I must say I'm totally delighted at the prospect of the council forking out another £4.7 million for fencing - plus apparently another £5 million to do something with flooded sections of the path - on top of this £6 million fine. The guided busway really is a great way to ensure we're spending more and more money for evermore, it seems.

 

[SLTRegular]

An Adelaide guided bus tipped yesterday causing major delays. Think it was a Bustech locally produced model.