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According to this article in the Daily Mail Leeds/Bradford has the most congested roads in Britainhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-217125 ... asier.html

uncle mick wrote: According to this article in the Daily Mail Leeds/Bradford has the most congested roads in Britainhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-217125 ... asier.html Well spotted uncle mick-confirms what most of us suspect.Perhaps you would care to forward a copy of this to the ostrich's currently esconced in the Civic Hall.......not that much would change however.

Leeds is bad but Bradford is a nighmare. The alleged ring road is a very unfunny joke. And Lidget Green is gridlock from morning to night. Tong Street is another joke.

majorhoundii wrote: Leeds is bad but Bradford is a nighmare. The alleged ring road is a very unfunny joke. And Lidget Green is gridlock from morning to night. Tong Street is another joke. From my experience, traffic volumes aside, Bradford "drivers" are a nightmare. The last time I ventured down Leeds Rd there were more duff signals; pull out and we'll try and miss you; last minute u turns and the like. Expect the unexpected.    

If I may offer a spot of informed conjecture?Could the increase in congestions be down to the councils attempts to throttle traffic everywhere it goes? Bus priority traffic lights that give the 'ordinary' carriageway less than a minute on green on major roads?Narrowing major thoroughfares like Bishopsgate Street / City Square?Poorly sequenced traffic lights on routes in and out of the city centre resulting in stop / start traffic? (In the last month the traffic lights on Neville Street and more recently Great Wilson Street have both been out of action for several days and in both instances traffic has flowed significantly better while they were off).Lazy contractors leaving "lane closed" signs and cones on city centre roads when the closure isn't in force?Failure to enforce 'no stopping' on routes like Quebec Street during the peaks?Then add to that the major roadworks on the M62 (no hard shoulder so nowhere to go if you break down / have a bump, plus a rigorously enforced 50mph limit) which won't be finished until Winter 2013 and it's hardly a surprise is it?That said I can still drive from East Leeds (via the city centre) to Halifax in under an hour on a morning and do the reverse in under an hour and a half in the evening rush most days so things can't be too bad.What we need is some sort of mass transit system....

I'm just amazed how many people want to travel into Bradford each day.

raveydavey wrote: If I may offer a spot of informed conjecture?Could the increase in congestions be down to the councils attempts to throttle traffic everywhere it goes? What we need is some sort of mass transit system.... Hmmmm, I wonder just what sort of mass transit system you have in mind !!!JD

Teletransportation is what we need to get around with no hold ups! Beam me up Scotty.

I think the time is right for a modern version of the Bennie Railplane from the 1930's.It could even 'bunk-bed' over main roads, cross valleys etc. Glasgow had a test rig back in the day.

Seems strange the linking of the 2 cities. They are 2 different cities.