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About Us
Response2Route is an independent, community campaign group which opposes B&NES council's plans to build a new
segregated road for a "Bus Rapid Transit System" (The BRT).
The route would run from an expanded Newbridge Park and Ride, adjoining the former railway
line (The Green Corridor), that runs between Brassmill Lane and Windsor Bridge Road.
The council estimates that the new route would provide the benefit of saving two minutes
on a trip from Newbridge to the City Centre in a diesel, bendy bus.
Once the buses have crossed the Windsor Bridge Road and travelled through the Western Riverside Development (if it's ever built) they would continue their journey on existing roads through
the City Centre and along the busy London Road to reach their destination - another Park and Ride in the east of
Bath.
The BRT is part of the wider bid for £54 million of government funds for a new transport plan in Bath. Response2Route
opposes the BRT element.
We believe the Bus Rapid Transit is fundamentally flawed and would damage the city.
We object to:
- Stealing of gardens
- Air, light and noise pollution & Intrusion
- Impact on local businesses
- Unproven Benefits
- Ruined neighbourhoods
- Huge costs to tax payers
- Rushed, half-baked planning
- Poor communication
- Uninformed decision making
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