MAY I start by saying that I wish to use my car as much as everyone else does.

I remember the council clearing the route for the Eastern Bypass (I guess this was in Mr Hand's time). This space is now used mainly for car parking.

With good public transport, this parking space would not be required.

Lancaster's major transport problem is that there is still no ability for local through Traffic to avoid the city centre.

If people are going to be encouraged to use public transport, buses - for I see no immediate alternative, we need to provide the following:

Going through the city centre quickly and regularly.

Convenient stopping places with route to route interchanges.

Easy access buses required for the elderly and people with bags and pushchairs.

Travel to any local destination with the purchase of a single ticket (The London Underground System).

I propose that Thurnham Street and Great John Street down to the station be used for two-way bus and emergency vehicles only. Traffic going north would continue to use King Street and China Street. For traffic going south a single track, one-way road, with a repair lane, should be made along the cleared route of the old proposed Eastern bypass.

Stage 2 would, if required, revert to the present one-way system except that one lane around town would be a bus lane. This could continue up Morecambe Road where there are extremely wide pavements on both sides.

Why not extend the footbridge directly into Ryelands and remove the pedestrian crossing. Bus lanes could then be made over the Greyhound Bridge and on to Scale Hall.

From the above it is not difficult to see bus priority lanes in both directions are feasible. Park and ride could be made near the motorway exists and at other outlying locations. Morecambe buses should be co-ordinated so that they connect to a service running regularly along Morecambe Road into Lancaster.

F Whitehead, Broadway, Morecambe

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