Traffic in St Stephens Street, Norwich. Drivers in the city are being urged to join in with a traffic survey next week.
Major Norwich traffic survey starts, with city drivers stopped and asked where they are going
Dan Grimmer
Monday, November 5, 2012
10:37 AM
The first major traffic survey in Norwich for six years has started today.
Drivers around Norwich are being asked to fill in postcards telling traffic bosses where they are travelling from and to, as part of the first major traffic survey in the city in six years.
Norfolk County Council is collecting information about journeys to predict future transport needs more accurately.
On some sites motorists are being asked to give on-the-spot information about their journeys, but on others, to help keep traffic flowing, pre-paid postcards will be handed out for people to fill in and return by post.
Graham Plant, cabinet member for planning and transportation at Norfolk County Council, said: “We last carried out comprehensive surveys of this sort in 2006, and that data now needs updating.
“Accurate information is vital as we continue to develop our travel and transport plans for Norwich and its surrounding area.
“I hope people will understand the importance of these surveys, and where they are given a postcard, take just a few minutes to fill it in and put it in the post.”
Around 30 surveys will take place on Mondays to Thursdays until late November. Two or three sites in different parts of Norwich will be surveyed each day, but the council is not revealing where ahead of the checks.
The council said the programme of surveys has been devised, as far as possible, to avoid any ongoing roadworks and will be carried out by independent research company Nationwide Data Collection, whose staff will all carry identification.
Council bosses have also set up 64 electronic counter sites in and around the city to help update County Hall’s traffic data.
In August, a public inquiry into a junction change on the A47 near Norwich was postponed because a revised traffic assessment on the impact of the changes had not been finalised.
But the county council said the latest checks were not connected with that scheme - a new interchange known as the Postwick Hub which would serve the planned Broadland Gate business park and act as the gateway to the proposed northern bypass.
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14 comments
I have just filled in my traffic survey form. Question 1:- What type of vehicle were you driving? CarTaxiMinibus, LGV (van), HGV class 1, HGV Class 2, BusCoach. . . . No mention of MOTORCYCLESScooters or Mopeds.
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Lord Elf
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
They can always find money for road humps and messing about with speed limits,but road maintenance? not a chance! How much are these traffic surveys costing? how much will their latest crackpot scheme cost? It doesn't matter it's only taxpayers money!
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Harry Rabinowitz
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Total waste of time, I can say with a degree of certainty that the survey's will not be for the benefit of the motorist, probably working out how best they can extract more money out of us,
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BNP4GB
Monday, November 5, 2012
Well I think I can say with a degree of certainty that the survey will not be for the benefit of motorists, who ever has been responsible for road changes in and around this city for the last 30 years has obviously never needed to use a car to go about thier business , Cars are obviously not wanted in the city with extortionate parking fees and not one place left where you can park for free, since the onslaught of the park & rides some of which don't even run at weekends when most needed . I'll stick to using the small market towns like North Walsham and Dereham that appreciate the influx of shoppers when they provide very reasonable if not free parking
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BNP4GB
Monday, November 5, 2012
The disasterous Inner Link Road ! it would be interesting to find out where people are driving to and from where
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Albert Cooper
Monday, November 5, 2012
I for one welcome these traffic surveys. It's good to know that our local government takes an interest into our daily journeys. Hopefully, with the data collected they can install some more traffic lights on the outer ring road in order to improve traffic flows. It is also nice to feel as though one is conrtibuting to the imporvement of this city's traffic issues. Regards, Whiley.
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Whiley Boy
Monday, November 5, 2012
That picture looks like St. Stephens Road to me, not St. Stephens Street.
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Colonel Grumpfuttock-Horseposture (retired)
Monday, November 5, 2012
Anyone on here who moans about the survey being carried out should have their "right" to moan about the state of traffic in Norwich revoked for the next 20 years.
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g hu
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Traffic surveys,a brilliant idea to make congestion worse! They held one on the Watton road on the turnoff to the hospital and traffic was backed up both ways,how ambulances were supposed to get through never occurred to them! As long as traffic policy revolves around favouring public transport over the car,a political stance favoured by many councils, no progress will be made!
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Harry Rabinowitz
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Get rid of that pointless bus lane on the A1074, what a waste of space that is. Sat in a jam on Sunday along side an empty bus lane. Twenty minutes later and still no sign of a single bus.
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ggj666
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Most of them are just trying to get one side of city to the other, trouble is, due to bad planning, theres not one straight rd
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billythebookie
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
How about Plant & NCC telling us what they are doing to justify their vast salaries ?.
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"V"
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
I bet most of them don't flaming well know!
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John L Norton
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
I well remember the last one on Drayton Road. I had to explain to the boss why I was late for work. Nice of them not to tell you where they are - will not be impressed to get held up again.
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crunchy dick
Wednesday, October 31, 2012