Please share: http://www.facebook.com/twyncrossing I’m sure I voice the opinion of many of us who are growing weary of playing chicken with the ever increasing traffic whilst trying to cross from the Twynyrodyn area over to Station Yard. This is a particularly important being the main route to the train station as well as an access to Tesco and the arcade. As you are no doubt well aware, this is an extremely busy junction for both cars and pedestrians however no planning consideration appears to have been given to the welfare of pedestrians, even as recent alterations to the one-way system has increased traffic-flow. The pathmarks carved into the banks of the road are testament to the brave souls who chance their luck! Please lend your voice for the inclusion of a safe pedestrian crossing to be developed as part of the town centre redevelopment plans. To highlight the reasons for prioritising this project as a matter of urgency, I would like to draw your attention to the Welsh Government’s Capitol Metro-Area impact studies: http://wales.gov.uk/docs/det/publications/131126-metro-impact-study-regeneration-en.pdf As a commuter of many years travelling to and from the city I welcome investment in public transport wholeheartedly, but this document is particularly of interest to the residents of Twynyrodyn / Penyard as this highlights: • The future planned development of 340 new houses in the area (not including the 100+ houses already under construction on the former Maerdy Hospital site). • Use of Twyn Hill as the main route for the inter-valley “regional bus rapid transit” route (see illustration, p. 52). Not forgetting: • The number of schools and nurseries located in the area. Again I am not against development (although yet more traffic is certainly a concern to ill-suited main roads – a matter I’m sure Heolgerrig residents will sympathise with), but if we are to be encouraged to use public transport and walk more then I feel it is only fair that we are allowed to do so safely. Thanks for your time, Mathew

Improve the air quality; which has got worse within the county of Wiltshire. Its a know fact that vehicle diesel emissions, especially buses, do contribute to health issues. Several years ago Oxford City Council began the switch to bio-diesel buses with the result of reduced harmful emissions. The bio-fuel is manufactured from used cooking oil and other food industry by-products, which are from sustainable sources that do not involve the destruction of natural habitats or compete with the human food chain.

We need this bus! It's always full into London and out.

Caewyd y rheilffyrdd yma yn y 1960au gan ynysu ardaloedd helaeth o Gymru. Mae angen eu ailagor i ailfywiogi'r ardaloedd maent yn rhedeg trwodd. Byddai eu hailagor yn helpu pobl leol i gymudo, yn hwyluso mynediad i wasanaethau iechyd, siopa ayyb, ac yn helpu myfyrwyr i fynychu prifysgolion yng Nghaerfyrddin, Llanbedr Pont Steffan, Aberystwyth a Bangor. Fe fyddai’n hwb i dwristiaeth yn yr ardal, ac yn lleihau'r nifer o gerbydau nwyddau trymion (megis pren, cynnyrch archfarchnad ayyb) o’r ffyrdd cul i’r rheilffordd, sy’n fwy diogel a chynaliadwy. These lines were closed in the mid 1960's and have left these areas of Wales very isolated. They need to be reopened to reinvigorate the areas they pass through. The reopening would help local people with commuting, access health services, shopping, improve access to the universities served by the lines in Carmarthen, Lampeter, Aberystwyth and Bangor. New lines will also boost tourism in the area and enable much of the heavy commercial traffic (timber, supermarket goods etc.) to be shifted from narrow roads to rail, which is much safer and more sustainable.

This is across the UK, but our campaign is aimed at Wales. If we group together and help each other, we can have a greater influence, so please support our local campaign and if we can help with yours please do get in touch. Fences are cut and pulled up, gates are left open, animals are let loose, paths and tracks are left impassable, knee high in mud, quagmires, paths rutted and washed away because the surface has been loosened by the heavy and constant abuse of vehicles; A constant stream of vehicles, where once there was peace with only the odd farmer off to check on his livestock, or person walking their dog, or just out with the family. People of all ages are intimidated while trying to stop trespass on their own land, surrounded by circling motor bikes or vulgar shouts from abusive 4 x 4 owners. SSSI (Sites of Special Scientific Interest) are also being abused, where is the support from the Countryside Council for Wales to enforce the protection of their Sites? Police are too slow to turn up and provide little support to stop these law breakers. What is the point in passing the trespass law or designate SSSI sites, if there are no Councillors, Countryside Council or Police representatives who will help enforce legislation. This is across the Wales, so if we group together and help each other we can have a greater influence, so please support our local campaign and if we can help with yours please do get in touch. Currently our group is in the Llangollen / Denbighshire / Wrexham area and we desperately need your support to lobby the Local Council , Countryside Council and Police to help us in our campaign . We have a Facebook page, please join / like it and also sign the campaign. https://www.facebook.com/Saveourpathsllangollen

The provision of a bridge or underpass with lifts will improve access to Sudbury Branch line rail services for those with impaired movement, heavy luggage, wheelchairs, bicycles and children. The current lack of lifts mean many people cannot access rail services and are forced to travel by road instead. Installation costs will be offset by increased passenger numbers as a consequence of investment. To download a poster click here: http://bit.ly/1KGG10B ... or for further details read our Press Release here: http://bit.ly/14nVzW4

Like many Londoners, I usually buy a monthly or weekly travelcard. However, if I take a week or two off work I will not renew my card until back at work. I did this over Christmas and on several occasions went into central London for the day at a cost of £8.90. The price is now a whopping £12. I also worry that people who do not work a regular 5 day, 9-5 type of job will find this price hike punitive. It feels like we are being punished for living in the outer London boroughs. However, hitting those in outer London with this massive price rise is only the start. If we don't stop this now, next year they will come for the central London travelcard too. Off peak travel is a vital tool in spreading passenger journeys and easing the rush hour crunch. With train and bus fares rising an average 2.5%, a rise of over 34% is an outrage.

The stretch of road between Southwick and Boarhunt consists of two long, sweeping corners which certain motorists seem to see as an invitation to speed excessively. It is used as a racetrack by so-called "Drifters". Tragically, 3 motorists have lost their lives on this road since December 2013. Enough is enough. It is time to make this area safe for local residents and road users alike.

Virgin Trains propose a reduction in staff numbers, replacing people with increased ticket machines. Maintaining existing staff numbers will protect jobs for local people. Ticket machines can not deliver the current level of customer service such as reserving seats for frequent travellers with season tickets or identifying the lowest cost ticket for customers.

We have critical levels of pollution, congestion and obesity in London. Our children have the highest levels of obesity in the EU. In Holland and Denmark where more than 50% of children cycle to school they have less than half the obesity levels. Children and adults are also suffering from health issues caused by dangerous chemicals from car exhausts. At present cars dominate our roads in Central London even though the large majority of households do not own a car (69% in the city, 63% in Westminster). Many more people would like to cycle and walk but find the number of deaths and injuries from motorised traffic off putting (tragically 1,216 fatal and serious injuries in London the year ending June 2014) Please help us make this radical change in London's transport system and reclaim the streets for pedestrians and cyclists to enjoy without fear.

Residents of Fleet and Church Crookham are alarmed and dismayed to learn that there will be severe and substantial cuts to the bus services in our area. Under these proposals Bus 72 will no longer go to Aldershot from Fleet, instead replacing the number 30 to Farnborough, thus preventing people from getting to work in Aldershot and children from much of Fleet being able to get to All Hallows School and Sixth Form college. There will be no buses between Fleet and Aldershot. The number 30 as well as going to Farnborough serves as a school bus service to Calthorpe Park School from Ancells Farm. Bus 77 is going to be cut, meaning that children will no longer be able to get the bus to Calthorpe Park School – this at a time when Calthorpe Park School is rapidly expanding. Getting to Frimley Park hospital will become much more challenging. Furthermore Pondtail, Crookham village, Zebon Copse and Quetta Park will no longer have any scheduled bus service at all, isolating many in these communities. This will be a severe disadvantage for elderly and disabled people in our area along with many young people.

Many children walk along side and cross the road near this infant and junior school at dropoff and pickup times. Reducing the speed limit will make the road safer and less intimidating for the children.