Green Party

Public transport and cycling

Green Councillors have consistently called for better investment in public transport and cycling. For example:

• We successfully called for the City Council to increase staff time spent on cycling initiatives. We persuaded the City Council to employ a Cycling Officer to support initiatives for cyclists and help ensure the needs of cyclists are considered in new developments and new road layouts.
• We stopped LibDem proposals at City Hall for reducing funding for the Bittern and Wherry railway lines that run between Norwich and the Norfolk coast.
• We have pressed the Council to improve safety for cyclists through cycle lanes, better signage and action on pot holes. For example, Councillor Adrian Holmes successfully lobbied for the installation of a sign on Pottergate warning drivers that cyclists are frequently coming out of the underpass from West Pottergate.
• Green Councillors have long been calling for a Quality Bus Contract to give the Council some influence over bus routes and fare prices – and we have persuaded the City Council to back this. The ruling Conservatives at County Hall have resisted this.