Oh dear!

It has come to our attention that the new Southgate development has done several things transport wise:

• It has diverted traffic eastwards passed the railway station along what was two lanes west bound. Now there is one lane each way controlled by lights.
  
• It has reduced road space by about an acre.
  
• It has put the bus station alongside the railway station which is now an 80p taxi ride away due to the newly created congestion.
  
• The upshot is that the new layout has significantly reduced the capacity of the road system to manage the traffic.
  
• To ensure a four minute maximum taxi wait, B&NES has licensed many more taxis to compensate for the number stuck in this traffic. Thus reducing the profitability of the taxis and condeming passengers to be held up in the created mess.
  
• In the future taxis and buses will be banned from Pulteney Bridge diverting them passed the station again.

Now where is that rapid transit bus going?