The 4 Bs to free up road space

Metro or Sprint?  And the 4 Bs to deter car commuters

How do you decide when to put in a tram that UK Tram (at your HQ at 16 Summer Lane?) has described as "a bus on rails" ('Today' interview at the time of the 2016 Croydon tram ​crash when 11 died out of 69 passengers) on a dedicated bus lane with steel tracks or, a Sprint (the bus that thinks its a tram) on an additional dedicated bus lane without steel tracks?

Does both mean taking front gardens, landscaping, car parking, drives for the new lane?  Like the planned felling of 1,000 trees/shrubs for the Hagley Road Metro extension to the Kings Head, Bearwood?

Would the existing, nearside lane dedicated to bus and pre-registered business users be more helpful in weaning car commuters into Platinum buses to free up road space for genuine, essential business users​ - with traffic light priority for them​?  Bus/business lanes covered by cameras to catch the driver who only commutes to avoid using the bus, train, tram even when Fare-Free Public Transport is the BIG BRIBE

2 Bs = bus on rails, the bus that thinks its a tram,

plus bus, business = 4 in total.

Or, 6 if you include Big Bribe!

Growth and de-growth from Bob W

The business community is, as ever, committed to growth at all costs. Never mind that permanent economic growth on a finite planet is a non-starter, that is their mantra. Growth, no matter what is produced; if it makes a profit it is OK. There is a green version of this which calls for "green growth", which is a combination of greenwash and mild reforms.

My​ ​attitude is that we need growth in health, education and housing provision, social care, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, culture, FFPT, participative sport and free time, and de-growth in armaments, cars, plastic, fast fashion, meat, food miles, advertising, and useless and unnecessary goods. This would mean curbing aviation, road building and counting out such projects as HS2.

The former view has an echo within the labour movement and it needs to be countered with the latter in my view.