Decision details

Private HIre Vehicles (PHVs) in Bus Lanes Trial - Experimental Traffic Order (ETRO) 184/2022

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Transport

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

 

1.    Approved making permanent the provisions of Portsmouth City Council (Various Roads)(Bus Gates and Bus Lanes)(No.184) Experimental Traffic Regulation Order 2022 permitting Portsmouth City Council licensed PHVs to continue to utilise the five bus lanes that were included in the trial, as specified in section 3 of the report;

 

2.    Approved commissioning independent Road Safety Audits to assess the implications of Portsmouth City Council licensed PHVs being permitted to utilise a further 22 bus lanes, as specified in section 8 of the report, and to determine the necessary mitigation measures and implementation costs;

 

3.    Approved the ongoing monitoring of road safety and air quality data for the five bus lanes that were included in the trial to help inform any future plans to permit Portsmouth City Council licensed PHVs to utilise more bus lanes.

 

Report author: Gareth James

Publication date: 30/01/2024

Date of decision: 30/01/2024

Decided at meeting: 30/01/2024 - Cabinet Member for Transport

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