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<title>Aberdeen Transport Forum</title><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/index.html</link><description>Giving a voice to transport users</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2007 ATF</dc:rights><dc:date>2008-03-28T13:13:06+00:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:14:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Average speed cameras to come to North East?</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2008-03-28T13:13:06+00:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/66a732df85840a51119744ad2d4c96d0-16.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/66a732df85840a51119744ad2d4c96d0-16.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Average speed cameras (unless you happen to have cruise control) mean that you have to watch the speedometer like a hawk, to the inevitable detriment of looking at the road and observing what is going on around you.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Early meeting in Edinburgh? Take the train the previous day&#x21;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2008-02-19T19:27:06+00:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/3a56f3a1e73c65f3200fea03490f812a-15.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/3a56f3a1e73c65f3200fea03490f812a-15.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Knowing that our archaic rail link to Aberdeen was &ndash; to put it mildly &ndash; a tad slow, I braced myself and typed in the need for a train that would arrive in the capital before 8.15 am into theTrainline ticket web site. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Why treat road users like adversaries?</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2007-12-09T22:38:41+00:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/ce5fac049d7f5a1de6001bb7f7a2d9fc-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/ce5fac049d7f5a1de6001bb7f7a2d9fc-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Inevitably it gets peoples' back up and in a situation like that you are never going to get anywhere in changing attitudes.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bad news/good news on Haudagain</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2007-10-31T09:22:02+00:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/b5b86cccd21201d755b280a198f46f11-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/b5b86cccd21201d755b280a198f46f11-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There is an inkling that the delay is because the planners are beginning to recognise that adding two new junctions and two extra set of traffic lights is not going to ease the traffic problems. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>City plans to take over bus lane enforcement</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2007-10-25T10:25:34+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/08ac93b7b5f5c834bbd7c5d4808a8836-12.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/08ac93b7b5f5c834bbd7c5d4808a8836-12.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In desperation to attack the idea, people have pointed out that there have been a few cases of people in the USA travelling with a dummy in the passenger seat in order to use the car pool lanes. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Time to stop talking and start &#x27;doing&#x27;</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2007-10-03T12:04:51+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/242c287154d5657f89d94c2889947fa3-11.html#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/242c287154d5657f89d94c2889947fa3-11.html#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So much of their electricity is produced by hydro electric schemes that electric trains and trams are genuinely more environmentally friendly than taking the car (unlike in the UK where the greenest solution can, paradoxically, be to avoid public transport and take the potentially lower-pollution option of the car!).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Could Aberdeen by-pass construction begin early?</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2007-09-14T19:20:17+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/2ede7e215521c561f8481fcbf3c660e5-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/2ede7e215521c561f8481fcbf3c660e5-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The theory is that the section from Blackdog on the A90 (north) could be started early and perhaps taken as far as the A96 Inverness road junction, prior to construction on the main by-pass and the Stonehaven fast link.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route orders published</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2007-09-11T12:51:31+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/a9caf0ce478f950dc4190e4a4bda685f-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/a9caf0ce478f950dc4190e4a4bda685f-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[&ldquo;Today&rsquo;s publication is another important milestone in the development of the route," says Transport Scotland&rsquo;s project manager for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, Graham Edmond, "confirming the layout and location of the junctions on the AWPR and alterations to the side roads.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Haudagain delay is chance for sense to prevail</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2007-09-05T09:47:44+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/7e1e2df4fd5799dae64dcebb8b4e0773-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/7e1e2df4fd5799dae64dcebb8b4e0773-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[	&bull;	While you are at it the bus lane on Great Northern Road needs to be either an additional lane (that is opening up two lanes to traffic as before) or, at the very least, a 2+ lane that accepts any vehicle with two or more people. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Report recommends against third Don Crossing</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2007-08-30T13:40:34+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/72cf0d3bdb99177f6c0bc350ddeed104-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/72cf0d3bdb99177f6c0bc350ddeed104-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Traffic growth may have reached a plateau, but &ndash; if the City of Aberdeen is to benefit from the massive potential that could flow from the proposed Trump International Golf Links, Scotland &ndash; then our transport network on the north side of Aberdeen has to be improved dramatically. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Zero emission cars on UK roads right now</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2007-08-07T15:38:16+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/1fc2e1521ce6cd46a03f366f692c36ec-6.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/1fc2e1521ce6cd46a03f366f692c36ec-6.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In hydrogen mode the BMW Hydrogen 7 has a cruising range in excess of 125 miles and for driving pleasure, engine power and torque in the Hydrogen 7 remain exactly the same regardless of whether the car is running on petrol or hydrogen. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Haudagain solutions to be reported by autumn</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2007-07-26T20:07:47+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/50690dfd7ace21813ec77204b83166f6-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/50690dfd7ace21813ec77204b83166f6-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I have yet to meet anyone who understands how putting an extra road through Middlefield and adding two new junctions with traffic lights can do anything but make the current congestion even worse! ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Aberdeen declared second most car-friendly city in UK</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2007-07-17T19:59:45+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/a3969b9a13895ea54960f1134892d1db-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/a3969b9a13895ea54960f1134892d1db-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But, if only we could get these relatively few and absolutely notorious bottlenecks sorted (obviously the Virgin Money people didn't include them on their itinerary) and speed up the traffic light changing sequence, you know, Aberdeen really isn't that bad a place to drive a car!
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Edinburgh&#x27;s trams get the go-ahead&#x2c; just</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2007-06-28T17:07:55+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/b03032f5b003b77c0a540fff960beb96-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/b03032f5b003b77c0a540fff960beb96-2.html#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Now we face a similar conundrum about how to link Aberdeen Airport more effectively with the city (says the man who has stood at Dyce station waiting and waiting for a taxi to the terminal!).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Delay for Aberdeen by-pass is a disappointment </title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2007-06-27T15:11:00+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/e8354ff806c500d9cb1bfaf47a833802-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/e8354ff806c500d9cb1bfaf47a833802-1.html#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[They also say there have been mistakes in the programme so far - notably with some of the compulsory purchase orders which did not comply with EU law and will have to be drawn up afresh. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Trams and rail links versus north roads</title><dc:creator>webmaster@aberdeentransportforum.co.uk</dc:creator><category>Forum</category><dc:date>2007-05-30T14:53:31+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/5481ce790bb10a6056e0de922a88b93c-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aberdeentransportforum.co.uk/files/5481ce790bb10a6056e0de922a88b93c-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I simply cannot see it being of huge national significance that I could get a train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Airport when I can hopefully fly most places I want to go out of Aberdeen! ]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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