Decision details
Use of Bus Lanes by Ambulances
Decision Maker: Corporate Director of Economy and Place
Decision status: Decision Made
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
CYC have received a request from the emergency
services, to be allowed to use bus lanes within the City of York
Council boundary whilst not travelling in an emergency. Yorkshire
Ambulance Service have asked us to consider on the basis that some
ambulance journeys do not warrant the use of the lights but are
still time conscious and the ability to use bus lanes would help
with journey times when responding to non-emergency calls.
Decision: Agreed to change the traffic regulation orders to allow
marked ambulances to use bus lanes when not on emergency
response.
Options Considered:
Option 1 - Support the change to the traffic
regulation orders to allow marked ambulances to use bus lanes when
not on emergency response
Option 2 - Reject the change to the traffic regulation orders to
allow marked ambulances to use bus lanes when not on emergency
response.
Options Rejected:
Option 2 was rejected.
Publication date: 29/09/2020
Date of decision: 29/09/2020
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