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It was reported that there had been 7 registrations to speak at the session under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

Flick Williams spoke on item 5 of the agenda and stated that long journeys to and from disabled bays would mean that fewer disabled people with blue badges would be able to travel due to accessibility issues. She also noted that access features, such as wheelchair space, was missed off the strategy and that many people who could not walk or cycle relied on public transport.

Councillor Taylor spoke on item 5 of the agenda and requested that the Executive Member prioritised speed calming measures and safe travel.

Graham Collett spoke on item 4 of the agenda on behalf of York Bus Forum and asked the Executive Member for an update of the plan’s progress against its’ objectives. He asked for confirmation that York BSIP funds would continue to be spent on York buses.

Anthony May spoke on item 5 of the agenda on behalf of York City Trust and asked the Executive Member when objectives for the plan would be available to see. He asked the Executive Member to include the strategy’s objectives in the consultation process.

Anna Semlyen spoke on item 5 of the agenda and noted that there were no targets in the strategy and that there needed to be restrictions on HGV drivers if objectives were to be achieved. She supported ‘Operation Snap’ (OP Snap) which encouraged submission of recordings of driving offenses.

Lynette Mills spoke on item 5 of the agenda on behalf of York Cycle Campaign and noted that there was a lack of detail on improving access to the city centre for disabled cyclists or improving disabled cyclists’ access. She asked the Executive Member to include the strategy’s objectives in the plan.

Andy D’Agorne spoke in relation to all transport items on the agenda and stated that healthy active travel, public transport, and low pollution was important. He stated that targets which York’s Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) was to deliver were getting less likely per week and asked the Executive Member for an annual progress update into this.

Councillor Fenton spoke on item 6 of the agenda. He stated that he would like to see options 1 and 3 improved, and meaningful consultation in regard to time limits on parking bays. He noted that many parking spaces outside shops were being taken up by park and ride users and were not being able to be used by potential customers and added that many loading bays outside shops were not being used as a loading bay. He noted that shops could be given the opportunity to transform loading bays into parking spaces and asked for this to be included in option 3 of the report.

Councillor Fenton made the Executive Member aware of an error in the report, and the Traffic Management Team Leader confirmed that the recommendations to the Executive Member were Options 1 and 3, not Option 2 as documented in the agenda.