Portsmouth top for transport satisfaction
Portsmouth has come top in a national survey of residents’ satisfaction with roads and transport.
The city came first out of 70 areas surveyed, with an average overall satisfaction rating of more than 60 per cent.
More than 800 city residents, randomly selected, completed the National Highways and Transport Survey.
They were asked how satisfied or dissatisfied they were overall with transport and highways services, and on this question, Portsmouth had the highest rating in the country.
Portsmouth was rated best out of the 70 areas for road surfaces, road maintenance, speed of street light repairs, speed and quality of road and pavement repairs, condition and cleanliness of road signs, and speed limits.
It was rated second for cycle facilities at workplaces, safe walking, maintenance of verges, and how easily people with disabilities can get around on city streets.
Cllr Jason Fazackarley, Portsmouth City Council’s head of traffic and transportation, said: ‘These results show our residents are getting benefits from the council’s long-term arrangement with our highways contractor Colas, and from our 20mph policy.’
The survey was carried out by market research specialist Ipsos MORI.
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Pompey BD
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 10:38 AMIt's early February, not April! Someone is clearly taking the mick here. I drive INTO Portsmouth frequently. It's a nightmare! Even more so if there's an "event" on. It's totally ridiculous. As for the 20MPH thing, they didn't have ANY effect. It was proven that the average speed on those roads was ALREADY less than 20MPH, yet they still went ahead with wasting council tax payers' money on all those signs and enforcement. It's clear to me from light phasing, road closures, road states, that whoever finalises the traffic planning (I believe it iswas a guy who was thrown out of Oxford CC for messing up their traffic system), never drives on the same roads in Portsmouth as I do!
Graham Wheatley
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 02:16 AMWhat?!
Hibernian
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 11:16 PMCan some one tell me where this survey had taken place, how many people were surveyed, 800 people doesn't necessarily mean they live in the area and at what time of day? As for comment 1, I tend to believe that may be the case, but which city of Portsmouth in the USA lol
Flying bull
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 05:19 PMThis survey was carried in Portsmouth USA
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