Plans for a Park & Ride scheme on the east side of Luton have been on the drawing board for several years, and were granted planning permission this spring. It will be located at Butterfield Business Park on the edge of Stopsley, and aims to intercept traffic coming in from the three towns of Hitchin, Stevenage and Letchworth.
The car park will have spaces for 338 cars, with the plans also detailing bus shelters, bike parking and a small site office. We were pleased to see a raft of electric car spaces – 30 in all – down one side of the car park.
Like any Park & Ride, the scheme will allow people to drive into the edge and town and then catch the bus for the final part of the journey into the centre. This keeps cars out of the busiest part of the town, reducing traffic, carbon emissions and air pollution.
One full double decker bus can take 75 cars off the road, taking up less space and speeding up journeys for everyone. And if/when those are electric buses, even better.
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