We, the undersigned, would like the private buses who currently use the South Gyle and Gogarloch area for their regular routes to stop doing so. We would like them to use the same routes and bus stops as the normal public bus services, which are only a short distance away.
The buses are too wide for the narrow streets, which frequently leads to confrontations with other road users. The bus drivers are unweilding and arrogant in their use of the roads and frequently drive too fast through an area which is heavily populated by children, who constantly have to cross the road in order to reach the 'safe' play area at the centre of South Gyle Mains.
The location of the bus services also encourages drivers, who use the buses as a 'Park and Ride' service, to park their vehicles in the South Gyle area, frequently in a haphazard manner, as they attempt to race into a parking spot in time to stop the bus at irregular points on the route.
This leads to heavier congestion in the area which further exacerbates the problem of the buses blocking roads as well as the issues that local road users face in not only finding a parking space but simply navigating through their own neighbourhood.