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On the A5028 (Blue route), delays were recorded at these roundabouts, aswell as at some intermediate points. Average delays exceeded 2 minutesapproaching the A45 roundabout at peak times, whereas they were under aminute when approached from the bypass.2.22 The following tables compare the whole route times with those recorded atprevious stages in the POPE study. Note however that times between timing points1 and 2 have been excluded from the totals of the Red and Blue routes, becauseof differences in the definition of timing point 1 in the various surveys.Table 2.5 – Comparison of Journey Times on A6 Bypass, Red Route (min:sec)StageSouthboundNorthboundAM IP PM AM IP PMBefore - - - - - -Immediately After 05:49 05:51 06:05 05:47 06:34 06:051 Year After 04:58 04:25 04:46 05:58 04:31 04:575 Years After 05:06 04:58 05:06 05:24 05:22 05:442.23 Table 2.5 shows that there has been little variation in the 5 to 6 minute bypassjourney time, over the five years since opening.Table 2.6 – Comparison of Journey Times on A5028, Blue Route (min:sec)StageSouthboundNorthboundAM IP PM AM IP PMBefore 11:17 09:37 12:03 11:45 10:02 12:00Immediately After 09:39 09:37 09:25 12:34 09:25 09:571 Year After 07:33 07:22 07:51 07:17 06:09 06:595 Years After 09:28 09:33 09:33 10:55 09:41 11:022.24 Table 2.6 shows that on the A5028 (old A6), journey times ‘Before’ schemeopening were about 11 to 12 minutes during the peaks, but about 2 minutesshorter in the interpeak. ‘After’ opening, southbound journey times were lower, sothere was very little difference between peak and interpeak. Northbound, this alsohappened in the PM; however the AM peak time increased. One year after, shortertimes were recorded; however they have increased again five years after.Table 2.7 – Comparison of Journey Times on A5001/ A45, Pink Route (min:sec)StageSoutheastboundNorthwestboundAM IP PM AM IP PMBefore 15:03 14:13 18:00 12:13 10:50 12:04Immediately After 12:46 12:22 13:09 10:40 13:39 10:281 Year After 13:47 13:57 15:31 10:39 09:57 10:565 Years After 11:48 11:57 11:56 12:19 11:27 12:2826
2.25 Table 2.7 shows that in a south eastbound direction journey times have reduced 5years after scheme opening when compared to before opening. In the northwestbound direction journey times have remained relatively constant in the AM andPM peaks with the Inter Peak demonstrating an increase in Journey Time.Table 2.8 - Comparison of Times on A45, Orange Route (min:sec)StageSouthboundNorthboundAM IP PM AM IP PMBefore 08:02 07:04 07:01 08:15 07:15 07:30Immediately After 09:03 07:25 08:24 07:57 07:19 07:141 Year After 09:34 07:58 08:27 07:48 07:38 07;235 Years After 08:56 08:56 08:57 08:40 08:18 08:292.26 Table 2.8 shows that journey times in both directions have increased by about 1 - 2minutes since before opening. An examination of the changes in link and queuetimes shows that there has actually been a negligible increase in times on thejunction with the A6, and nearly all the increases are accounted for by longer timeson the A45 further north, toward the A14. The reasons for this are unclear.2.27 The time savings on both the new and old A6, compared with ‘Before’ times on theold A6, are shown in Tables 2.9 and 2.10.Table 2.9 - Time Saved using A6 Bypass Compared with Old A6 (min:sec)StageSouthboundNorthboundAM IP PM AM IP PMImmediately After 05:28 03:46 05:58 05:58 03:28 05:551 Year After 06:19 05:12 07:17 05:47 05:31 07:035 Years After 06:11 04:39 06:57 06:21 04:40 06:162.28 It is apparent from Table 2.9 that about 4 – 7 minutes are saved by using thebypass, compared with the ‘Before’ situation. The saving is larger at peak times,because previously the journey took about 2 minutes longer in the peaks, whereasnow the journey time is much the same in all time periods. There has been noerosion of the time saving over the five years since opening.Table 2.10 – Time Saved on Old A6 After Opening of Bypass (min:sec)StageSouthboundNorthboundAM IP PM AM IP PMImmediately After 01:38 00:00 02:38 -00:49 00:37 02:031 Year After 03:44 02:15 04:12 04:28 03:53 05:015 Years After 01:49 00:04 02:30 00:50 00:21 00:582.29 There have also been small improvements to journey times on the old A6 (Table2.10). This may be attributed to the removal of through traffic from the centres ofRushden and Higham Ferrers, and the consequent reduction in traffic volumes.27
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