Car Park closures

[dogduke]

An item on msn.uk earlier today listed the top 10 most expensivecities in the world to parkLondon came out on top - surprised ?but in order to reach these highly prized parking spots you also would need to pay the daily congestion charge.A truly mercenary council would have made the motorist so dependant on cheap long term parking that they would clean up if they later imposed a congestion charge,start small and sqeeze(and sqeeze again and again).Short and long term - its a disaster for 'Joe Public' .The realities of life are lost on local and national government because they don't have to confront them in everyday.

[Crazy Jane]

"........and then there is the triple-decker bus concept. Reduces the passenger complement by a third at the first low bridge........ "or two thirds if the driver picks the right bridge Seriously, something i've become aware of recently is that some people use the areas not far out of the city centre to park for free and then bus it the mile or two in. Which would explain i suppose why there seems to be an awful lot of cars in my street sometimes on a work day.

[jim]

Crazy Jane wrote: "........and then there is the triple-decker bus concept. Reduces the passenger complement by a third at the first low bridge........ "or two thirds if the driver picks the right bridge Seriously, something i've become aware of recently is that some people use the areas not far out of the city centre to park for free and then bus it the mile or two in. Which would explain i suppose why there seems to be an awful lot of cars in my street sometimes on a work day. Perhaps the "Park and ride" concept, but with the car parks somewhat closer to the city centre than previously might help the situation?

[chameleon]

jim wrote: Crazy Jane wrote: "........and then there is the triple-decker bus concept. Reduces the passenger complement by a third at the first low bridge........ "or two thirds if the driver picks the right bridge Seriously, something i've become aware of recently is that some people use the areas not far out of the city centre to park for free and then bus it the mile or two in. Which would explain i suppose why there seems to be an awful lot of cars in my street sometimes on a work day. Perhaps the "Park and ride" concept, but with the car parks somewhat closer to the city centre than previously might help the situation? Or those sites already earmarked and in public rather than private control. The demand for space in them resulting from cclosures elsewhere could be used to argue for improved public transport systems!

[BLAKEY]

jim wrote: [Perhaps the "Park and ride" concept, but with the car parks somewhat closer to the city centre than previously might help the situation? The Park and Ride scheme in York is a shining example of what a superb concept this is.    I often use the service - there are five different huge car parks and bus services - and did so again yesterday. For we "old gimmers" even the bus ride is free and for the younger end I believe the return fare to York is under £2 which is about the cost of one hour's parking (if you can) in the city centre places. Also the stress free lack of hassle and the interesting journeys are wonderful.

[tilly]

BLAKEY wrote: jim wrote: [Perhaps the "Park and ride" concept, but with the car parks somewhat closer to the city centre than previously might help the situation? The Park and Ride scheme in York is a shining example of what a superb concept this is.    I often use the service - there are five different huge car parks and bus services - and did so again yesterday. For we "old gimmers" even the bus ride is free and for the younger end I believe the return fare to York is under £2 which is about the cost of one hour's parking (if you can) in the city centre places. Also the stress free lack of hassle and the interesting journeys are wonderful. I will second that BLAKEY.Leeds would do more good sending someone from the council to study how York do things.They also close the City center at i think 11.00am to traffic it might not work in Leeds but it shure does in York. Only emergency survices allowed in after that untill i think its 4.oclock

[Reginal Perrin]

Lass at work is devastated, she works Monday to Thursday PM, finishes at 4:30pm to miss the rush hours (i.e. not contributing to congestion) and gets back to Methley to pick her young un up from after school club and taker her to her dance classes and Brownies. She will not be able to do this any other way and can’t afford to pay three times the parking which it almost certainly will be when those who currently charge £7.50 see queues 50 cars long at 7:30 in the morning. The talk about park and rides for less than the cost of the car parks is fine but why close the car parks first? Why not build them and then let people switch?

[Reginal Perrin]

Park and ride sites, White Rose (although there should also be a train statio there), Makro, Costco, Cross Green (old car boot site). Companies could make a bit more money for the hire of the sites and they all have good links into the city. I'm not that familiar with the North as I'm a Hunslet / Rothwell lad but I'm sure there are some large car parks that could be used. If York is the model they also use existing sites like McArthur Glen.

[jim]

Hi Reginal. If you are suggesting that shopping centre and/or supermarket car parks are used for park and ride, in the place of customers for who said parking space was ( expensively ) built for, I don't think the retail establishments would be too pleased!

[chameleon]

jim wrote: Hi Reginal. If you are suggesting that shopping centre and/or supermarket car parks are used for park and ride, in the place of customers for who said parking space was ( expensively ) built for, I don't think the retail establishments would be too pleased! Amazing how many cars are at Tesco Seacroft early doors, in relation to the number of people in the store. Station Parkers were also the major cause of parking charges being introduced at the Crossgates Arndale Centre (as well as recouping 'costs' of course).