The End of on Street Parking within walking distance of the Etihad

Elbow beards said:
Let's stop people using their cars but not provide any viable alternatives. Fucking great this country isn't it.
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I don't have a car but do ok with walking, trams, trains and taxis. I never spend a month on public transport what I used to spend on a car I did not drive 90% of the time.
 
kippax_blueboy said:
I don't have a car but do ok with walking, trams, trains and taxis. I never spend a month on public transport what I used to spend on a car I did not drive 90% of the time.
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Taxis are worse than driving yourself, and not a viable alternative to a car. My car cost about £250 a year before use, everyone is different.
 
Corky said:
Taxis are worse than driving yourself, and not a viable alternative to a car. My car cost about £250 a year before use, everyone is different.
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Sure but I was paying £250 a month for a car. I then had tax, insurance and fuel and the car sat their all day Monday to Friday. Only really it used for few hours on Saturday and Sunday. Even if it cost be £250 a year I would not want a heap of metal clogging up outside my house not being used. We are all different but the UK does need less cars.
 
kippax_blueboy said:
Sure but I was paying £250 a month for a car. I then had tax, insurance and fuel and the car sat their all day Monday to Friday. Only really it used for few hours on Saturday and Sunday. Even if it cost be £250 a year I would not want a heap of metal clogging up outside my house not being used. We are all different but the UK does need less cars.
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You obviously live somewhere with decent public transport.
 
Vonk said:
Are the restrictions in place for the Burnley game ?
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I wouldn't of thought so, the consultation period for the new restrictions only finished today, it will take weeks if not months of work to paint the new bays and install the new signage. I would of thought the new scheme will come in to place for the start of the 23/24 season
 
Lads used to have a season ticket and park on pollard street but now you cant.

am excited to be going to the burnley game and taking my kids but got to pick my son up at 4pm in Salford from a kids party.

options appear to be -

drive to game (although i cant find any parking available). not sure what street you can now park on but would rather not have a massive walk anyway with my 2 kids

drive to cornbrook, find a parking spot and tram it.

drive across manchester to Ashton metrolinks and park and ride (dont know if this fills up on match days fairly early?)

any other advice welcome - live in south manchester
 
kippax_blueboy said:
I don't have a car but do ok with walking, trams, trains and taxis. I never spend a month on public transport what I used to spend on a car I did not drive 90% of the time.
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Great for you. Not so for many who can't walk too far, don't have a train or a tram stop within walking distance ( even for able bodied walkers) and can't afford splashing cash on a taxi ... It really will spell the end of match going for some of those supporters.
 
M Gaudino said:
Lads used to have a season ticket and park on pollard street but now you cant.

am excited to be going to the burnley game and taking my kids but got to pick my son up at 4pm in Salford from a kids party.

options appear to be -

drive to game (although i cant find any parking available). not sure what street you can now park on but would rather not have a massive walk anyway with my 2 kids

drive to cornbrook, find a parking spot and tram it.

drive across manchester to Ashton metrolinks and park and ride (dont know if this fills up on match days fairly early?)

any other advice welcome - live in south manchester
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Are your kids capable of walking for about 10 mins ?
 
Corky said:
Taxis are worse than driving yourself, and not a viable alternative to a car. My car cost about £250 a year before use, everyone is different.
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I appreciate that the discussion isn’t purely about cost and that everyone’s circumstances are different but personally I’ve made a significant saving since I ditched the car and switched to a combination of public transport and taxis.

Some of the lads at work think I’m a millionaire getting taxis here, there and everywhere. I told them as a very rough estimate I probably spend about £2,000 a year on taxis. They were gobsmacked until I told them to do a rough tot up of how much it costs them it run a car for a year.

But as I say, fully appreciate that it would be totally impractical for a lot of people to do without a car.
 
Don't think the club can be blamed for this, the changes are not planned for matchdays only, but permamently 24/7, 365 days a year.

My parents live near the ground and the consultation going on is for a full residential parking scheme not just an event one.
 
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urban genie said:
Don't think the club can be blamed for this, the changes are not planned for matchdays only, but permamently 24/7, 365 days a year.

My parents lve near tge ground and the consultation going on is for a full residential parking scheme not just an event one.
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The club don't seem to be against. I presume there's a planning condition for the Arena to promote "active travel" - but this is stick and no carrot.
 
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Vic said:
The club don't seem to be against. I presume there there a planning condition for the Arena to promote "active travel" - but this is stick and no carrot.
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Yeah the club don't care about this coming in I went to that thing near the ground the other day spoke to city staff about it they said well you wouldn't like people parking outside your house I told him they alright do and get the tram down doesn't bother me he just said ok think all complaints will fall on deaf ears here with this
 
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