Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

Hopefully any further development arround the ground will include improving the transport system. Possibly Tram sidings?
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
Hopefully any further development around the ground will include improving the transport system. Possibly Tram sidings?
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I don't get the comments about the public transport. It takes me 45 mins to walk from my flat to the ground (that's near Deansgate station to the ground) and then about 10 mins to walk around the ground because my turnstile is on the far side of the ground. If I get the bus it takes me 1 hour to get from my seat to my flat.

If I go to google map and put the my post code in and City's post code they reckon it takes about 50 mins so that matches exactly what I do given that I have to walk around the ground. Is that unacceptable? I think that's OK.

My impression is that the vast majority of people walk en masse to the ground down Ashton New Road, but I don't have a bird's eye view. I just see huge numbers walking that way. It could be there are a lot of people walking in the opposite direction for all I know.

I remember a period when the Metrolink 2nd crossing was under construction,around that time the buses were unworkable and there was traffic snarled up across the City centre but at least as far as the buses are concerned I don't see that any more.

Perhaps your journey is peculiar, but in my experience vast numbers are making a relatively smooth trip into the ground by walking / taking the bus.

The problems for me start when I reach the ground and have to walk right around it because of the away fans barrier (my turnstile is just on the other side so I have to walk the long way round) and then the queues, fortunately for me, mine for some reason, seem to be the shortest).

I think you must have an atypical journey, or are using a tram. I refuse to use the trams but if I lived further out and on a tram line perhaps I would use them.

The experience of car drivers might be really bad for all I know, but that's not public transport and from what I see, MCC are trying to make it as difficult as possible for car drivers to get across the City centre. They want people to use public transport and not cars so I doubt there will be any improvements for cars over the next few years.

The important thing as far as serving the ground expansion is getting the vast bulk of people quickly in and quickly out and that does happen at the moment. There might be a relatively small number who have a peculiar issue but I don't think this is a general problem.

In brief you can get from the ground to the far side of the City centre in just under an hour and I've been doing just that for ages and that I assume represents the bulk flow of people to the ground. I am lucky, my journey ends there, whereas other people will be going a lot further but then that's not local transport and your comment related to local transport.
 
Marvin said:
I don't get the comments about the public transport. It takes me 45 mins to walk from my flat to the ground (that's near Deansgate station to the ground) and then about 10 mins to walk around the ground because my turnstile is on the far side of the ground. If I get the bus it takes me 1 hour to get from my seat to my flat.

If I go to google map and put the my post code in and City's post code they reckon it takes about 50 mins so that matches exactly what I do given that I have to walk around the ground. Is that unacceptable? I think that's OK.

My impression is that the vast majority of people walk en masse to the ground down Ashton New Road, but I don't have a bird's eye view. I just see huge numbers walking that way. It could be there are a lot of people walking in the opposite direction for all I know.

I remember a period when the Metrolink 2nd crossing was under construction,around that time the buses were unworkable and there was traffic snarled up across the City centre but at least as far as the buses are concerned I don't see that any more.

Perhaps your journey is peculiar, but in my experience vast numbers are making a relatively smooth trip into the ground by walking / taking the bus.

The problems for me start when I reach the ground and have to walk right around it because of the away fans barrier (my turnstile is just on the other side so I have to walk the long way round) and then the queues, fortunately for me, mine for some reason, seem to be the shortest).

I think you must have an atypical journey, or are using a tram. I refuse to use the trams but if I lived further out and on a tram line perhaps I would use them.

The experience of car drivers might be really bad for all I know, but that's not public transport and from what I see, MCC are trying to make it as difficult as possible for car drivers to get across the City centre. They want people to use public transport and not cars so I doubt there will be any improvements for cars over the next few years.

The important thing as far as serving the ground expansion is getting the vast bulk of people quickly in and quickly out and that does happen at the moment. There might be a relatively small number who have a peculiar issue but I don't think this is a general problem.

In brief you can get from the ground to the far side of the City centre in just under an hour and I've been doing just that for ages and that I assume represents the bulk flow of people to the ground. I am lucky, my journey ends there, whereas other people will be going a lot further but then that's not local transport and your comment related to local transport.
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You need to take a look at Joe Mercer Way after the next home game, and the queues for the trams.
 
Marvin said:
I don't get the comments about the public transport. It takes me 45 mins to walk from my flat to the ground (that's near Deansgate station to the ground) and then about 10 mins to walk around the ground because my turnstile is on the far side of the ground. If I get the bus it takes me 1 hour to get from my seat to my flat.

If I go to google map and put the my post code in and City's post code they reckon it takes about 50 mins so that matches exactly what I do given that I have to walk around the ground. Is that unacceptable? I think that's OK.

My impression is that the vast majority of people walk en masse to the ground down Ashton New Road, but I don't have a bird's eye view. I just see huge numbers walking that way. It could be there are a lot of people walking in the opposite direction for all I know.

I remember a period when the Metrolink 2nd crossing was under construction,around that time the buses were unworkable and there was traffic snarled up across the City centre but at least as far as the buses are concerned I don't see that any more.

Perhaps your journey is peculiar, but in my experience vast numbers are making a relatively smooth trip into the ground by walking / taking the bus.

The problems for me start when I reach the ground and have to walk right around it because of the away fans barrier (my turnstile is just on the other side so I have to walk the long way round) and then the queues, fortunately for me, mine for some reason, seem to be the shortest).

I think you must have an atypical journey, or are using a tram. I refuse to use the trams but if I lived further out and on a tram line perhaps I would use them.

The experience of car drivers might be really bad for all I know, but that's not public transport and from what I see, MCC are trying to make it as difficult as possible for car drivers to get across the City centre. They want people to use public transport and not cars so I doubt there will be any improvements for cars over the next few years.

The important thing as far as serving the ground expansion is getting the vast bulk of people quickly in and quickly out and that does happen at the moment. There might be a relatively small number who have a peculiar issue but I don't think this is a general problem.

In brief you can get from the ground to the far side of the City centre in just under an hour and I've been doing just that for ages and that I assume represents the bulk flow of people to the ground. I am lucky, my journey ends there, whereas other people will be going a lot further but then that's not local transport and your comment related to local transport.
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Like you Marvin I walk but from Piccadilly and am happy to do so. However for many elderly and my mate who has a bad knee this isn't an option and queing 50mins after the game for a tram isn't great.

Cheers
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
Like you Marvin I walk but from Piccadilly and am happy to do so. However for many elderly and my mate who has a bad knee this isn't an option and queing 50mins after the game for a tram isn't great.

Cheers
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Bus 216. Lined up on Ashton New Rd after the game. Takes 10 mins to queue which is a pain but after that OK. Journey in is better as no queues. I like walking. I have elderly parents and they are completely reliant on car travel so I realise that a mix of transport is required.
 
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