Manchester traffic

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Don't worry our wonderful Mayor is sorting it. He has said the following (taken from the Evening News....
“I’m signalling today that we’re going to conduct a number of specific reviews,” he said of the congestion currently crippling the city.

“The first, a review of arrangements for handling night matches at Old Trafford, mid-week matches... working with partners from the highways authorities in the councils, Greater Manchester Police, the club and train operators, transport operators.

Good to see the scouse (Labour) bastard has his priorities right.
 
Blue Mist said:
Don't worry our wonderful Mayor is sorting it. He has said the following (taken from the Evening News....
“I’m signalling today that we’re going to conduct a number of specific reviews,” he said of the congestion currently crippling the city.

“The first, a review of arrangements for handling night matches at Old Trafford, mid-week matches... working with partners from the highways authorities in the councils, Greater Manchester Police, the club and train operators, transport operators.

Good to see the scouse (Labour) bastard has his priorities right.
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More lip service from the self serving scouse turd.
 
FantasyIreland said:
More lip service from the self serving scouse turd.
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Clearly someone has had a word in his shell like. Our club has put millions into the city and we get ignored. The thick fuck doesn't even engage his brain before opening his gob. Does he not think Blues use the Mancunian Way, the tram or Chester Road ?
 
FantasyIreland said:
Because we are not London,we're not relevant.
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Ultimately, it's because half the UK population live in the wider south east of England, so it's the most effective use of money, pound for pound to benefit the most people. The problem with doing it that way is that it becomes self-fulfilling if you never put enough into other cities. But actually, the ones who get the least money spent on them in this country are those outside of London but in the south east.

I would note that the vast majority of London's underground was built by private finance though.
 
Here is a radical plan. Instead of turning two lane roads into one lane and putting cycle lanes in, instead of turning two way streets into one, instead of closing off roads totally why not actually open them up for cars and get the city moving. Bit radical I know but can you imagine if you can actually drive the full length of Oxford Rd or have two lanes down Deansgate etc. Just because we voted against congestion charges doesn't mean the council have the make things even worse so they can turn around and say told you so.
 
One easy solution would be pedestrian bridges . Particularly down the princess park way. Traffic lights now not only wait for the cross road but also go green to allow people to cross the road slowing everything down . Thiink about all the crossroads on the parkway. Simply put a pedestrian bridge at each of these places and it allows people to cross safely .

I know it can’t be every lights due to age and disability but at least on some of them it should be.

Also get rid of cycle lanes around the city, most cyclists don’t use them so what’s the point .
 
kevin horlocks wand said:
One easy solution would be pedestrian bridges . Particularly down the princess park way. Traffic lights now not only wait for the cross road but also go green to allow people to cross the road slowing everything down . Thiink about all the crossroads on the parkway. Simply put a pedestrian bridge at each of these places and it allows people to cross safely .

I know it can’t be every lights due to age and disability but at least on some of them it should be.

Also get rid of cycle lanes around the city, most cyclists don’t use them so what’s the point .
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Also take all the traffic lights down as most cyclists do not take notice if them .
 
Eds said:
Here is a radical plan. Instead of turning two lane roads into one lane and putting cycle lanes in, instead of turning two way streets into one, instead of closing off roads totally why not actually open them up for cars and get the city moving. Bit radical I know but can you imagine if you can actually drive the full length of Oxford Rd or have two lanes down Deansgate etc. Just because we voted against congestion charges doesn't mean the council have the make things even worse so they can turn around and say told you so.
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Fair point. If, as part of the planning for these roadworks, they had temporarily made some one way streets two way, opened up bus lanes to cars and got rid of the part time restrictions on some streets, it would have eased the flow of traffic through town by providing more options for motorists.
 
Blue Mist said:
Don't worry our wonderful Mayor is sorting it. He has said the following (taken from the Evening News....
“I’m signalling today that we’re going to conduct a number of specific reviews,” he said of the congestion currently crippling the city.

“The first, a review of arrangements for handling night matches at Old Trafford, mid-week matches... working with partners from the highways authorities in the councils, Greater Manchester Police, the club and train operators, transport operators.

Good to see the scouse (Labour) bastard has his priorities right.
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Who supports Everton and lives in Cheshire so ideal for Manchester
 
peoffrey said:
Are there too many people living there now? I’ve been on the Wilmslow Road and Stockport Road corridor and would get around with ease on the buses. This was well over a decade ago.
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There isn’t enough off-road public transport to move people around. Almost everything relies on the restricted and restrictive road network. It’s honestly been a joke in the last five years or so and presently it’s a nightmare!

I lived in the city centre ten years ago, i’m glad I don’t live in the city centre now. Having to get in and out of it during rush hours every day? No ta!

At present I’m only going to the city centre if I really have to. That’s not what a conurbations’ city centre is supposed to be like!
 
Eds said:
Here is a radical plan. Instead of turning two lane roads into one lane and putting cycle lanes in, instead of turning two way streets into one, instead of closing off roads totally why not actually open them up for cars and get the city moving. Bit radical I know but can you imagine if you can actually drive the full length of Oxford Rd or have two lanes down Deansgate etc. Just because we voted against congestion charges doesn't mean the council have the make things even worse so they can turn around and say told you so.
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This is exactly what’s happened, the council have caused most of the congestion in this City, bus lanes are the worst problem & what’s laughable is you see buses stuck in traffic caused by the bus lane further down the road. Anybody notice that they’ve sincronised the lights on straight roads of any length to make sure you have to keep stopping, it’s not about keeping traffic moving in this city it’s all about making driving as difficult as possible ....I wonder why ?
 
ballinio said:
This is exactly what’s happened, the council have caused most of the congestion in this City, bus lanes are the worst problem & what’s laughable is you see buses stuck in traffic caused by the bus lane further down the road. Anybody notice that they’ve sincronised the lights on straight roads of any length to make sure you have to keep stopping, it’s not about keeping traffic moving in this city it’s all about making driving as difficult as possible ....I wonder why ?
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Bang on with everything
Also the council, and many others go on about car pollution, yet evidence shows that if you resequence the lights so that cars are actually moving rather than stop/start it cuts down on pollution.
It wouldn’t surprise if it was all done to cause more congestion, raise pollution levels so they can point it out and then introduce yet another tax on drivers
 
ballinio said:
This is exactly what’s happened, the council have caused most of the congestion in this City, bus lanes are the worst problem & what’s laughable is you see buses stuck in traffic caused by the bus lane further down the road. Anybody notice that they’ve sincronised the lights on straight roads of any length to make sure you have to keep stopping, it’s not about keeping traffic moving in this city it’s all about making driving as difficult as possible ....I wonder why ?
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Is it cos our mayor made a pact with his best mate that he would not stand for Liverpool mayor allowing him to be elected and then made a deal within the Labour Party that he should stand for Manchester mayor so labour could be in charge of Liverpool and Manchester.

Compare this bloke to Bernstein.

Cannot even drive down deansgate with this scouse twat in charge under Bernstein we were bidding for the olympics.
 
squirtyflower said:
Bang on with everything
Also the council, and many others go on about car pollution, yet evidence shows that if you resequence the lights so that cars are actually moving rather than stop/start it cuts down on pollution.
It wouldn’t surprise if it was all done to cause more congestion, raise pollution levels so they can point it out and then introduce yet another tax on drivers
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100% what they’re up to , can’t stand driving in this city now , they’ve destroyed it .
 
for me it's an 1 1/2 hour to get in. 2 hours to get back home, on average. This week with no kids in school it's down to 1 1/2 hours home

So I tried the train, fuck me, what a joke. I was getting home even later and costing twice as much and everyone is pissed off at the station.

Something has to change
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
for me it's an 1 1/2 hour to get in. 2 hours to get back home, on average. This week with no kids in school it's down to 1 1/2 hours home

So I tried the train, fuck me, what a joke. I was getting home even later and costing twice as much and everyone is pissed off at the station.

Something has to change
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Come and rent a room off me three nights a week. Given me a new lease of life these traffic issues.
 
What the actual fuck was going on tonight? Fucking took me 2hrs to get from Stockport pyramid to Eccles. It’s a fucking joke.
 
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