Manchester traffic

[quiet_riot]

Scooter in rain like tonight's? No ta!

 

[remember arthur mann]

so we all move to Altrincham?

I'm not buying a fucking moped either

 

[shevtheblue]

My missus works in Manchester and always either gets the train or the tram, its so much easier apparently. I quite like being on my own in the mornings though so not sure if i could put up with a train full of people, i also hate people as well tbf which makes world life quite difficult.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Well it’s getting worse. I seem to spend half my life on the Mancunian way.

Thinking tonight about what would solve it.

One - a proper tram line from didsbury right up wilmslow road, through fallowfield and into town. Gets a lot of those buses and cars off the road.

2 - radical but promote a scheme for everyone to drive scooters. Seems to happen more in other cities like Paris and Rome.

3 - car share incentive scheme.

4- promote work from home schemes in the city

5 - seriously with all the new developments something radical needs to happen

Dare we get an underground system?

even Glasgow has an underground

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Well it’s getting worse. I seem to spend half my life on the Mancunian way.

Thinking tonight about what would solve it.

One - a proper tram line from didsbury right up wilmslow road, through fallowfield and into town. Gets a lot of those buses and cars off the road.

2 - radical but promote a scheme for everyone to drive scooters. Seems to happen more in other cities like Paris and Rome.

3 - car share incentive scheme.

4- promote work from home schemes in the city

5 - seriously with all the new developments something radical needs to happen

Dare we get an underground system?

Would take years of building an underground to make a dent in the traffic issues in Manchester, its taking forever just to build the Metrolink extension to the Trafford centre. Could you imagine how long it would take to build half an underground network that London has? I think there would be more chance of us building a teleportation device quicker.

 

[quiet_riot]

Isn't there already a network of underground tunnels throughout the city?

 

[west didsblue]

Isn't there already a network of underground tunnels throughout the city?

Yep
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...d-manchester-tunnels-pictures-history-9471616
It would probably be easier and cheaper to start from scratch than to try using any of them.

 

[malg]

He used to be funny Jasper - I think it all went wrong when he tried to go political. Shame really.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Back in the day I’d stay up til all hours to listen to his inserts in the James Stannage show on Piccadilly radio.

 

[worsleyweb]

Back in the day I’d stay up til all hours to listen to his inserts in the James Stannage show on Piccadilly radio.

Used to love stannage

 

[kiam06]

Personally I think traffic levels are designed to be busy by capitalist thinkers as it means people arrive at work earlier to avoid it and go home later.

More hours from your staff without having to pay them.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

As well as Jasper he used to play Bob Williamson and Jake Thackray.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

As well as Jasper he used to play Bob Williamson and Jake Thackray.

Bantam Cock by Thackeray was brilliant.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Personally I think traffic levels are designed to be busy by capitalist thinkers as it means people arrive at work earlier to avoid it and go home later.

More hours from your staff without having to pay them.

Ok. So nothing as simple as there now being 50 times more cars on the roads than when they were first built then?

 

[The Preacher]

Isn't there already a network of underground tunnels throughout the city?

Somebody more ITK than me in these matters may well correct me but weren’t these looked at by engineering experts and considered unsuitable prior to the decision to go overground with the Metro?

 

[quiet_riot]

Somebody more ITK than me in these matters may well correct me but weren’t these looked at by engineering experts and considered unsuitable prior to the decision to go overground with the Metro?

While that wouldn't surprise me, it equally wouldn't surprise me if they were suitable and some idiot either just didn't think about it, or there was a brown envelope jobbie!

 

[The Preacher]

While that wouldn't surprise me, it equally wouldn't surprise me if they were suitable and some idiot either just didn't think about it, or there was a brown envelope jobbie!

You’re right! Wouldn’t surprise me either, especially the latter scenario. Wouldn’t be the first time.

 

[west didsblue]

Ok. So nothing as simple as there now being 50 times more cars on the roads than when they were first built then?

Nah, don’t be silly. I’m saying that as a qualified Traffic Level Designer after
studying the subject at Capitalist Thinkers College.

 

[Blue Mist]

Bearing in mind the one thing that would ease congestion, the electrification of the Liverpool - Manchester - Yorkshire train line has ben blocked as they wont fund it, we are not going to get an underground train system any time soon.
The pinch points for the Met are already full, when the Trafford Centre line goes live Cornbrook will be backlogged so bad it would be quicker to walk, a new line from South Manchester would have to go through St Peters Square which barely copes now and the Alty line is down right dangerously over crowded in rush hour now.
You could invest in buses, a dedicated bus lane along Princess Parkway for instance is one answer but who, unless forced to, gets a bus these days ?

Joined up thinking backed up with investment is the answer but councils and governments dont do that. How many times have they improved the Mancunian Way/Regents rd section ?

 

[uncle fester]

Had the delights of city centre driving last weekend - trying to get to Cavendish Street (Back of MMU All Saints campus) via Oxford Rd - Fucking forget it! half the bloody road closed off for bus lanes drove round in circles for about half an hour before finally getting there

then decided to get the bus back to Piccadilly from the Etihad after the Fulham game - Mistake no.2! - best part of an hour - bus couldn't move due to all the roadworks for new bus lanes!