Matchday "safety" changes

I assume reducing AT Way to one lane was to give a wider pavement for pedestrians but they could have left it as two lanes as the right lane couldn't turn into Briscoe Lane.
It looked like all cars leaving on sport City Way had to turn left onto AT Way (not sure about that though) so it's no wonder it took so long to get out the car park. It made no difference to me as a pedestrian getting to a car park on Bradford Road.
 
As more people realise that you can work through gate one unchallenged, ,more people will choose this route. If they attempt to turn people back at gate one there will be trouble. So pretty soon we will be back to square one.

Agree with people saying that walking down Alan Turing way means you have to walk on the road, recipe for disaster IMO. Not great for cyclists on Alan Turing way either.

If feels like they have introduced the system to benefit people paying for on site parking, hence increasing revenue!
 
meeesh said:
What had happened at the traffic lights mate,to go onto Alan Turing way,seems as though most were coming through red lights ?
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There must have been a malfunction. Sat there for ages trying to get out onto the main road. Once everybody realised that the lights were stuck on red, we just all piled out.

The new pedestrian routes didn't fully work either as quite a few ignored the signs and just went through the car parks. Don't know why, because it took me the same time to walk back to the car as it's always done.
 
YaYa's Left Peg said:
There must have been a malfunction. Sat there for ages trying to get out onto the main road. Once everybody realised that the lights were stuck on red, we just all piled out.

The new pedestrian routes didn't fully work either as quite a few ignored the signs and just went through the car parks. Don't know why, because it took me the same time to walk back to the car as it's always done.
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Ah rite
 
Hundreds just walked through the car park as normal unchallenged. Going to do the same next time
 
East Level 2 said:
I assume reducing AT Way to one lane was to give a wider pavement for pedestrians but they could have left it as two lanes as the right lane couldn't turn into Briscoe Lane.
It looked like all cars leaving on sport City Way had to turn left onto AT Way (not sure about that though) so it's no wonder it took so long to get out the car park. It made no difference to me as a pedestrian getting to a car park on Bradford Road.
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No wider pavement - the merge into the right lane was simply to allow for cars coming into the left lane at gate 1.

Anyone know if cars could turn right at gate 2? If not, that will just mean if everyone has to go left, anyone who wants to go east or south will have to go a long way round (and possibly come back into the congestion, adding to it).
 
Vic said:
No wider pavement - the merge into the right lane was simply to allow for cars coming into the left lane at gate 1.

Anyone know if cars could turn right at gate 2? If not, that will just mean if everyone has to go left, anyone who wants to go east or south will have to go a long way round (and possibly come back into the congestion, adding to it).
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No right turn at Gate 2 yesterday, barriers up to allow pedestrians to cross AT Way at the lights.
Wide pavement on that side of the road with 1 lane of ATW closed southbound for pedestrians as far as Briscoe Lane
 
Patted down 1st time ever no matter which stand I was in.
No queue at the time, entrance M1 for South Stand level 3.

Young lad behind me had a dangerous plastic bottle of water with plastic cap taken off him, obviously more dangerous than the ones they sell inside the ground.

Fuckers, cos sometimes I have to take tablets depending on the time the match is on.
 
Vic said:
No wider pavement - the merge into the right lane was simply to allow for cars coming into the left lane at gate 1.

Anyone know if cars could turn right at gate 2? If not, that will just mean if everyone has to go left, anyone who wants to go east or south will have to go a long way round (and possibly come back into the congestion, adding to it).
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No, only left, people were going left, up to Vermillion and then doing a U-turn
 
lancs blue said:
Coach took about 30mins longer to get out of the car park with traffic on AT Way down to one lane on the approach to gate 1. Let's see if it settles down for future games before criticising the changes.
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Yeah, same as our coach. The entire arrangements seemed to be a shambles. Arrived back in Carlisle at 11pm which was well later than normal.
I agree that we need to wait for it to settle down but we have rarely had a serious problem getting out of the coach park in the past and if last night was a sign of things to come then City may need to have a rethink.
I also don't see how stopping pedestrian access through Gate 1 before the game achieved anything other than an extra few minutes diversion for fans heading that way. Again we never had a problem in the past. Change for change sake ?
 
We are now in SS3 and went through M1. They checked my bag as it had a few things in for my nephew. The second lad asked if my bag had been checked and didn't even bother with the pat down.
 
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