Metrolink to / from Etihad

bobbyowenquiff said:
When you look at the transport infrastructure around the West Ham (former Olympic) Stadium it really shows how we are shafted in the North of England. Loads of rail/tube/overground transport options. Loads of buses and taxis. Canal and riverside walks plus a huge shopping centre. There are lots of waterfront bars and restaurants at Hackney Wick which is right by the stadium.
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Asked for a price of a taxi back to Piccadilly Station.
£20.Walked there in the end.
 
bennyboy said:
Asked for a price of a taxi back to Piccadilly Station.
£20.Walked there in the end.
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It’s the one thing that will stop me going eventually. It’s just such a faff. The hassle of going is just getting worse by the season. I think we played Arsenal in the FA cup the other year on a Friday night for TV, no trains were running for whatever reason and it took me 2 hrs to drive from Warrington.
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
That's a fair point, I have wondered about that myself, perhaps it's going to be a tram link shuttling back and forward between Pic and Vic via Ardwick. The conversation I had with him was over a pint, and we started talking about the parking restrictions on streets around the ground and how Pollard street being traffic and trams and pedestrians doesn't work.
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Possibly the discussion around tram-trains a few years back that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere now. I think they were looking at changing the Hyde and Hadfield lines to tram-trains and possibly switching them to run to Victoria but don’t remember any talk about rebuilding the viaduct into Piccadilly.
 
Vic said:
If they're already completely congested, it makes no difference if you close the road.

In this case, from town the signed route for Ashton is Ashton Old Road. Ashton New Road is signed only for Droylsden and Clayton. All it needs is a matrix sign on Great Ancoats Street saying "Event congestion on A662 - use A635 for Clayton, Droyslden, and Ashton" with temporary signage on Ashton Old Road to direct people back to Ashton New Road (e.g. Fairfield Road / Edge Lane).

(Taxis would still head for ANR but at least we wouldn't have an artic tanker blocking traffic as we did a few weeks ago. How the driver of a 53 bus ended up on Every Street last month is still a mystery.)

And don't forget Braess's paradox. https://supernet.isenberg.umass.edu/articles/braess-encyc.pdf
Yes, some of us have studied this stuff!
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No one is saying close an already congested road. We are saying that 15 minutes after kick off, when all the taxis have left and buses are parked up, close the roads then
 
Blue Mist said:
No one is saying close an already congested road. We are saying that 15 minutes after kick off, when all the taxis have left and buses are parked up, close the roads then
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I think you might be the only one saying that. Close roads during the match?
 
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