The Middleton Rd side of Heaton Park would be good from the north with decent links to trunk roads and motorways.Remote parking hubs was partly in my thinking but also buses direct to places like bury where I live and plenty to stockport which has plenty of blues but no direct public transport link at present.
Remote ish parking hubs will happen anyway naturally as when the chaos starts, people like me will get dropped off and picked up by family/ friends/ Ubers a few hundred yards away in the thousands.
just to reiterate the buses could be used by gm transport during the week for extra rush hour capacity As a shared resource.
really metrolink need to up there game massively as buscalone won’t be enough. Minimum 3 double to ashton and 6 to town need be queued up and away from the Etihad within 15 mins off full time.