The End of on Street Parking within walking distance of the Etihad

Only live 45 mins drive from the ground but we can't get public transport home from night matches.Unless we become early lavers!!!!!!! Bloody hell people will be leaving at half time.
 
lunebleu said:
In the old Main road days the bus company ( council) used to lay on loads of double deckers from the city centre to the ground. They’d be lined up after the game for the return journey. Something like that could help.
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Happens now, unless you leave early they get limited to walking pace as the road is full of people. I think the numbers reduced 10 years ago with the tram. Probably accounts for 500 people.
 
Corky said:
Happens now, unless you leave early they get limited to walking pace as the road is full of people. I think the numbers reduced 10 years ago with the tram. Probably accounts for 500 people.
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I think shuttle buses are the plan, for the arena at least. Alan Turing Way then Oldham Road would be better to run them as it's 2 lanes but probably will need a bus lane to make it work and better pedestrian crossings. Would be great for me if they could run them into Shudehill!
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
I think shuttle buses are the plan, for the arena at least. Alan Turing Way then Oldham Road would be better to run them as it's 2 lanes but probably will need a bus lane to make it work and better pedestrian crossings. Would be great for me if they could run them into Shudehill!
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What about us poor twats in East manchester or elsewhere?
 
mancityvstoke said:
What about us poor twats in East manchester or elsewhere?
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I think we'll end up using the infrastructure that already exists and Shudehill is probably the best city interchange that's relatively easy to shuttle to and from as it enables easy changes for tram users from Bury, Altrincham and the airport and the other lines are just a short walk from Victoria. Plus it covers a few bus routes and there's facilities there. They might be able to arrange a pickup/drop-off/turnaround near Victoria I suppose which would be better. Or they might just shuttle people to Central Park but the buses at that interchange seem few and far between at the moment - you can't get far from there. As long as they do something.
 
lunebleu said:
In the old Main road days the bus company ( council) used to lay on loads of double deckers from the city centre to the ground. They’d be lined up after the game for the return journey. Something like that could help.
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They also used to run match day special buses from the bus depot on Princess Road out to the suburbs. I used to catch the 102x which left about 10 minutes after the final whistle and be home in about half an hour. It now takes ne three times that long from the Etihad.
 
OntarioBlue said:
They also used to run match day special buses from the bus depot on Princess Road out to the suburbs. I used to catch the 102x which left about 10 minutes after the final whistle and be home in about half an hour. It now takes ne three times that long from the Etihad.
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I lived in Harpurey . Two buses and about 40 minutes to Maine Road. Never failed to get on a bus. It was very efficient shuttle service to me.
 
The extra parking instructions are probably more aimed at the public using the new Coop arena. More non regular public using it, so getting caught by traffic wardens
 
Based on the North Stand expansion announced this morning, anyone, like me who spent time offering their views, will find it was the equivalent of pissing in the wind....

Usual council democracy at play. Be prepared to be paying £20 at one of the few sites offering parking once this comes in.




EASTLANDS RESIDENTS PARKING SCHEME​

Manchester City Council is in the final stages of a legal consultation for the implementation of an expanded Residents Parking Scheme which will be in operation before Co-op Live holds its first event, and will ensure that local residents, businesses and their visitors can park at their homes and properties when events are taking place.
The scope of the Eastlands Residents Parking Scheme was planned from the outset to account for an expansion of the Etihad Stadium (planning application approved in 2014) as well as the Co-op Live arena and a wide range of other sporting, leisure and entertainment uses which may be developed at the Etihad Campus in the future.
 
Northerndave said:
Based on the North Stand expansion announced this morning, anyone, like me who spent time offering their views, will find it was the equivalent of pissing in the wind....

Usual council democracy at play. Be prepared to be paying £20 at one of the few sites offering parking once this comes in.




EASTLANDS RESIDENTS PARKING SCHEME​

Manchester City Council is in the final stages of a legal consultation for the implementation of an expanded Residents Parking Scheme which will be in operation before Co-op Live holds its first event, and will ensure that local residents, businesses and their visitors can park at their homes and properties when events are taking place.
The scope of the Eastlands Residents Parking Scheme was planned from the outset to account for an expansion of the Etihad Stadium (planning application approved in 2014) as well as the Co-op Live arena and a wide range of other sporting, leisure and entertainment uses which may be developed at the Etihad Campus in the future.
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Fully expected. These public consultations are just lip service to keep the illusion of democracy going.

In nearby Castleton to us, they did similar about cycle lanes being put in on the main through road. Most all residents and businesses were totally against it. No street parking meant nobody could stop at say the bakers, grab something and go ... they (by cutting down full grown healthy trees) made a car park on common area to 'compensate' .... it's not that close to the shops and rarely used.

Petitions were raised etc ... the council ploughed on regardless. Cnuts the lot of them.
 
ysmsa said:
You may jest but I've said before.

Drain the fuckin Ashton Canal from Etihad to near Piccadilly and put a rapid people mover train thing in of some sort :-)
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Hey, leave our canals alone, yer vandal. But yer can still have yer rapid transit train built over the top of the canal. I think they have one, or had one, in Wuppertal. And don't New York have overhead 'subways'? I think some of that 'dodgy' money that the FA are looking at could be diverted!
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
Hey, leave our canals alone, yer vandal. But yer can still have yer rapid transit train built over the top of the canal. I think they have one, or had one, in Wuppertal. And don't New York have overhead 'subways'? I think some of that 'dodgy' money that the FA are looking at could be diverted!
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My physics teacher lamented that the magnetic monorail was a UK invention yet other countries had implemented it and we ignored it.

The canal depths can vary wildly , people would be surprised if they were drained, and it wouldn't help flooding.

I responded similar to MCC as I did to MCFC on the inadequacy of an alterative offer.
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
Hey, leave our canals alone, yer vandal. But yer can still have yer rapid transit train built over the top of the canal. I think they have one, or had one, in Wuppertal. And don't New York have overhead 'subways'? I think some of that 'dodgy' money that the FA are looking at could be diverted!
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Cheesey has a clip of one from Leipzig last week in his video blog. Might do the business above the canal. mono.jpg
 
MCFCTrick said:
Fully expected. These public consultations are just lip service to keep the illusion of democracy going.

In nearby Castleton to us, they did similar about cycle lanes being put in on the main through road. Most all residents and businesses were totally against it. No street parking meant nobody could stop at say the bakers, grab something and go ... they (by cutting down full grown healthy trees) made a car park on common area to 'compensate' .... it's not that close to the shops and rarely used.

Petitions were raised etc ... the council ploughed on regardless. Cnuts the lot of them.
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That will be the same Rochdale Council that stole the historic cobbles from the hill next to Middleton parish church, tarmac'd over it and declared it a cycling route - it's never seen a cyclist ever as it is far too steep!

Their next wheeze is going to be 'pedestrianising' one of the remaining through roads in Middleton claiming to be improving the historic character of the area despite it being full of nothing but takeaways and not anywhere that a pedestrian would need to walk to.
 
Northerndave said:
Based on the North Stand expansion announced this morning, anyone, like me who spent time offering their views, will find it was the equivalent of pissing in the wind....

Usual council democracy at play. Be prepared to be paying £20 at one of the few sites offering parking once this comes in.




EASTLANDS RESIDENTS PARKING SCHEME​

Manchester City Council is in the final stages of a legal consultation for the implementation of an expanded Residents Parking Scheme which will be in operation before Co-op Live holds its first event, and will ensure that local residents, businesses and their visitors can park at their homes and properties when events are taking place.
The scope of the Eastlands Residents Parking Scheme was planned from the outset to account for an expansion of the Etihad Stadium (planning application approved in 2014) as well as the Co-op Live arena and a wide range of other sporting, leisure and entertainment uses which may be developed at the Etihad Campus in the future.
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Yep that's about the sum of it. Already decided.
 
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