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

blumoonrisen said:
I've seen the chaos getting on trams at Mercer way and it'll get worse next season so fuck that. Plus there's the extra cost of tram fares involved.
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The Ashton park and ride wont be an option mate, looks like the route to and from Ashton will be out of action for at least a couple of years from next season.

www.bbc.co.uk

HS2: Council calls for rethink over Metrolink suspension

Councillors are urging a rethink over plans to cut off some tram services due to building work.
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Mr Edward's shoe mirror said:
Dump the car at Ashton park and ride. If the car park is full, there's a retail park across the road. Hop on the tram. It takes 20 minutes to the ground. No running the gauntlet or driving around like a loon trying to dump the car. It's the same on the way back. 20 mins to the car you are on the M60 and away before most people have even got half a mile from the stadium.

People who happily sit in traffic for an hour before and after every game are either really lazy or just enjoy misery.
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Even that's gonna be knocked on the head soon due to the HS2 causing trams to stop from Ashton.
 
barney* said:
The Ashton park and ride wont be an option mate, looks like the route to and from Ashton will be out of action for at least a couple of years from next season.

www.bbc.co.uk

HS2: Council calls for rethink over Metrolink suspension

Councillors are urging a rethink over plans to cut off some tram services due to building work.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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Even more reason for it being a load of bollocks then..!
Like I said if they stop me parking then my 45yrs as a season ticket holder will end.
 
dickie davies said:
The lad I sit next to started to do that. We sit towards the family stand end and at the final whistle he always made a swift exit to get to the metro link station before the queue became horrendous
He came to one game and said he’s not park and riding again as nearly all the cars, including his, had had their tyres slashed
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The likelihood of that being a regular occurrence is pretty slim. And the retail park, opposite the tram parking, is enormous with loads of on street parking if you don't want to leave it outside the shops.
 
Slightly off topic, but.

Bev Craig and other councillors at Manchester City Council can’t even keep the streets of Manchester litter free and clean and tidy, so there’s not a chance in hell that useless rabble can sort the transport problems out in (East) Manchester.
 
Mr Edward's shoe mirror said:
The likelihood of that being a regular occurrence is pretty slim. And the retail park, opposite the tram parking, is enormous with loads of on street parking if you don't want to leave it outside the shops.
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And you said it takes twenty minutes from the stadium to Ashton on the tram
What about the wait for the tram, which is only going to get worse because of the huge increase in people having to use it, plus when everyone starts parking at the park and ride, that'll fill, so more will use the retail park, then that will introduce a time limit, and the residents will complain about matchday parking, so a residents zone there will be introduced
 
There was a similar thread to this at the back end of last season. Me and this guy were moaning about the restrictions and were swapping parking stories and then he made a comment that absolutely nailed it …. “Drivers are the new smokers”

That’s the political zeitgeist regardless of a big majority of the public disagreeing with it and so we’re gonna be phased out sooner or later like it or not.
 
dickie davies said:
The lad I sit next to started to do that. We sit towards the family stand end and at the final whistle he always made a swift exit to get to the metro link station before the queue became horrendous
He came to one game and said he’s not park and riding again as nearly all the cars, including his, had had their tyres slashed
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I use that car park if im shopping down town with the mrs, bit of a daft thing to do if its a rag, cos not just City fans use it. Thought they had cameras there. For City either get tram from Ashton to Etihad or train to Manchester if i go for a drink first.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
An ex-girlfriend of mine lives in one of these areas and it’s a nightmare for residents on matchdays so when the arena opens it would be a nightmare for residents five nights or more a week so I can see why they’re doing it.

But if they’re doing this, public transport to Etihad Campus needs to drastically improve!

The frequency of Mets post-game is a fucking joke. Three times this season I’ve waited nearly half an hour after reaching the platform before a Met to Town has shown up. That’s utterly pathetic. You get a more frequent Met service in the arse-end of nowhere like Shaw on a Tuesday afternoon than after a City game at the Etihad.

There needs to be a huge increase in bus services to Piccadilly and Victoria stations from the Etihad post-game.

There needs to be a proper walk route set up.

There needs to be Park&Ride for people who don’t head into Town at various places across the outskirts of the conurbation.

Even a water taxi service set up from Town in the Rochdale Canal would be good.

There needs to be more around the Campus to stay and have a drink and/or food so that not everyone needs to leave at the same time.
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A few years ago I went to the night game by myself and looked at parking around one of the areas in question.As I was asking a local she told me not to park as you had to display a Special Card which confirmed you were a local and it must be shown in the car window.
I asked her if this extended also to people with Blue Disability Badges and yes that was the case.
She asked me to wait a minute and the kind lass told me to use her husbands badge as he was on a 2-10 shift that night.
Absolutely wonderful gesture and yes I can understand the necessity of locals having the nightmare to try and park anywhere near their residence on a match night.
 
jrb said:
Slightly off topic, but.

Bev Craig and other councillors at Manchester City Council can’t even keep the streets of Manchester litter free and clean and tidy, so there’s not a chance in hell that useless rabble can sort the transport problems out in (East) Manchester.
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Or the residents of Manchester can’t keep their streets litter free.
 
Stephen230 said:
Or the residents of Manchester can’t keep their streets litter free.
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That’s correct.

But when there’s no visible street cleaning the problem of litter and street cleaning multiplies.

The council don‘t even clean the leaves up along the roads and kerbs anymore.

When was the last time you saw a road sweeper or cleaning team in your area?

Back to topic.
 
Do locals have to agree to this, but still have to pay for their own ticket while the local council get to be remunerated for the fines?
 
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