Big City Plan Talk - Latest Comments in 4.4.1

Re: 4.4.1

Jenny — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:59:31 -0000

New city centre apartment buildings should not need hundreds of car parking spaces. People living and working in the city centre should be able to walk to work and would have very little need to own a car. They could always join a car share scheme such as Whizzgo if a car is needed occasionally. The number of car parking spaces in the city centre should be slowly reduced and the space given over to bus and cycle lanes to encourage more sustainable methods of transport.

Re: 4.4.1

urban_dweller — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:42:07 -0000

Park & Ride is a great idea - but it will only work if the total journey time is equal or less; cheaper than travelling by car; and as comfortable as travelling by car... Unless car-parks are conveniently located and cheap, the buses are plentiful and clean and pleasant to travel on, and the journey from Park & Ride to the city is quicker then I fear this worthy alternative will be doomed... We need to get joined up thinking on this option to really make it succeed.

Re: 4.4.1

urban_dweller — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:38:39 -0000

Providing car parking in the city only encourages commuters to use cars, and it generates revenue for the council that subsidises local taxes. However, there are 35 million cars on UK roads today (ref: SMMT) and this is increasing by 600,000 to 700,000 cars EVERY year! Estimates show that approximately 10% of these cars are travelling at any one time - which means that 90% are parked. As the second largest city we get more than our fair share of this problem. This growth is unsustainable and we must wean the public and car-park cash dependent councils to encourage use of public transport in urban areas.

Re: 4.4.1

Joanna Geary — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:35:20 -0000

I understand this will not be a popular comment, but at the moment I feel it is far too easy and cheap to park a car in the city centre.

I notice that it is cheaper to pay for car parking in the City Council Moat House Lane car park (which is right by the BullRIng) than it is for a return bus fare. This isn't going to do much to encourage the use of public transport.