Cardiff, growing too fast?

[Vindec]

As an irregular visitor to Cardiff (except Fridays and Saturdays) on occasional match days I am always impressed how free flowing the traffic is compared with many other towns and cities. In many other places people have been more or less forced to use public transport and this is the only option unless massive amounts of money is spent on road improvements. In many places, in areas other than Cardiff, offices don't have parking places for staff and that even includes also hospitals meaning staff on night shift have no option but to walk a couple of miles at the end of their working day or getting a taxi when public transport ends at around 11pm. In some respects Cardiffians are not that hard done by. As an earlier poster said don't knock public transport until you have tried it.

[Nick]

As an irregular visitor to Cardiff (except Fridays and Saturdays) on occasional match days I am always impressed how free flowing the traffic is compared with many other towns and cities. In many other places people have been more or less forced to use public transport and this is the only option unless massive amounts of money is spent on road improvements. In many places, in areas other than Cardiff, offices don't have parking places for staff and that even includes also hospitals meaning staff on night shift have no option but to walk a couple of miles at the end of their working day or getting a taxi when public transport ends at around 11pm. In some respects Cardiffians are not that hard done by. As an earlier poster said don't knock public transport until you have tried it.

You are quite right, too many people are comparing the Cardiff of today with the Cardiff of yesteryear rather than comparing it with other cities of today. Cardiff is relatively easy to commute to, from and across. There is a period before 9.00am when there is a build up of traffic and a period after around 4.30pm but other than for those short periods it is relatively easy to get around the city.

[Rjk]

You are quite right, too many people are comparing the Cardiff of today with the Cardiff of yesteryear rather than comparing it with other cities of today. Cardiff is relatively easy to commute to, from and across. There is a period before 9.00am when there is a build up of traffic and a period after around 4.30pm but other than for those short periods it is relatively easy to get around the city.

Yeah I agree, the longest "normal" Cardiff to Cardiff commute by car is probably in the region of 45 minutes, pushing up to an hour in exceptional circumstances. Yes that seems a lot when you know that if the streets were empty it would take 20 minutes, but it isn't that bad compared to other cities.

And that's only considering western cities, places in India you can take hours to travel a few miles

[TH63]

You are quite right, too many people are comparing the Cardiff of today with the Cardiff of yesteryear rather than comparing it with other cities of today. Cardiff is relatively easy to commute to, from and across. There is a period before 9.00am when there is a build up of traffic and a period after around 4.30pm but other than for those short periods it is relatively easy to get around the city.

I agree that we're comparing Cardiff today with Cardiff yesterday. But isn't that the point of the thread?

The simple fact is that Cardiff is growing but we still have the same roads and public transport that we had 20 years ago.

Yes it's easier to get around than London or Bath, but that's not a lot of comfort to some poor sod stuck in traffic on their way into work.