Cardiff's staggered work hours plan to cut city centre congestion

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Greater Manchester and Tyneside have integrated metro travel systems because they are far bigger urban areas than Cardiff

Cardiff is a very small , congested city centre

But a lot of commuters

The train station , unlike those of Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester , Leeds , etc is very small and cannot take the capacity of trains needed

Cardiff grew very rapidly as a city , it still is and until central station is ripped up , some sort of underground is built its always going to be gridlocked

As for Central Square I will quite happily dismantle the BBC Wales building and stick it up at Coryton

What a stupid idea relocating a TV studio to the city centre was

[Rjk]

Greater Manchester and Tyneside have integrated metro travel systems because they are far bigger urban areas than Cardiff

Cardiff is a very small , congested city centre

But a lot of commuters

The train station , unlike those of Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester , Leeds , etc is very small and cannot take the capacity of trains needed

Cardiff grew very rapidly as a city , it still is and until central station is ripped up , some sort of underground is built its always going to be gridlocked

As for Central Square I will quite happily dismantle the BBC Wales building and stick it up at Coryton

What a stupid idea relocating a TV studio to the city centre was

thre isn't going to be any sort of underground built, you can forget about that

[xsnaggle]

thre isn't going to be any sort of underground built, you can forget about that

It's not needed, there are enough unused railway lines to accommodate passenger movement.

[goats]

Greater Manchester and Tyneside have integrated metro travel systems because they are far bigger urban areas than Cardiff

Cardiff is a very small , congested city centre

But a lot of commuters

The train station , unlike those of Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester , Leeds , etc is very small and cannot take the capacity of trains needed

Cardiff grew very rapidly as a city , it still is and until central station is ripped up , some sort of underground is built its always going to be gridlocked

As for Central Square I will quite happily dismantle the BBC Wales building and stick it up at Coryton

What a stupid idea relocating a TV studio to the city centre was

Not to mention the 20,30/000 houses they are already starting to build in the western suburbs, wanting to add another 100k to the existing population. From Radyr out to st fagans and creigiau it’s madness. No thought to infrastructure to get commuters in an already grid lock llantrisant rd or through fairwater.

[Rjk]

Not to mention the 20,30/000 houses they are already starting to build in the western suburbs, wanting to add another 100k to the existing population. From Radyr out to st fagans and creigiau it’s madness. No thought to infrastructure to get commuters in an already grid lock llantrisant rd or through fairwater.

Let's just have working from home as a default option if possible in wales, then problem solved

[life on mars]

Let's just have working from home as a default option if possible in wales, then problem solved

How do we have the conversation on redundancies for lower paid workers such as bus drivers , coffee houses , eateries etc ,all who make money provide jobs from city center workers , we could see less public transport as a result and create a ghost town with just cheap kebabs eat outs , and pound shops , suppose we could blame the UK government for that one .

[Rjk]

How do we have the conversation on redundancies for lower paid workers such as bus drivers , coffee houses , eateries etc ,all who make money provide jobs from city center workers , we could see less public transport as a result and create a ghost town with just cheap kebabs eat outs , and pound shops , suppose we could blame the UK government for that one .

I;ve eaten out at lunchtime about as much as I do working from home as I would in the office, just more likely to spend my money in a local cafe or restaurant than in a greggs or subway.
Also I've done more shopping now I'm able to structure my day more flexibly (not that I do much)

Make working from home the norm at least half the week and you have other benefits, like people can commute further if they aren't doing it every day, so more money could make it way into the valleys towns from Cardiff - and then into valleys cafes and restaurants for lunches.
I don't think the uptake of working from home would ever be enough to make cardiff centre a ghost town

[life on mars]

I;ve eaten out at lunchtime about as much as I do working from home as I would in the office, just more likely to spend my money in a local cafe or restaurant than in a greggs or subway.
Also I've done more shopping now I'm able to structure my day more flexibly (not that I do much)

Make working from home the norm at least half the week and you have other benefits, like people can commute further if they aren't doing it every day, so more money could make it way into the valleys towns from Cardiff - and then into valleys cafes and restaurants for lunches.
I don't think the uptake of working from home would ever be enough to make cardiff centre a ghost town

Hope your right, and the WAG and Council have a plan to manage it in a good way that considers everyone not just office workers best interests .

[the other bob wilson]

Not to mention the 20,30/000 houses they are already starting to build in the western suburbs, wanting to add another 100k to the existing population. From Radyr out to st fagans and creigiau it’s madness. No thought to infrastructure to get commuters in an already grid lock llantrisant rd or through fairwater.

Agreed, although I'm happy enough living in the Rhondda, I'd still prefer to live in Cardiff if I could afford it, but I wasn't unhappy moving from Fairwater because it was easy to see what was coming and, as you say, it was bad enough before the building began.

[Tuerto]

Agreed, although I'm happy enough living in the Rhondda, I'd still prefer to live in Cardiff if I could afford it, but I wasn't unhappy moving from Fairwater because it was easy to see what was coming and, as you say, it was bad enough before the building began.

Come on Bob, we all know that you're going to make a fortune from your book I'm going to order it this evening