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Cardiff's staggered work hours plan to cut city centre congestion
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Cardiff council said its public transport infrastructure was "not fit for purpose" because it was built for 200,000 people but needs to cope with the city's 335,000 population, as well as more than 100,000 daily commuters.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54124354
Perhaps they should have done something about this when the population exceeded 200,000?
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They should have ensured the city's infrastructure kept pace with the growth.
they are supposed to serve not obstruct!"
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What’s commonly known as “Passing the Buck”. Talking to employers is a joke. Cardiff City Centre is probably the worst in the UK. No central bus station, so many bus lanes, and Park & Ride! That is a complete joke. The council is abysmal and that’s taking it as a positive. A friggin’ mess.
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Originally Posted by
xsnaggle
They should have ensured the city's infrastructure kept pace with the growth.
they are supposed to serve not obstruct!"
I doubt many councils do this.
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Never ceases to amaze me that people employed as city planners never plan for f*ck all. Their role is in the job title for God’s sake.
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Originally Posted by
LeningradCowboy
In the councils defence the population hit 200k around about 1905.
Most office workers in town will probably work from home in the future so will all this work be pointless?
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Originally Posted by
ken smith
In the councils defence the population hit 200k around about 1905.
Most office workers in town will probably work from home in the future so will all this work be pointless?
if government workers in Cardiff do stay home ,traffic will reduce! As will jobs in the supply industry
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Originally Posted by
LeningradCowboy
Cardiff's population was over 243,00 in 1955 the year it was made a city
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It must have been over 200,000 for many years prior to that which means that its transport infrastructure probably hasn't been fit for purpose in getting on for a hundred years!
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Originally Posted by
Elwood Blues
Cardiff's population was over 243,00 in 1955 the year it was made a city
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It must have been over 200,000 for many years prior to that which means that its transport infrastructure probably hasn't been fit for purpose in getting on for a hundred years!
Or to put it another way, they haven’t done f all for 70 years bar mess it up
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Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
I doubt many councils do this.
Does that make it acceptable?
Go to the Manchester area and look at their tram system, it stretches miles and is a cheap and efficient way of getting around the city.
This council is still talking about things like this and the Metro (Which Newcastle had 30 years ago). We don't even have a bus station and I doubt we ever will if they keep closing the roads to get to it.
The City council is like the Welsh government on these things, M4 Relief Road, Metro system, joined up public Transport that delivers service to the whole community, fast link to the airport.
They talk about them but they have no intention of doing anything about them. They just go around painting yellow lives everywhere.
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Originally Posted by
Elwood Blues
Cardiff's population was over 243,00 in 1955 the year it was made a city
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It must have been over 200,000 for many years prior to that which means that its transport infrastructure probably hasn't been fit for purpose in getting on for a hundred years!
Being a bit picky 1955 made Capital, 1905 made a City. To top it off council after council have failed miserably to get the City into 20 th century never mind 21st.
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Originally Posted by
Cleve van Leef
Being a bit picky 1955 made Capital, 1905 made a City. To top it off council after council have failed miserably to get the City into 20 th century never mind 21st.
Yes sorry I meant Capital.
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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
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The metro system is not about the centre of the city, it is about giving people in the Valleys and the outlying towns and districts around the city access quickly cleanly and efficiently to the city centre. That is the way you reduce the congestion and improve the air quality.
But this council will attack car users all day long but give people no viable alternative. People living in llandrumney and the east of the city have no chance.
The station can take more trains than it does now. you can go in there at many times of the day and see the empty platforms. a lot of The system that needs upgrading is already bringing trains into it, there just needs to be more. If they made some of the upper valley lines 2 line so trains could pass it might help, but to start doing that now will take years.
The city was about 250,000 when I was a boy and has been growing ever since, so they have had 60 years to get this somewhere near right and they have done nothing.
All they do is attack car users as I said. As in another thread, I believe this council is destroying my home city.
What really rankles is that they know what they are doing and are doing it deliberately.
They'd rather waste money putting tree pots in Wellfield road and obstructing the buses than do something about getting people to work efficiently
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Originally Posted by
Cleve van Leef
What’s commonly known as “Passing the Buck”. Talking to employers is a joke. Cardiff City Centre is probably the worst in the UK. No central bus station, so many bus lanes, and Park & Ride! That is a complete joke. The council is abysmal and that’s taking it as a positive. A friggin’ mess.
Yeah there are definitely improvements to be made, but in my experience it is a long way from being the worst in the UK.
Every single time I've driven through Bristol or Bath the congestion has been unbelievable.
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
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
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Originally Posted by
Rjk
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.
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Originally Posted by
Rjk
Yeah there are definitely improvements to be made, but in my experience it is a long way from being the worst in the UK.
Every single time I've driven through Bristol or Bath the congestion has been unbelievable.
lol Bath was built round a lump of congestion by the Romans I think :hehe:
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I used to like varying my hours at work.
Go in late, then leave early to compensate.:getscoat:
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Originally Posted by
xsnaggle
All they do is attack car users as I said. As in another thread, I believe this council is destroying my home city.
What really rankles is that they know what they are doing and are doing it deliberately.
They'd rather waste money putting tree pots in Wellfield road and obstructing the buses than do something about getting people to work efficiently
Don’t get us started on the Castle Street load of Balerics.
Every time I pass, there is 2 people max using it.
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Hopefully they get a move on with the Metro plans.
Cardiff Parkway and Crwys road stations will both be welcome additions. Still large areas though that won't have any decent public transport
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Originally Posted by
xsnaggle
Does that make it acceptable?
Go to the Manchester area and look at their tram system, it stretches miles and is a cheap and efficient way of getting around the city.
This council is still talking about things like this and the Metro (Which Newcastle had 30 years ago). We don't even have a bus station and I doubt we ever will if they keep closing the roads to get to it.
The City council is like the Welsh government on these things, M4 Relief Road, Metro system, joined up public Transport that delivers service to the whole community, fast link to the airport.
They talk about them but they have no intention of doing anything about them. They just go around painting yellow lives everywhere.
Ah yes but yellow lives matter :tongue:
It does seem that the strategy is to build houses first, plan the infrastructure second.
Planners, money for old rope.
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Originally Posted by
Penybont Blue
Don’t get us started on the Castle Street load of Balerics.
Every time I pass, there is 2 people max using it.
I've seen it quite busy during the day when the weather is good. While it must be hugely infuriating for commuting, there's something quite pleasant about it without all the traffic that runs along there.
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Originally Posted by
MacAdder
Ah yes but yellow lives matter :tongue:
It does seem that the strategy is to build houses first, plan the infrastructure second.
Planners, money for old rope.
It's the chicken and the egg scenario. Take businesses coming in to the city. They'll hardly be concerned about infrastructure and the council will hardly stop businesses coming in because of it, either.
There are also cities that have spent fortunes on infrastructure, been way too ambitious and found they'd wasted money on projects that either never started or were barely used and cancelled. Like many things, hindsight is a wonderful thing. Having said that, I do agree that Cardiff Council has dragged its feet on this for way too long. They won't be the first, they won't be the last.
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Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
I've seen it quite busy during the day when the weather is good. While it must be hugely infuriating for commuting, there's something quite pleasant about it without all the traffic that runs along there.
I don’t know what days you’ve seen it busy on !!!
I pass it every weekend, at about 12 noon and 6pm ish, never more than 2 tables being used and staff standing around like lemons.
2 weeks ago I videoed the whole length of it at 7pm on a Sunday, NOT ONE TABLE WAS BEING USED
Total waste of tax payers money !!!
Bring on the elections !
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Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
There are also cities that have spent fortunes on infrastructure, been way too ambitious and found they'd wasted money on projects that either never started or were barely used and cancelled.
try telling that to Brockway, Ogdenville or North Haverbrook
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
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.
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Originally Posted by
BLUETIT
I don’t know what days you’ve seen it busy on !!!
I pass it every weekend, at about 12 noon and 6pm ish, never more than 2 tables being used and staff standing around like lemons.
2 weeks ago I videoed the whole length of it at 7pm on a Sunday, NOT ONE TABLE WAS BEING USED
Total waste of tax payers money !!!
Bring on the elections !
Can we see the video?:sherlock: not one table? I agree it is a load of guff....we dont need it there. You have the whole of st Mary Street, the Hayes, church street, mill lane already just to name a few
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Originally Posted by
goats
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
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Originally Posted by
BLUETIT
I don’t know what days you’ve seen it busy on !!!
I pass it every weekend, at about 12 noon and 6pm ish, never more than 2 tables being used and staff standing around like lemons.
2 weeks ago I videoed the whole length of it at 7pm on a Sunday, NOT ONE TABLE WAS BEING USED
Total waste of tax payers money !!!
Bring on the elections !
You forget that the real purpose was to get people used to Castle st being impassible so they can close it permanently . People actually using the place is incidental. It was closed a month before they did anything. But again they want to close that but do nothing about the disruption to bus routes and people going to and from work and using the shops. They don't care about tgat
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Originally Posted by
Rjk
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 .
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Originally Posted by
life on mars
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
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Originally Posted by
xsnaggle
The metro system is not about the centre of the city, it is about giving people in the Valleys and the outlying towns and districts around the city access quickly cleanly and efficiently to the city centre. That is the way you reduce the congestion and improve the air quality.
But this council will attack car users all day long but give people no viable alternative. People living in llandrumney and the east of the city have no chance.
The station can take more trains than it does now. you can go in there at many times of the day and see the empty platforms. a lot of The system that needs upgrading is already bringing trains into it, there just needs to be more. If they made some of the upper valley lines 2 line so trains could pass it might help, but to start doing that now will take years.
The city was about 250,000 when I was a boy and has been growing ever since, so they have had 60 years to get this somewhere near right and they have done nothing.
All they do is attack car users as I said. As in another thread, I believe this council is destroying my home city.
What really rankles is that they know what they are doing and are doing it deliberately.
They'd rather waste money putting tree pots in Wellfield road and obstructing the buses than do something about getting people to work efficiently
Just because there are empty platforms doesn't necessarily mean there is room in the lines, unless you want them to start hopping over one another as they travel up and down the valley lines.
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Originally Posted by
Rjk
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 .
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Originally Posted by
dembethewarrior
Just because there are empty platforms doesn't necessarily mean there is room in the lines, unless you want them to start hopping over one another as they travel up and down the valley lines.
As I said, if some of the valley lines were made 2 track instead of single track they wouldn't need to hop over each other.
Also everything that stop at Queen St doesn't stop or need to stop at Central..
There is room and time, it just takes planning, which this council appears to be incapable of.
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A light railway line could be built up the Rhymney River valley, that would serve Llanedeyrn, Pentwyn, Llanrumney, and Pontprennau, and even further. There's nothing in the way, so it could be done fairly easily. Will it happen? Will it f**k.
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tforturton
A light railway line could be built up the Rhymney River valley, that would serve Llanedeyrn, Pentwyn, Llanrumney, and Pontprennau, and even further. There's nothing in the way, so it could be done fairly easily. Will it happen? Will it f**k.
aren't there a shit load of houses in the way?
I mean I'd love to see it but I'm sure they've considered this
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The city planners just don’t plan!!! Cardiff’s suburbs are relatively new compared to a lot of other UK cities, Ely is perhaps coming up a hundred years old perhaps ( not old really) but Caerau, Fairwater (especially Pentrebane), Danescourt etc to the west, Llanrumney, Rumney, Trowbridge, St Mellon’s etc to the east, not to mention Pentwyn, Llanedeyrn, Pontprennau etc and now there the newer estates under construction. When these estates were being developed massive groundworks were taking place, huge excavations yet the city planners didn’t think to plan ahead!!!!! Perhaps an underground system could have been incorporated, certainly some kind of transport system other than the pitiful road systems we have. OK there would have been disruption and a bit of chaos when these new systems reached the older inner city suburbs but places like Manchester, Sheffield etc overcame the problems and they now reap the benefits. One glaring example of shite planning is Llanrumney, a huge estate, God knows how many people live there, two cars or more per household perhaps, Eastern Avenue can be seen across the fields from the bottom of the estate yet there are only two ways in and out, Mount Pleasant Avenue & Llanrumney Avenue... madness!! Our city planners couldn’t plan a trip to Barry Island!!!
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Great pity that they ripped up the tracks the coal trains from the valleys, that used to run through Llanishen, ROATH and Splott.
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Originally Posted by
BLUETIT
Great pity that they ripped up the tracks the coal trains from the valleys, that used to run through Llanishen, ROATH and Splott.
Exactly, as I keep banging on about, what are our city planners planning? Before a brick is laid on a house the plans are in place to get the shit out of it long before a flush is pulled, yet the bricks have been laid on thousands of Cardiff houses with no clue how to allow the residents to easily travel away from them.