Middlesbrough park and ride
Middlesbrough park and ride
Couldn't find a thread for this, or any previous mention of it, so I'll start my own. The suggestion is that there should be one from the south of the town, in an attempt to ease some of the worst congestion. I'm not familiar with that part or the area, so can't really comment on it, either positively or sceptically.
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/middle...wsTeesside&utm_medium=twitter
(24 Nov 2015, 10:10 pm)BusLoverMum Couldn't find a thread for this, or any previous mention of it, so I'll start my own. The suggestion is that there should be one from the south of the town, in an attempt to ease some of the worst congestion. I'm not familiar with that part or the area, so can't really comment on it, either positively or sceptically.
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/middle...wsTeesside&utm_medium=twitter
(24 Nov 2015, 10:10 pm)BusLoverMum Couldn't find a thread for this, or any previous mention of it, so I'll start my own. The suggestion is that there should be one from the south of the town, in an attempt to ease some of the worst congestion. I'm not familiar with that part or the area, so can't really comment on it, either positively or sceptically.
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/middle...wsTeesside&utm_medium=twitter
(24 Nov 2015, 10:21 pm)GX03 SVC I've only been to Middlesbrough once, by car. Entered via the A19 and came in from the west, the traffic wasn't bad. As nobody who I was with knew the area I've probably been everywhere in the town.
Exited through the North over a bridge and travelled via Seaton Carew and Hartlepool, exiting wasn't too bad either.
(24 Nov 2015, 10:21 pm)GX03 SVC I've only been to Middlesbrough once, by car. Entered via the A19 and came in from the west, the traffic wasn't bad. As nobody who I was with knew the area I've probably been everywhere in the town.
Exited through the North over a bridge and travelled via Seaton Carew and Hartlepool, exiting wasn't too bad either.
The Marton Road crawl is a well known phenomenon both on a morning and evening, between Borough Road, Longlands, James Cook Hospital and Marton Shops. We already have a number of frequent bus services covering this stretch, our 28, 29 and 63 and Stagecoach's service 10. There needs to be a well thought out strategy for sorting the congestion and the road network needs to be able to cope with the ever increasing levels of traffic.
A Park & Ride scheme would be great for the area but it needs to ensure suitable levels of bus priority if it was to work efficiently - look at York's scheme as a good example. They carry huge amounts of people on a number of routes, indeed recently added to with the new Park & Ride site at Poppleton.
The first site they appear to have identified would appear to be in the Nunthorpe area, already partially served by my Sapphire service (every 15 minutes) and the 28 every 20 minutes, plus an hourly train service into town. It would ideally serve as a great base for people from east Cleveland, particularly neighbouring areas of Guisborough and beyond. it would need a high frequency bus service (or indeed trams?!) on dedicated infrastructure to avoid the congestion that it is supposed to be sorting, as at the moment Marton Road and indeed Cargo Fleet Lane are both rammed on a morning into town, and on an evening heading out of town, which would just hold up any dedicated Park & Ride bus.
(25 Nov 2015, 11:34 am)tyresmoke The Marton Road crawl is a well known phenomenon both on a morning and evening, between Borough Road, Longlands, James Cook Hospital and Marton Shops. We already have a number of frequent bus services covering this stretch, our 28, 29 and 63 and Stagecoach's service 10. There needs to be a well thought out strategy for sorting the congestion and the road network needs to be able to cope with the ever increasing levels of traffic.
A Park & Ride scheme would be great for the area but it needs to ensure suitable levels of bus priority if it was to work efficiently - look at York's scheme as a good example. They carry huge amounts of people on a number of routes, indeed recently added to with the new Park & Ride site at Poppleton.
The first site they appear to have identified would appear to be in the Nunthorpe area, already partially served by my Sapphire service (every 15 minutes) and the 28 every 20 minutes, plus an hourly train service into town. It would ideally serve as a great base for people from east Cleveland, particularly neighbouring areas of Guisborough and beyond. it would need a high frequency bus service (or indeed trams?!) on dedicated infrastructure to avoid the congestion that it is supposed to be sorting, as at the moment Marton Road and indeed Cargo Fleet Lane are both rammed on a morning into town, and on an evening heading out of town, which would just hold up any dedicated Park & Ride bus.
(25 Nov 2015, 11:34 am)tyresmoke The Marton Road crawl is a well known phenomenon both on a morning and evening, between Borough Road, Longlands, James Cook Hospital and Marton Shops. We already have a number of frequent bus services covering this stretch, our 28, 29 and 63 and Stagecoach's service 10. There needs to be a well thought out strategy for sorting the congestion and the road network needs to be able to cope with the ever increasing levels of traffic.
A Park & Ride scheme would be great for the area but it needs to ensure suitable levels of bus priority if it was to work efficiently - look at York's scheme as a good example. They carry huge amounts of people on a number of routes, indeed recently added to with the new Park & Ride site at Poppleton.
The first site they appear to have identified would appear to be in the Nunthorpe area, already partially served by my Sapphire service (every 15 minutes) and the 28 every 20 minutes, plus an hourly train service into town. It would ideally serve as a great base for people from east Cleveland, particularly neighbouring areas of Guisborough and beyond. it would need a high frequency bus service (or indeed trams?!) on dedicated infrastructure to avoid the congestion that it is supposed to be sorting, as at the moment Marton Road and indeed Cargo Fleet Lane are both rammed on a morning into town, and on an evening heading out of town, which would just hold up any dedicated Park & Ride bus.
Thinking out loud... If the P&R was ever built, it would need to take into account the needs of those travelling from East Cleveland.
Would Nunthorpe be an attractive option for those in East Cleveland?
They have the option of the existing bus network (which has improved over the years) and the half hourly train service - which can take punters into the heart of Middlesbrough.
It can be easier driving to places like Saltburn and using the train in, than it is driving into Boro.
I am not sure a site near Nunthorpe would make the existing train or bus service any less attractive.
There was some sort of Park and Ride many years ago involving the rail service from Nunthorpe I think. Was there also a bus service ionvolved? The 261 number comes to mind.