AndrewC

Hard to say Ecclesall Road isn't still - overall - one of the better places to live in Sheffield, but it's really not very special any more as a destination, and whilst I can understand students and younger people would still enjoy it's benefits whilst overlooking it's pitfalls, I'm not sure why anyone with money enough to move to quieter, nicer suburbs wouldn't have already. I think the house prices stay high due to reputation more than reality. A grimy, inner-city feel has crept in to it over the last 5-10 years. Traffic has gone a long way towards ruining the street though it's far from the only issue. As well as the general din from the daily traffic which uses the route to get to/from most of the south-west suburbs, there has in more recent years been a surge in individual vehicles with loud engines and (illegal) 'pop' exhausts and the like. Also, there has been a very specific uptick in anti-social parking and driving since places like Lounge 418 opened (the double-yellows at the bottom of Thompson Road now almost always have cars parked on them, endangering pedestrians and reducing visibility for other drivers using the junction). There are a few nice food & drink places along Ecclesall Road still but they feel few & far between with chains and not-particularly-impressive independents the order of the day now. Why anyone would want to use the front outdoor spaces to eat or drink is beyond me, given the traffic issues described above.

That is stupid logic. Maintaining a high profile in the public consciousness through media presence is probably worth 100 times in donations what it costs.

I noticed you liked my post. Personally, I was being sarcastic, though possibly a little unfairly. This will be pretty good for the people in that village and will address a fairly nasty bottleneck but road infrastructure projects are rarely good value for money, and positive impacts tend to be short-lasting. The benefit of quicker progress through the area when driving between Manchester & Sheffield will lead to increased numbers of people using that option (over alternative modes, trains etc, and alternative routes M62 etc), so congestion will build on the new roads too.

I think it's fantastic that finally this project will see a permanent reduction in congestion around this area, driving down travel times for years and years to come. Real value for money.

From the picture it looks like there are no gaps in the barriers, so it seems unlikely any one will be trying to flag a taxi there, or that a taxi will literally stop on the road alongside those barriers, since there are no gaps for easy access/egress between taxi an pavement. More likely people in that area will walk out of it at either end and flag a taxi elsewhere. Anyway, if it's really that late and that busy, is it really the end of the world? Taxis already stop in the middle of West Street picking people up. It's the nature of the late night game, surely?

So you mean they don't use them now? So what difference will it make if the bays are no longer available?

@SheffieldForum have you added an auto-correct to the system that turns "Parson ' s" in to Parson automatically?! It's ruined my joke!

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I didn't know there was a maglev being built down Woodseats way?! Having the transport secretary as a local MP is really paying dividends for the city! Does anyone know what the catering facilities on board will be like? We could really do with someone who's worked in that area before to give us some insight?

Defensive and challenging?! Think you're projecting there! I asked a couple of simple, perfectly fair questions. It's hard to know if the increase can be attributed to people returning to work without looking at the other factors I mentioned. Since you put that forward as argument I not unfairly assumed you had all of that detail to hand, so asked for it? And it looks like you did, so, great 👌 Is that explanation ok, sir? Not that I necessarily agree with your point, of course. Even with those statistics, there are still a large number of variables that impact all of the figures given in different ways.

Is that in line with statistics relating to people returning to work over the last year? What is the percentage increase for that? What has the increase in car, bike, bus use been over the same period?

Car ownership costs a fortune because cars are expensive. Their impact on the world & society around them is expensive. Offsetting pollution from car exhausts - expensive Giving up land, building costs, etc for parking/car parks - expensive Road infrastructure - expensive MOTs to ensure cars are in reasonable state to be on road - expensive Insurance to cover the high value damage cars do in accidents - expensive I'm not saying car ownership doesn't cost a lot of money, but all those costs are legitimate, and it's only fair that we as car owners pay those costs. A lot of car owners forget that.

The exact same reason for why we need funding to improve cycling/public transport. Improve accessibility, improve safety, make it more attractive, quicker etc. When you consider the number of pavements in poor condition (uneven, potholes, too narrow etc.), unfriendly road junctions with poor accessibility, or so wide that it takes age to cross to the other side, inadequate routes across large roads like dual carriageways or large junctions etc., lack of enforcement against pavement parking etc. - you can soon start to see plenty of things money could be spent on to make walking a more attractive alternative to the car. I'm someone who will naturally look to walking as my first choice way to travel, and I'm reasonably fit and mobile - I'll put up with crap crossings, crap pavements, unattractive underpasses etc. - but I'm probably an outlier. A lot of other people will quickly be put off with walking on city pavements and jump in the car instead.

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Absolutely; I was down there the other week and me and friend were saying how you can't even go there now, and if you do go there you will just get stabbed, mugged, or unappreciated.