medusa Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 A loop going up from the University to The Hallamshire & Children's Hospital would make a huge difference to a lot of people. I agree, but I have no idea where they would put the tracks. If you didn't live alongside the original works for when they put the tracks in before the initial routes opened then you may not know that in order to support the weight and remove the risk of services under the tracks necessitating digging up the tracks to do work, they dig down almost 20 feet under the road and pavement and move all of the sewers, water pipes and utility pipes to run under the pavement instead of under the road, then repack the surface with 20 feet of hardcore before laying the tracks. It was 3 or 4 years of living next to a building site with side roads being cut off, diversions, queues and intermittent electricity, gas and water failures while they completed this work, and the lack of access to Hillsborough killed almost all of the businesses that were down there at the time (I'm sure that other places were similarly affected, but I didn't live near them). Where would the tram go? If it's going to be on the same roads as the normal road traffic, where does the normal road traffic go while the tram tracks are being built? There would need to be one hell of a plan in place to allow the hospitals to still function while the roads were closed around them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 It would be cheaper to give everyone in Sheffield access to free bicycles than to install/run/maintain a new tramline? It would reduce the obesity problems at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylinePhoto Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 It would be cheaper to give everyone in Sheffield access to free bicycles than to install/run/maintain a new tramline? It would reduce the obesity problems at the same time. Not so good for the elderly or people with children in prams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaytie Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 I've never understood why in busy areas such as Hillsborough they didn't make it an 'el' (elevated track) like parts of the New York Subway and Paris Metro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 A link to the south and one going north towards NGH would be a good place start It should go up Brook Hill on to Weston Bank then loop round at Broomhill down Glossop road then it would serve all the hospitals in that area of the city. I know they would never do it but it makes sense Good ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 A link to the south and one going north towards NGH would be a good place start Yes! Link up the NGH, then all the staff and day visitors to the hospital will stop blocking my drive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narden Dee Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 it should spur off at infirmary road/shalesmoor up rutland (or up pitsmoor road) down barnsley road to NGH bottom entrance up to firth park up stubbin lane and onto lane top into chapeltown/high green for the south it should go london road /abbeydale and into dore/totley also the herding park route should ber extended into low edges/bradway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 it should spur off at infirmary road/shalesmoor up rutland (or up pitsmoor road) down barnsley road to NGH bottom entrance up to firth park up stubbin lane and onto lane top into chapeltown/high green for the south it should go london road /abbeydale and into dore/totley also the herding park route should ber extended into low edges/bradway Kelham island is growing and developing big time and has no decent transport connections yet, busses going north are often full with too many people getting on slowing it all down. A tram or bus with multiple entry points and a separate ticket collector from the driver would be a great improvement. Rutland rd may possibly be too steep for an existing fully packed tram. Firth park/city centre is as, if not more busy as the city centre to meadowhall tram at least until tramtrain and ikea get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Has anyone completed the 'consultation'? Little bit of a waste of time? A couple of vague questions and then the usual rubbish about age, gender, shoe size, hair colour etc etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Has anyone completed the 'consultation'? Little bit of a waste of time? A couple of vague questions and then the usual rubbish about age, gender, shoe size, hair colour etc etc etc it'll only take a minute to complete (two minutes if you want to explain your answers in more detail) The only info about you it asks for is your age, gender and postcode which makes perfect sense if it requires the data for a feasibility study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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