tinfoilhat Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Regarding clean air, is it time the powers that be reconsidered segways? Electric, compact, easy to use if you've done a 12 hour shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 43 minutes ago, tinfoilhat said: Regarding clean air, is it time the powers that be reconsidered segways? Electric, compact, easy to use if you've done a 12 hour shift. They look lethal! Can you try going up Blake Street a couple of times to show us? I've seen some 'scooters' (as we called them as kids) not sure what called now. Basically 2 wheel, that you used to propel the machine with one's dominant foot. Now I've seen electric ones, really getting some speed up on Ecclesall Road bus lane. I would probably get one of these if on a non-hilly work commute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, *_ash_* said: They look lethal! Can you try going up Blake Street a couple of times to show us? And coming down would be a good test of the brakes - or very expensive on shoe leather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 10 minutes ago, Longcol said: And coming down would be a good test of the brakes - or very expensive on shoe leather. I never thought of coming down road on one! What's worse than lethal?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planner1 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 14 hours ago, *_ash_* said: They will in Sheffield, but other cities haven't opted for that. I can only see number of journeys, not the number of vehicles used to transport them. (as one payment per bus per day) The surveys in question don't go as far as identifying actual vehicles and how often they cross the cordon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ads36 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, *_ash_* said: They will in Sheffield... will they? we haven't seen the final draft yet, this is the consultation phase. they have to put actual details in the draft, for people to respond to, and it's surely easier to revise 'down'. Edited July 12, 2019 by ads36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weredoomed Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Interesting to see that the survey says cars won't be included in the charging regime. But if the air quality figures aren't met then SCC might well consider adding cars into the scheme. Well fingers crossed the figures are met, because if they aren't and cars are charged, that will nicely kill the city centre off completely. I bet Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, Chesterfield and Meadowhall will be rubbing their hands in glee at all the extra business and jobs that will be coming their way. Of course, if SCC had any sense, (oh look a flying porker), they'd massively increase the amount of park and ride around the city to encourage folks to use public transport. Nicely fixing the air quality. But that wouldn't generate any income for them via the charge, so expanded P&R won't be happening if cars do end up being charged. You read it here first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Weredoomed said: Interesting to see that the survey says cars won't be included in the charging regime. But if the air quality figures aren't met then SCC might well consider adding cars into the scheme. Well fingers crossed the figures are met, because if they aren't and cars are charged, that will nicely kill the city centre off completely. I bet Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, Chesterfield and Meadowhall will be rubbing their hands in glee at all the extra business and jobs that will be coming their way. Of course, if SCC had any sense, (oh look a flying porker), they'd massively increase the amount of park and ride around the city to encourage folks to use public transport. Nicely fixing the air quality. But that wouldn't generate any income for them via the charge, so expanded P&R won't be happening if cars do end up being charged. You read it here first... Yes Q10. Says this: Your vehicle We will not be charging cars to drive in the Clean Air Zone, but we will be charging some other types of vehicle, including taxis, lorries and vans (LGVs). If you use drive one of these types of vehicle for your business, you may wish to complete the consultation for businesses and organisations. 10. Do you drive or have access to a vehicle that would be subject to the proposed charge? Yes No Don't know but 4 pages later you see this Question(/Statement): 19. If the Clean Air Zone does not improve air quality enough to meet legal limits, we may have to introduce charging for private cars. To what extent would you support such a move? To a great extent To a moderate extent To some extent To a small extent Not at all I notice that despite being emailed the opening page still hasn't been amended. It's misleading, and not the same figures as on other pages of theirs. It's loaded into shaming taxis buses LGV and HGVs so people will vote 'against them'. I mainly use screenshot of webpages these days, but still can't upload pics here, so will have to type some out, or try and find where I found them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Weredoomed said: I bet Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, Chesterfield and Meadowhall will be rubbing their hands in glee at all the extra business and jobs that will be coming their way. You read it here first... side note: they may not rub their hands when all this nasty fumes come with all that trade! Maybe it would be cheaper than 42 million to pipe the exhaust from the incinerator to said places! That would reduce pollution here, and we can pay em off with a back-hander! :);) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 trying to get rid of quotes in reply... see if this works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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