Traffic Disruption 16th & 17th Sept.

[Baron99]

Just a heads up to anyone heading into the city centre tomorrow & Sunday.

 

Students are returning this weekend, so expect an increase in traffic.  If previous years are anything to go by, from mid-morning on the south side, I'd avoid the bottom of London Rd.,  Boston St., Bramall Lane & St Mary's Rd from Granville Sq up to London Rd. 

[Resident]

You'd think that an institution that's supposedly full of academic scholars ready to to teach would think of a staggered plan to reduce the influx....

 

[Prettytom]

3 hours ago, Resident said:

You'd think that an institution that's supposedly full of academic scholars ready to to teach would think of a staggered plan to reduce the influx....

 

Or, that the people who live locally would understand a bit of disruption and plan accordingly.

[Bargepole23]

16 hours ago, Resident said:

You'd think that an institution that's supposedly full of academic scholars ready to to teach would think of a staggered plan to reduce the influx....

 

Staggered across the weekend, or a number of weekends?

 

Staggered freshers week, staggered term start?

 

Not sure it's worth all that for a few hours of busy traffic.

[rogets]

Can anyone explain why students are not arriving on bike or walking?

 

Students want to ban cars, but then arrive to the university in a car.

 

 

[HeHasRisen]

Poor efforts. 

 

2/10.

[Findlay]

Just been to York, normal chaos as freshers and second year start at same time.

With a given 15 minute unload time for the whole van and a 3 minute walk to the room each way. Needless to say after 6 trips we were a tad later than planned and fell exhaused into the local pub after for a breather.
 

[Resident]

On 16/09/2023 at 11:29, Bargepole23 said:

Staggered across the weekend, or a number of weekends?

 

Staggered freshers week, staggered term start?

 

Not sure it's worth all that for a few hours of busy traffic.

Mon-Fri not exist then? 

[HeHasRisen]

1 minute ago, Resident said:

Mon-Fri not exist then? 

Wouldnt really be convenient now would it, students are generally taken to uni by their parents, in their car, now tell the parents they have to take a day off work to do it.

 

This is all akin to moving next to a football ground and moaning about the traffic every second Saturday. 

Edited September 18, 2023 by HeHasRisen

[Resident]

1 minute ago, HeHasRisen said:

Wouldnt really be convenient now would it, students are generally taken to uni by their parents, in their car, now tell the parents they have to take a day off work to do it.

 

This is all akin to moving next to a football ground and moaning about the traffic every second Saturday. 

So the city is disrupted over this weekend, it's disrupted again next weekend (24th) because some silly mares want to run around, ignoring the hundreds of acres of open land less than an hour away, the litany of large parks etc.