Comments on: Advice to Guildford Council about the operation of their Park and Ride scheme

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:42:15 +0000

It may be deliberate. I work in Chelmsford and live in Bedford (don’t ask…) Both have a newish P&R scheme: in Chelmsford the car park is full by around 8.30 and stays full all day. People who work in the town have opted for it in a big way which has hugely improved the rush hour traffic. So THEY are trying to make it harder to use because the buses during the day are empty.

In Bedford almost no-one uses it, as the car park is in an odd place and the bus doesn’t go anywhere very useful very quick either (despite removing mature trees to fit in an extra bus lane for part of the way into town). But some people are parking there for free and biking to work. So THEY are trying to make it harder to use because cyclists don’t pay.

Perhaps Guildford has what THEY would see as a good reason for making it hard for you to use…

By: Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:47:59 +0000

please forward your advice to all major towns in the UK. Park and Ride only works if you a. can park and b. can ride!

By: yay

yay — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:51:59 +0000

Yes I was wondering why I should go to Guildford in the first place. And how a Park and Ride scheme works anyway.

By: Chris Clark

Chris Clark — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:00:04 +0000

5. Don’t go to Guildford?

By: Karin

Karin — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:59:44 +0000

I didn’t know there was one at Ladymead. There is one at the uni on Saturdays, which is where I’m heading soon.

Of course we should use the train in order to save the planet, but I need to get used to the hill on the way home first, and have the extra time it takes, plus I want to go the the cathedral, which is an extra trek if you’ve already been around Guildford, which is the opposite side of the station.

If you have a degree in transport you should have developed special antennae to detect park and ride schemes!!