Park and ride fees 'could put off families' (From Essex County Standard)
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Park and ride fees 'could put off families'
4:40pm Thursday 28th February 2013 in News By Will Lodge
Councillor Marcus Harrington is among those who fear £3 per person could put off park and ride users.
USERS of Colchester’s planned park and ride could pay up to £3 per person.
The proposal was slammed by councillors who said it would put off families from using the congestion-busting scheme.
But officers working on the initiative said park and ride was mainly aimed at single passenger commuters, and families would be expected to still use town centre car parks.
- Find out more details about the proposed scheme and read reaction in Thursday's Gazette.
Comments(14)
Colonel Kurtz
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6:08pm Thu 28 Feb 13
SOMETHING2SAY
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6:33pm Thu 28 Feb 13
MacinTyler95
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6:44pm Thu 28 Feb 13
wellnow
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7:10pm Thu 28 Feb 13
hughie-s
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10:06pm Thu 28 Feb 13
SOMETHING2SAY wrote:mummy.....its " maths "
mummy.....its " maths " and id like to know where you park for £ 2.50....there has to be overheads...a driver / a bus / fuel !!
Perhaps she's American?
Boris
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10:40pm Thu 28 Feb 13
hughie-s wrote:If she was American she'd call herself "mommy". She must be one of the millions of Brits who speak and write mid-atlantic English, saying for example 'til instead of till, and maybe don't even realise they are using a foreign variant of English.
SOMETHING2SAY wrote:mummy.....its " maths "
mummy.....its " maths " and id like to know where you park for £ 2.50....there has to be overheads...a driver / a bus / fuel !!
Perhaps she's American?
Boris
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10:43pm Thu 28 Feb 13
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Cambridge has the best park and ride service in the eastern counties, and at present they charge £2.50 per adult. Each adult can take 3 children aged 5 to 16 for free. Children under 5 travel free. OAPs travel free. Parking is free. If pricing is right, P and R can be a success.
friday_woods
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8:09am Fri 1 Mar 13
TheCaptain
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9:26am Fri 1 Mar 13
friday_woods wrote:Except someone has given him some money
Not Mr Harrington's best pose I'd wager. He looks like some Romanian beggar.
TheCaptain
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9:36am Fri 1 Mar 13
Boris wrote:Parking in Cambridge itself is very expensive, so Park and Ride at any price will be way cheaper.
Now for the actual story.
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Cambridge has the best park and ride service in the eastern counties, and at present they charge £2.50 per adult. Each adult can take 3 children aged 5 to 16 for free. Children under 5 travel free. OAPs travel free. Parking is free. If pricing is right, P and R can be a success.
I was there Wednesday night and still had to pay £1 an hour. In Colchester that would have been 50p.
Obviously no P and R at that time though
bonafide
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12:16pm Fri 1 Mar 13
TheCaptain
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12:44pm Fri 1 Mar 13
bonafide wrote:I think you may be missing the point. The aim of the park & ride if you read the report is for commuters.
park n ride is a waste of time - if you want to boost numbers entering Colchester then reduce parking fee's, and remove parking restrictions, the reason people go to out of town shopping centres is that you can park for free - come on Colchester buck the trend and get people back into Colchester Town centre.
So the aim is get people off the town roads at the busiest times - starting and finishing work - so that the roads move quicker.
Obviously we need to see if that works or not.
Boris
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3:02am Sat 2 Mar 13
TheCaptain wrote:That is true, the last buses back to their P&R car parks leave about 8 pm, which ruins it for things like evening meetings or theatres, concerts etc. You could of course have taken the train but it takes almost 2 hours to reach Colchester.
Boris wrote:Parking in Cambridge itself is very expensive, so Park and Ride at any price will be way cheaper.
Now for the actual story.
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Cambridge has the best park and ride service in the eastern counties, and at present they charge £2.50 per adult. Each adult can take 3 children aged 5 to 16 for free. Children under 5 travel free. OAPs travel free. Parking is free. If pricing is right, P and R can be a success.
I was there Wednesday night and still had to pay £1 an hour. In Colchester that would have been 50p.
Obviously no P and R at that time though
Park and Ride is successful in Cambridge precisely because city centre car parks are so expensive. Also, visitors to Cambridge go there to see the museums and the fine old college buildings, rather than to shop, so they are not burdened down by bulky bags, and therefore happy to go on the bus. Colchester has very little to offer the tourist, other than shopping, so P&R may not catch on here.
mummy250271 says...
5:04pm Thu 28 Feb 13