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Its all relevant mate - all goods and services travel by road at some point. Bigger city = bigger transport problems which means we need planners without an agenda. Most modern cities are removing road signs and clutter from town centres - our council has just spent thousands putting loads of...

Sorry Husty but you are seriously misinformed. The hotel Industry has always been important to Brighton hand has always played a major role in its economy. One of the reasons Brighton has suffered is because we have lost Conferences because of the state of the Brighton Centre - Conferences...

Hey - I'm with you all the way there (rebalancing the economy not banning xmas )

And I understand that point but who do you want to decide if your journey is necessary?

No not at all - There's probably loads of journeys that are unnecessary but how does a scorched earth policy on driving completely help anything? You are missing the point too - they are not going to ban cars - they just will tax them to the hilt. Banning the car is a bit like banning...

I'll race you to the top of the beacon any day! I was allowing 30 mins to find and buy the things !

Some peoples lives are more complicated than yours HT - I know dads that travel 200 miles every weekend to see their kids - without a car they wouldn't/couldn't do it. Some people work all week have to care for family across town, do two jobs and have no disposable income.

The other day I was trying to clear some bushes and trees in the garden - The Secateurs broke half an hour into the job, I nipped round to my local convenience store they were right out of Secateurs as they hadn't had a delivery this week so I had to go to a DIY store 1.5 miles away. I rushed...

That maybe so for a few `HT but its not the case for everyone.

Lets just say that if there is a apocalyptic breakdown of society, the safest place will be the North Laines Shopping area then!

The golden age of motoring is long gone, why on earth would anyone go across town or drive around unless they had too. Driving around Brighton isn't fun anymore, I'm sure you can fine a few exceptions but mostly people use their cars to carry stuff or get to work without leaving at 6.30am. Ok I...

No its not anti car - its a nice little earner. Not everyone works in IT, lives in the centre of Brighton, can cycle or can afford to eat, drink and shop in North Laines though. many people need a car/van to either drive across brighton, out of Brighton or carry goods into Brighton.

I said a lot of people from Hanover - I never said its only - thats a bit like me saying you must be minted if you shop eat and drink in North Laines. I didn't have you down as a Top man Primark sort of guy but North Laines isn't where most people who live in Brighton shop. If I had a quid for...

The reason Brighton has done well (relatively) is that we have a steady influx of people selling a £2M house in London and buying a £750K house in Brighton and spending £100k doing it up. Some of them also buy another house or development and rent it out to provide an income, others set up a...

I'd hardly call North Laines a shopping centre - in the seventies it was - Sydney Street / Gardners St and kensington Gardens were a hive of small businesses, butchers greengrocers hardwear shops galore even a comet (Rayfords) and it was a hard working area - There and London Road was the place...

The traders permit is the best but its expensive and they don't like giving them out............................ so there is a waiting list! They have got rid of a few loading bays and single yellows too and there is nothing better than getting a ticket when you have a permit and have to park...

Yes if you can get on one near to your job but they are really expensive and as you probably know worrying about how long you have left on a meter while trying to do a job is not good. The loading bays are the best - if you find one say 5 mins from your shop you trot off to deliver or drop...

No Fraid you are - if you are a tradesman you would know that you can't risk parking on a meter because if the job runs over and you forget to renew the ticket you get a £30 fine and most of the meters in Brighton centre are 50P £1 for 15mins You want to work there and find out what it like

Sorry I was being flippant but the faster traffic flows SAFELY the better for all, slowing it down in the town centre might seem like a good idea but its not because its just clogging it up so even the 30MPH bits don't flow. TBF everyone seems to be ignoring it including the buses so we haven't...

I think if you spoke with many of those "thriving businesses" you will find they are not thriving many only last 1-2 years before going bust and closing down - Its true they get replaced. The turnover of shop spaces is increasing - the number of commercial premises being developed in to...