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Isn't part of the thinking of the scheme is to cut down the number of drivers in the centre. And it's hoped that it will have a massive impact on trade - shops have been suffering in the past few years and need a boost from more pedestrian and cycle zones.

There was a council loan, not payment (although there is a concern that we'll ever see all that money again) but it was for, I believe, £26m that's at least 50 times as much as any B&H metro would cost.

I don't know about other places but I know Oxford and the P&R there is successful because it's near impossible to park in Oxford (it's not easy to drive either given the number of bus and cycle lanes). If B&H were to introduce a P&R (even assuming they could magic a site from somewhere), they'd...

Don't forget there was a proposal to demolish the Pavilion and the Regency houses on the seafront too http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__6146_path__0p115p194p862p0p115p207p475p890p.aspx I'd like to know which old towns Ofco8 has in mind when he says they had the foresight to upgrade...

I think TLO was alluding to the fact that no-one sits in a car to shop - they have to become pedestrians to enter a building. Cities that have gone car free or introduced large pedestrian/cycling zones have generally seen a boost to the retail economy - so the fewer cars, the better for business...

Sounds like you're being totally unrealistic. Of course it takes longer to get around town in rush hour - that's when everyone is travelling. However, even in rush hour, I can get on my bike I get right across town in 20/25 minutes. A bus journey is nowhere near as as bad as you make it out to...

I'm not quite sure what you mean by 'workable solution'. A workable solution to what exactly? Brighton's transport system is not too bad, as TLO says, bus use is high and not declining. It's relatively quick getting from one end of town to another and we're getting close to a network of bike...

Horrendous? Newcastle's cost £800m (in current prices). Assuming a 30-year return on investment and 3% interest, a back of the envelope calculation suggests it will cost each person in B&H an addition £2,500 a year in council tax (assuming no money from the government, which is pretty likely to...

Yep, there have been countless studies showing that businesses in areas that have gone car-free have seen an increase in turnover. There may be reasons of objecting to pedestrianisation of parts of the town centre, but its effect on business isn't one of them.