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Brighton Station redevelopment plans.
- Thread starter Ninja Elephant
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seagullsovergrimsby
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More pedestrianisation in Queens Road alongside a busy bus interchange is going to lead to more accidents.
The Large One
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Queens Road isn't being more pedestrianised.
Agree. They have got this right.
Barrel of Fun
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It should be!
zeetha
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- Apr 11, 2011
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My mistake - I took the different colour on the graphic of that part of the road between station and Queens Head as meaning it was being made a bit like New Road is (i.e. still a road but looks like its pedestrianised).
Sergei's Celebration
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i cant figure out from the original options the council has decided. Any help?
It's either 1b or 2b because of the new taxi rank position, I'm guessing it's 2b, but I could be wrong.
The Large One
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Mostly 1b. I posted the diagrams earlier in the thread.
Technically, they haven't decided - it goes to vote next week. And reading the officers' report, it looks like there will be further consultations on other matters - mostly to do with traffic flow through the North Laine I think. I'll have another look tomorrow.
The Large One
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One of the reasons for the delays was to allow the Ibis Hotel (where Sgt Yorke's was) to be built, which is what's happening now.
The Large One
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They might tart it up a bit.
The officers' report says the bus aspect of the plans remains largely unchanged.
In fact, making it look like New Road wouldn't be a bad thing (though pretty expensive).
Comedy Steve
We're f'ing brilliant
For the life of me, I can't work out how I drive to work now (Preston circus to Gardener St).
An Ibis? Great. Some shoddy architecture will really make the gateway to Brighton attractive won't it.
Woodchip
It's all about the bikes
Walk, it's not that far. Even better get a bike.
fataddick
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They've been building the Ibis for a good year now. Dealing with the falling down backside of Queens Road (ie Fred Place/Terrace) so needed doing anyway. Happy in a way that we got turfed out of that street (my office for the past three years) a few months ago and I honestly think it will be a huge improvement. The station frontage has been a logjam of angry cabbies and angry bus drivers for far too long now, imho.
fataddick
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How terrible for you. If your journey is long drawn out, dreary and nonsensical you'll finally know how people feel when they listen to your 'comedy'.
None of those look like solutions, merely alterations which move problems and probably crate more due to the change itself.
Presumably the motivations for this are to make the city a better entry point and easier to use (that may have been written somewhere already) the key is to remove all private traffic leaving only taxis and buses over a more pedestrian area.
there is not enough room for that many taxis and that many buses and that many pedestrians. So one has to move and it can't be the ppl.
U don't want ppl having to plod thru the station in the middle of the night for a cab but there is no room for that many buses at the back of the station or for them to get back on track. So u leave them at the front where is no room for them.
However...
with a far more open pedestrian space in front of and to the right (former cab rank) could leave room for more 24hr commercial services internally, making a cab rank at the back far more accessible.
And+Or
As with other stations that grow out, the buses have to move out, it's inevitable. so allowing them to take over Queens road (between the station and north road) could free up the needed space at the front.
Using Surry street as buses only & for more stops seems logical, if feasable for other vehicle access, then making Queens road parallel one way to make more space makes sense
Frederic place is a pony little road then so is most of Trafalgar street, The less cars in the whole of the North Laine the better.
Presumably the motivations for this are to make the city a better entry point and easier to use (that may have been written somewhere already) the key is to remove all private traffic leaving only taxis and buses over a more pedestrian area.
there is not enough room for that many taxis and that many buses and that many pedestrians. So one has to move and it can't be the ppl.
U don't want ppl having to plod thru the station in the middle of the night for a cab but there is no room for that many buses at the back of the station or for them to get back on track. So u leave them at the front where is no room for them.
However...
with a far more open pedestrian space in front of and to the right (former cab rank) could leave room for more 24hr commercial services internally, making a cab rank at the back far more accessible.
And+Or
As with other stations that grow out, the buses have to move out, it's inevitable. so allowing them to take over Queens road (between the station and north road) could free up the needed space at the front.
Using Surry street as buses only & for more stops seems logical, if feasable for other vehicle access, then making Queens road parallel one way to make more space makes sense
Frederic place is a pony little road then so is most of Trafalgar street, The less cars in the whole of the North Laine the better.