Fair enough, that's another good reason for staggered times. TBH, I'm struggling to think of any benefits to sales windows opening at the same time. Though no doubt if/when they do stagger them, there will be a chorus of disapproval from some who prefer to do it all in one go! I think Abraham Lincoln had a quote about this...
I agree 9am is perfect as (I used to before this queuing system) be able to get in and out in a minute or so.
I’m sure there’s a couple of pubs near Euston that have the live desperate boards on display
We also lost Mithras House from the early Amex years which put more pressure on Mill Rd and the Racecourse as well as the fact that we get consistently higher crowds now
But you already ARE paying towards that service, and so is every single other ticket holder, regardless of whether they park a car in Mill Road. A family of four using the Mill Road bus as a convenient route home to West Hove, contribute more towards the service than any one or two people with a car parked, and have every right to use the service if it fits their needs
Its all public info so club could get it sorted themselves, it's all open source data.
Of course they have the 'right' as things stand, but it seems nonsense to me to have a park and ride system that doesn't give priority to people who are actually using the park and ride, many of whom will have a long way to drive home.But you already ARE paying towards that service, and so is every single other ticket holder, regardless of whether they park a car in Mill Road. A family of four using the Mill Road bus as a convenient route home to West Hove, contribute more towards the service than any one or two people with a car parked, and have every right to use the service if it fits their needs
Lost Mithras House
The problem I know is the supply of buses and drivers, it’s a national problem, if there are engineering works locally and a Brighton home game, the resource is right down to the wire. It’s something that has to be worked on at a national level, we need more workers to do the job, a bit like the HGV crisis just after Brexit. That’s the only way to solve it but that would involve the government being proactive.
Bring back the P bus that went along Portland road and I chundered on when I was 18 just after New Years Eve
Lewes Station is the same distance from the Amex as Mill Hill P&R so wouldn’t be materially quicker anyway (and would make the traffic at the lights on Village Way even worse), Lewes town/station area could barely cope with a fleet of buses and there’s already a train shuttle going there. Where will the extra buses and drivers come from to run a new service? People walking to Mill Hill or the Racecourse should have the same priority as those parking there— maybe the club should call it the ‘Amex shuttle bus’ so the parkers don’t get annoyed
The walkers being the problem is being massively overstated as well IMO. The problem is the bus supply post pandemic/Brexit, that’s what they need to solve. The walkers are not what caused it.Lewes Station is the same distance from the Amex as Mill Hill P&R so wouldn’t be materially quicker anyway (and would make the traffic at the lights on Village Way even worse), Lewes town/station area could barely cope with a fleet of buses and there’s already a train shuttle going there. Where will the extra buses and drivers come from to run a new service? People walking to Mill Hill or the Racecourse should have the same priority as those parking there— maybe the club should call it the ‘Amex shuttle bus’ so the parkers don’t get annoyed
But at least Lewes has loads of pubs, restaurants, bus routes, and a station. If the Amex was similarly surrounded by bars and cafes, shelter, and different transport options, it would be much less of a problem.Lewes Station is the same distance from the Amex as Mill Hill P&R so wouldn’t be materially quicker anyway (and would make the traffic at the lights on Village Way even worse), Lewes town/station area could barely cope with a fleet of buses and there’s already a train shuttle going there. Where will the extra buses and drivers come from to run a new service? People walking to Mill Hill or the Racecourse should have the same priority as those parking there— maybe the club should call it the ‘Amex shuttle bus’ so the parkers don’t get annoyed
You're a train man. You need to be on the P and R buses. I don’t know about Mill Rd but at the racecourse, loads of people get off and set off walking down the hill towards Kemptown, or double-back towards the town centre.
Oh yeah I agree, lot of people do this, but it isn’t the problem , the p and r was fine when they had the right amount of buses. If they banned walk ups I don’t think they’d solve anything, it will still be very busy. I used to use the racecourse a lot but I don’t now, the impact of the walk ups are probably negligible.
This surprised me, so I went looking for the terms of reference on the FAB and clubs’ websites and can’t find any.
Nobody is questioning that this happens. We are questioning why you think it should be discouraged.