Bad idea? https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/180...Ff7UeQHjCJuzI7hhopz78QM6YqTPfcgEtB3U7icm4bVmM
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[Brighton] The New Brighton Station taxi rank
- Thread starter astralavi
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Nottseagull
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Why would we be interested in a taxi rank in New Brighton? 
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,014
does seem daft to put it out the back without cover. i heard an announcment on train this morning, other than that first heard or seen about it.
Weststander
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Overall a better solution imho, with one or two drawbacks. The traffic gridlock and many dozens of taxis waiting in Surrey Street etc, was an issue (pollution, noise, jams, unsightly). Inherently conservative, Hackney Carriage drivers are resistant to change, but hopefully the new rank works for them once it settles down.
MattBackHome
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 11,873
A big improvement. The article is a lot of whining about very little.
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Not Andy Naylor
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Terrible idea as far as I can see. Taxis come out into the permanently gridlocked New England Quarter.
Weststander
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True. Perhaps anti-vehicle BHCC will have to seriously look at traffic flows, lights sequencing there. New England Street (northbound) was already an eternal jam.
studio150
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What has this new rank done to the dropping off area where you could wait for 20 minutes.
rogersix
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- Jan 18, 2014
- 8,202
Why would we be interested in a taxi rank in New Brighton?
you're funny
arewethereyet?
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Why can’t you walk from the station, it’s only a short walk and now quicker than getting a taxi.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,321
It's only permanently gridlocked because every man and his car are given completely free rein to swan around that part of town. Hopefully a situation that won't be allowed to continue for very much longer.
The Station got greedy and issued way to many Station Permits (£ 1000.00 each btw) this then lead to an increase in Hackney drivers queuing out the station and into Surrey Street.
I’m assuming the value of a Hackney plate in the City has fallen as there seems to be a lot more Hackney cars about, the rank at the bottom of North Street is jam packed at most hours of the day with many drivers standing around chatting.
I’m assuming the value of a Hackney plate in the City has fallen as there seems to be a lot more Hackney cars about, the rank at the bottom of North Street is jam packed at most hours of the day with many drivers standing around chatting.
Do woman have to pay to swan around then?
I assumed he was talking about elderly people, people with disabilities or young kids, people with luggage, tourists, people with little time, etc. Seems a crazy Idea to me.
We've all had 'one' subject at school.
Whether it was an interest, a great teacher or just a subject you got right from the off.
For me it was geography.
I lucked into a succession of my school's best teachers and I wee-wee'd my way through 5 years of the subject even throwing in an extra year of Geology.
I always thought it was about physical geography while the human side was a necessary evil.
Over the last few years that's turned on its head.
(Well done for getting this far but if you thought that was dull brace yourself)
I'd love to do it all again and really concentrate on urban planning and transportation.
I find it absolutely fascinating how we've pretty much all slavishly evolved into cars.
I waste far too much of my day looking at this sort of stuff.
I may we'll find myself wondering how Oslo got to be car free.
I'm certainly curious as to how Oslo has a better climate for cycling (one for the valley garden thread fans).
Naturally I'd love to know the thinking that's currently effecting Brighton.
Whether it was an interest, a great teacher or just a subject you got right from the off.
For me it was geography.
I lucked into a succession of my school's best teachers and I wee-wee'd my way through 5 years of the subject even throwing in an extra year of Geology.
I always thought it was about physical geography while the human side was a necessary evil.
Over the last few years that's turned on its head.
(Well done for getting this far but if you thought that was dull brace yourself)
I'd love to do it all again and really concentrate on urban planning and transportation.
I find it absolutely fascinating how we've pretty much all slavishly evolved into cars.
I waste far too much of my day looking at this sort of stuff.
I may we'll find myself wondering how Oslo got to be car free.
I'm certainly curious as to how Oslo has a better climate for cycling (one for the valley garden thread fans).
Naturally I'd love to know the thinking that's currently effecting Brighton.
There’s no ‘thinking’
Result they wouldn’t even need to pay for a station permit then . Let’s hope they all get moved on very shortly
Brighton is a wreck of a place as far as transportation is concerned.
diesel taxis should just be banned, horrible things. electric, superclean petrol hybrid or bikes/scooters, there's no need for diesel in towns. its only more efficient for motorway cruising anyway, and stinky nasty stuff at best.
the buses all need sorting out as well . . . . I'm with Stat Brother, T&C planning and particuarly transport is a shockingly bad, my background is engineering and logistics, it infuriates me how things are made worse by progress!
diesel taxis should just be banned, horrible things. electric, superclean petrol hybrid or bikes/scooters, there's no need for diesel in towns. its only more efficient for motorway cruising anyway, and stinky nasty stuff at best.
the buses all need sorting out as well . . . . I'm with Stat Brother, T&C planning and particuarly transport is a shockingly bad, my background is engineering and logistics, it infuriates me how things are made worse by progress!