radfordred 6,284 Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Glad you enjoy the tram, I helped pay for & eventually with my job, via the congestion charge that was the original name given to the workplace parking levy until they realized us 6am starters & 10pm finishing shift workers did not cause any congestion wonder where they get the parking levy for the now 500 redundant parking spaces? Since the Nuthall Island improvements Canning Circus/Alfreton Road is now solid. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 I would love to know just how many companies have moved out of Nottingham as a direct result of the WPL/CC whatever they call it ?. This must have cost countless number of jobs. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Should have stuck with the 70s Zone and Collar traffic scheme, including the Park N Ride, Lilac Leopards, but the Tories soon put paid to that. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Lilac Leopards on P & R yes I remember !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,127 Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 Well, today's holdups were caused by power losses to a tram on the Hucknall line - and so it goes on! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 & on & on ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,593 Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 On 03/07/2017 at 1:52 PM, loppylugs said: Whatever happened to common sense? Afraid it's not all that common these days,and not just about transport issues Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 The unreliable tram again. http://www.nottinghampost.com/failed-tram-causes-delays-on-network/story-30445313-detail/story.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,593 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 They aren't doing themselves many favours are they? Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Getting to be quite an embarrassment, All the long gone fine engineering works in this city in the past & they import Spanish crap ! We must be the laughing stock of the world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 No fit for purpose & to think 580 of us lost our jobs funding it ..... shocking 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Still broken today in Basford, never mind you can still get the bus. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 I'm glad there are no trams that go to Bilsthorpe ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 24 hours and it still isn't fixed ..............that's a bloody disgrace, a donkey could have towed it away by now.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 This is the third day now and they don't know when it will be fixed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 12, 2017 Report Share Posted August 12, 2017 So much for the WPL to fund the tram & the crap about improving the environment ! http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/council-scoops-green-award-controversial-288617 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted August 12, 2017 Report Share Posted August 12, 2017 Did I hear another car went on to the open tram tracks this week and got struck, stupid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted August 12, 2017 Report Share Posted August 12, 2017 Don't know about the Nottingham trams, but cars regularly try and drive up the purpose-built guided busway in Cambridge and then get stuck. It happens nearly every week. This obviously disrupts the guided bus as it can't get past the car. I think the problem may partly lie with Sat Navs as they say 'turn left' etc and the driver - if he is unfamiliar with he area - will just do as he is told without recognising that it isn't a road! Of course there are other people who try and drive up it for different reasons...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 12, 2017 Report Share Posted August 12, 2017 No excuse at all Margie, drivers are not blind ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 Remember someone has to fund the tram ! http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/nottingham-city-council-raises-second-326408 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 Never gets any better. http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/trams-suspended-after-police-incident-513629 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,593 Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 Edinburgh trams a very good,"leather" seats,plenty of room,but not really needed,ask anyone in Edinbugh,more buses than you can wave a stick at,about every 10 minutes,tram about every 20-25 minutes,taxi drivers hate them,when I was there I never saw a full one,not even rush hour,although every hour seems to be rush hour in Edinburgh,buses well used though,tourists seem to go on the bus but not many on the tram,they go to one place,the airport,from Princes street through the west end.Haymarket, Gyle center then the airport,and back all other areas of the city are not service by the tram and it doesn't look like they are going to be Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidA 153 Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 I travel to Edinburgh regularly. The city has terrible traffic problems. My bus journey there is an absolute hellish nightmare! They need to do something there, but no one seems to be able to agree on what... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 Decision next year: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-40866842 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 Ah our eco friendly trams. Trouble is it is now reported that the scientific evidence for man made global warming has been vastly exaggerated, apparently all the computer models are running 'hot', their experts words not mine. So we don't need the damn things anyway, any more than we need those stupidly expensive windmills. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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