Cars to be banned from York
The press is reporting that York Council have announced they are examining a proposal to ban non essential cars from the city of York by 2023. Does this mean the end to the club's York Rowntree site?
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I wonder if they are just proposing cars being banned from the part of the city north of the river, and if so it would not affect the Rowntree Site.
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Another potty draconian Idea presumably similar to Bristol, they say they will make public transport so good that no- one in York will NEED a car !!!!! errr suppose you want to travel across country, once a handy branch railway line might have taken you there but they are just a distant memory. Cities are having enough problems losing retail. Councils appear to want everyone walking everywhere.
Sites in cities stop folks from driving about and encourage City Tourism.
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It’s seems to be just the area inside the “walls”, which isn’t that vast to be honest. York City Centre is quite compact, it’s quite easy to get from one side of walls to other, and in fact walk around the walls in a relatively short time. RP is outside, just. There are residences inside, but those with disabilities would be exempt from ban. Ironically, the two heaviest recorded instances of pollution are a bus stop on Rougier Street, and the taxi rank at the station! A lot of the area is pedestrianised already.
City is surrounded by P&R carparks, ride in is cheap and quick. Rail station, which is mainline, is just outside city centre, an interesting 10 minute flat stroll over River Ouse. And buses are everywhere and frequent. You can even travel up and down the river, which is very pleasant.
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Local papers say it's only within the Walls which is a fairly small area. There seems to a a circular road around the Walls that should give easy access to the area. I quite like the idea especially in such an historic setting. I can't imagine it will have any effect of the Club site.
David
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Sounds an eminently sensible proposal to me. Why is so much of the population terrified of walking two or three hundred yards?
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Cambridge council were talking about banning 'all internal combustion engined vehicles,but it seems the cost to the local business,and residents was so high it seems to have been pushed down the list of "essential "work nèeded to be done.
And how many of the local councils that want to ban vehicles actually run non internal combustion engined fleets of their own vehicles to set an example
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We live about 7 miles from York and if they are talking about banning cars only from within the walls it would make hardly any difference to most visitors. Even the (enormously expensive) car parks are outside the walls. We often use the good and frequent P&R.
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To be honest, I don’t think it will be such a radical change if adopted. Most businesses will have deliveries sorted by some means, as it is difficult to get big trucks into walled area at most locations. York is very nice for strolling, simply because so much of it is pedestrianised, protected already. Access to the Walls is a mere 50 metres from train station, and I used to take my Dad around very easily in his wheelchair, with cobbles more of a challenge than gradients. It’s only a 15 minute stroll from station to Minster. We will be there next week.
I think individual locations considering such a ban need to be carefully considered. There are just so many variables. York won’t suffer, but somewhere else with less to see, and more spread out could find the ban difficult. Our little town is only small, but our council is rabidly anti car, and businesses have suffered down the decades because pedestrianisation has made it hard for folks to climb the slopes, get from one side of town to other. Car parking charges are horrendous as well.
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There will be many aesthetic benefits as well because it will mean much of the redundant street furniture like signs and traffic lights can be removed. Not only will it make the place much nicer it will be a lot easier to take photographs!!! My next pet hate in historic centres is to let or for sale signs which should also be banned.
David
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