Parking Pos Solution (idea)

The 17 Bus · by **The 17 Bus** » 26 Jun 2007 17:57

was in the Twickenham area recently and was impressed with the cost of parking, priced as to how many in the car, from memory 5 in a car was just Â£3, and 1 in a car was about Â£8, could and should this be tried at the Madstad to help ease congestion?

I am not sure if this was official car parks though.

jumpers for goalposts · by **jumpers for goalposts** » 26 Jun 2007 18:08

It's a good idea, but the greedy car park owners would never have it, as most people travel to matches with at least 3 or so people in the car, so they would lose out overall. Profit before common sense at all times don't forget!

The 17 Bus · by **The 17 Bus** » 26 Jun 2007 18:12

OK how about, 4/5 in a car Â£5, 3 in a car Â£6, 2 in a car Â£7, 1 in a car Â£8 i feel sure the money men will go for that, as they get the same as now as a minimum, it is a no lose situation.

Dirk Gently · by **Dirk Gently** » 26 Jun 2007 18:24

You're forgetting human nature!

People driving along the A33 with only 1 or 2 people in the car would probably accost people walking to the stadium and offer them a lift!

Elm Park · by **Elm Park** » 26 Jun 2007 18:47

The 17 Bus OK how about, 4/5 in a car Â£5, 3 in a car Â£6, 2 in a car Â£7, 1 in a car Â£8 i feel sure the money men will go for that, as they get the same as now as a minimum, it is a no lose situation.

But what if your car is only a 2 seater

jumpers for goalposts · by **jumpers for goalposts** » 26 Jun 2007 18:48

Elm PArk
The 17 Bus OK how about, 4/5 in a car Â£5, 3 in a car Â£6, 2 in a car Â£7, 1 in a car Â£8 i feel sure the money men will go for that, as they get the same as now as a minimum, it is a no lose situation.

But what if your car is only a 2 seater

Harold's a Chelsea fan anyway

The 17 Bus · by **The 17 Bus** » 26 Jun 2007 18:56

Dirk Gently You're forgetting human nature!

People driving along the A33 with only 1 or 2 people in the car would probably accost people walking to the stadium and offer them a lift!

sounds good to me get them to the ground faster more time to buy the tat on offer. Club still get same for parking, if not more.

The 17 Bus · by **The 17 Bus** » 26 Jun 2007 18:57

Elm PArk
The 17 Bus OK how about, 4/5 in a car Â£5, 3 in a car Â£6, 2 in a car Â£7, 1 in a car Â£8 i feel sure the money men will go for that, as they get the same as now as a minimum, it is a no lose situation.

But what if your car is only a 2 seater

Â£7 , was not hard to work out really.

Behindu · by **Behindu** » 26 Jun 2007 19:32

How about doing it the other way - Â£5 if your car is full
Â£6 if 1 seat is empty, Â£7 if 2, Â£8 if you have 3 unused seats

Doubt the car park is much of a money spinner and the club have a big interest in ensuring traffic is reduced so would make sense.

Although it would make no difference to the number of cars using the site.

working class hero · by **working class hero** » 26 Jun 2007 21:16

Behindu How about doing it the other way - Â£5 if your car is full
Â£6 if 1 seat is empty, Â£7 if 2, Â£8 if you have 3 unused seats

Doubt the car park is much of a money spinner and the club have a big interest in ensuring traffic is reduced so would make sense.

Although it would make no difference to the number of cars using the site.

So how much for a diesel MPV with 6 empty seats?
Even though it is much more environmentally friendly than a full 2 seater or even 2 full land rovers?

Behindu · by **Behindu** » 26 Jun 2007 22:06

working class hero
Behindu How about doing it the other way - Â£5 if your car is full
Â£6 if 1 seat is empty, Â£7 if 2, Â£8 if you have 3 unused seats

Doubt the car park is much of a money spinner and the club have a big interest in ensuring traffic is reduced so would make sense.

Although it would make no difference to the number of cars using the site.

So how much for a diesel MPV with 6 empty seats?
Even though it is much more environmentally friendly than a full 2 seater or even 2 full land rovers?

Why would this be to do with environmental friendliness ?
An MPV with 1 person is using up 3 times the road space of a 2 seater with 2 people in it.
And I very much doubt that a heavy 6 seater is twice as environmentally friendly as a small 2 seater....

working class hero · by **working class hero** » 26 Jun 2007 22:16

An MPV certainly doesn't take 3 times the road space.

A Galaxy driven carefully can achieve up to 46 mpg between Tilehurst and the stadium. MAny 2 seaters struggle to get even half that....

bb0118 · by **bb0118** » 26 Jun 2007 23:10

Not fair on the exile members who every home game is like an away game. Us exile members pay far more in travel costs to watch games.

weybridgewanderer · by **weybridgewanderer** » 26 Jun 2007 23:13

I have a better suggestion

No car park passes for anyone that lives within a bus route to the stadium

bb0118 · by **bb0118** » 26 Jun 2007 23:22

weybridgewanderer I have a better suggestion

No car park passes for anyone that lives within a bus route to the stadium

Excluding the Gloucester - Cheltenham - Swine - Reading (Calcot) - Heathrow - London Victoria National Express service

weybridgewanderer · by **weybridgewanderer** » 27 Jun 2007 00:33

bb0118
weybridgewanderer I have a better suggestion

No car park passes for anyone that lives within a bus route to the stadium

Excluding the Gloucester - Cheltenham - Swine - Reading (Calcot) - Heathrow - London Victoria National Express service

I don't see a scheduled stop at the mad stad on that list

The main aim would be to get the thousands of local people to use the public transport and allow the parking to be available to those that do not have match day travel available to get them to and from the stadium.

The 17 Bus · by **The 17 Bus** » 27 Jun 2007 05:58

In all honesty RFC seem to be going about it the right way at the moment, extra bus routes are being laid on for the coming season, hopefully a better service from the Park and Ride, we could really do with a Park and Ride from south of the M4, trouble is the cost of using someones land to park on. An express service from Woodley would be good as well, perhaps Adwest might allow the use of their car park for such a purpose, though not likey.

Forbury Lion · by **Forbury Lion** » 27 Jun 2007 13:02

What about car size? - Big car takes up more space than a little car.

Dirk Gently · by **Dirk Gently** » 27 Jun 2007 13:05

The 17 Bus In all honesty RFC seem to be going about it the right way at the moment, extra bus routes are being laid on for the coming season, hopefully a better service from the Park and Ride, we could really do with a Park and Ride from south of the M4, trouble is the cost of using someones land to park on. An express service from Woodley would be good as well, perhaps Adwest might allow the use of their car park for such a purpose, though not likey.

The overall aim is for busses and Park & Rides from each direction, so that the number of cars coming into the stadium area is reduced as much as possible. So ideally there'd be the Shinfield P&R, one at Winnersh Triangle, one on the other side of Junction 11, and one J12/Calcot.

Easer said than done, though!

The 17 Bus · by **The 17 Bus** » 27 Jun 2007 13:08

I can never understand why the Woodley buses go into town either, surely they should use a faster route and perhaps get a second run in?

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