by Compo's Hat » 15 May 2013 17:58
by West Stand Man » 15 May 2013 22:11
Silver Fox "Miles out of town and virtually unreachable by scheduled buses" is utter bollocks isn't it?
by southbank1871 » 15 May 2013 23:59
Compo's Hat An hour to get to the ground on the F11 bus from Emmer Green last night when plenty didn't bother going, no wonder we're bottom!
by southbank1871 » 16 May 2013 00:00
West Stand ManSilver Fox "Miles out of town and virtually unreachable by scheduled buses" is utter bollocks isn't it?
Yes it is utter bollocks. But this has been written by a half wit!
by Compo's Hat » 16 May 2013 01:12
southbank1871Compo's Hat An hour to get to the ground on the F11 bus from Emmer Green last night when plenty didn't bother going, no wonder we're bottom!
How many away fans travel from Emmer Green do you think?
by Green » 16 May 2013 11:20
with some surprising results – the champions on the pitch weren’t necessarily the best at helping fans with more choices in how to get to watch their heroes.
Survey highlights :fans that get to the game by walking, cycling and bus spend the least
by Sport Economist » 16 May 2013 16:34
by maffff » 16 May 2013 16:41
by Silver Fox » 16 May 2013 16:45
by sandman » 16 May 2013 20:48
by handbags_harris » 16 May 2013 21:02
by melonhead » 17 May 2013 10:50
handbags_harris There's what, about 10 buses to the suburbs of Reading holding, in the best case scenario, around 80 people, say another 10 buses to the outlying towns like Farnborough and Bracknell also holding 80 fans each, that's 1600 fans. Then you have the buses from the station, how many trips do they make, 20? 80 people each again (they tbf are always rammed full), that's another 3200. Then you have the park & ride, smaller single deckers used for that, 60 people, they run, what, 10 trips? 700 people.
So you have 1600, 3200, 700 which makes 5,500 fans getting to the ground by bus. A quarter. Take away the away fans who travel by bus, in the PL I suppose the average would be 5 coaches? 70 people each again, 350. So say 6,000 fans make it to the ground by bus or coach. What other option is there to get to the stadium? Car. Without taking into account the empty seats this season we have an average of c23.5k. 17.5k of those have to make the trip by car, or walk if they are within walking distance.
No wonder we're f*cking bottom of this study. Take a look at the initiatives run by other clubs, offer transport that is actually financially viable, build a f*cking rail station on the Basingtoke line and maybe even a tram (as part of a wider Reading area scheme) and bingo. Seriously, the transport planning for the stadium is inadequate, and has been since it opened.
by Alexander Litvinenko » 17 May 2013 11:42
melonheadhandbags_harris There's what, about 10 buses to the suburbs of Reading holding, in the best case scenario, around 80 people, say another 10 buses to the outlying towns like Farnborough and Bracknell also holding 80 fans each, that's 1600 fans. Then you have the buses from the station, how many trips do they make, 20? 80 people each again (they tbf are always rammed full), that's another 3200. Then you have the park & ride, smaller single deckers used for that, 60 people, they run, what, 10 trips? 700 people.
So you have 1600, 3200, 700 which makes 5,500 fans getting to the ground by bus. A quarter. Take away the away fans who travel by bus, in the PL I suppose the average would be 5 coaches? 70 people each again, 350. So say 6,000 fans make it to the ground by bus or coach. What other option is there to get to the stadium? Car. Without taking into account the empty seats this season we have an average of c23.5k. 17.5k of those have to make the trip by car, or walk if they are within walking distance.
No wonder we're f*cking bottom of this study. Take a look at the initiatives run by other clubs, offer transport that is actually financially viable, build a f*cking rail station on the Basingtoke line and maybe even a tram (as part of a wider Reading area scheme) and bingo. Seriously, the transport planning for the stadium is inadequate, and has been since it opened.
when the busses from the burbs get full, they lay on extra. theres been two from farnboro most of this season etc. if the demand is there, id imagine theyd sort it
by melonhead » 17 May 2013 12:06
by Alexander Litvinenko » 17 May 2013 13:08
by Winchester Royal » 17 May 2013 13:10
Alexander Litvinenko True, but that doesn't help the peak time at around 5pm when everyone wants to be on a bus - it's about 20 minutes between the first bus leaving and getting back for its second trip. The only way to reduce the queuing would be to have more buses ready and waiting.
by Alexander Litvinenko » 17 May 2013 13:20
Winchester RoyalAlexander Litvinenko True, but that doesn't help the peak time at around 5pm when everyone wants to be on a bus - it's about 20 minutes between the first bus leaving and getting back for its second trip. The only way to reduce the queuing would be to have more buses ready and waiting.
It would also be good if they filled up more than one bus at a time.
by John Madejski's Wallet » 17 May 2013 21:22
Alexander LitvinenkoBraisingsteakRoyal The report mentions the Green Park railway station being on hold. Is it on-hold, or has it been pretty much binned?
Not sure things were much better when we had the small multi-storey car park, but a new purpose-built multi storey, with multiple exits would probably help things, as would a temporary one-way system or re-routing of traffic before and after the game.
On hold until housing development at Green Park ever restarts. Whether that ever re-starts is another question.
Not sure it's the number of exits from the car park that's the problem - it's the roads outside that they exit onto that are the hold-up.
by Alexander Litvinenko » 19 May 2013 11:08
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