Closure of Lendal Bridge in York

THAT'S why they are doing it. Get yo out of your car and on to public transport/walk/cycle. All you've done supersport is prove their braindead decisions actually work!

And surprisngly York has not descended into chaos. Who'd have though it.

I drove into York last Wednesday night. I've never driven into York before and would have been royally screwed in getting to my destination on time if I'd not been able to drive across Lendal Bridge, particularly as the sat nav would probably still have tried to take me that way. Wonder how many visitors will turn up once and avoid the place again because it's made just too difficult for them by the local bureaucrats?

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The last time I drove into York was at least a decade ago; the park and ride thing is just fine.. I don't find it too difficult to reconcile the fact that I enjoy driving daft cars with the fact that I hate traffic clogged cities where every driver thinks they have a God given right to wreck everybody else's day. Pedestrianisation of much of York centre was the best thing that happened to the city for years.

I for one have nothing against the pedestrianisation of city centres - quite the opposite in fact. But, adequate parking should be provided sufficiently close to the centre that you can walk straight in. The closure of Lendal Bridge seems like folly because it doesn't actually take traffic out of the very centre - that has already been done - and hampers access to Marygate car park if you're entering the city in the direction that I would. Park and ride is all well and good but the cumulative time taken to get to the park and ride, wait for a bus and then travel into the centre pretty much renders the day spent. I tried it once and went back to using the train. Speaking of which...

I always used to travel into York by train (from Leeds) which was much, much quicker than driving, as long as you get one of the fast trains that doesn't stop everywhere. But, the train has become so ridiculously expensive that it just isn't worth it anymore. Plus, the cost of the train is multiplied by the number of people travelling. Adding passengers to a car makes a negligible difference to cost, if any at all.

Now this maybe fact or fiction, but one story I heard goes like this:

COYC move to new offices and want to sell off those left in St. Leonard's Place. Hotelier wants to buy said buildings but suggests it will only do so if passing traffic is reduced.

COYC likes the price offered for said buildings and looks at options for reducing traffic and voila, here we are!

Looking out for the tourists..... my fecking arse!

The trip to work just became impossible and I wasn't prepared to pay 6% of my gross salary for the possibility of a parking space. I bought a bike on the cycle to work scheme and now love cycling and rarely use the car in town. If it rains heavy I work from home

The money I save on petrol paid for the bike and I now have a new hobby and am fitter. Still hate the council and want them out though.

My wife works at Clifton Moor and took some paperwork into the city, she got lost going back to her office and crossed the bridge.
Like you she had no idea she had crossed it until the PCN turned up!

I rang the council to tell them that a web address they give on the paperwork was wrong and to ask what laws say's I, as the registered keeper, are responsible for what happens to my car when I'm not driving.

They thanked me for pointing out the web address error but could not answer my second question!

When I rang I got a long recorded message telling me that using a sat nav, not seeing the signs etc. etc. was no excuse.

I don't think AA signs hold any legal weight and the marking painted on the road do not say 'Bus Lane' which is what our and no doubt your PCN is for.
How many cars are in your photo? There's four in our's, which must show that the sign's aren't good enough.

It's about Coppergate but very similar:

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10785232.Driver_wi...

If you look carefully there are round signs with red borders saying no access I believe with a time underneath.

From the Minster side these are on the end of the builings opposite museum gardens amongs other signs. it is quite likely given the volume of pedestrians that you could not see these.

To be honest though as a York resident/worker there is no excuse for crossing the bridge since it has been in operation for quite a while now. I do feel sorry for tourists who would have no idea which bridge is Lendal bridge or quite what the restrictions are.

It is a st idea designed by a bunch of st people, the quicker they are ousted the better.

Those cobbles where put there in the 1970's. Lets not get that upset about them, Kings Square needed sorting out.