Most car FRIENDLY city in UK?
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Peterborough has an abundance of parking and easy access to the center via dual carriageway. The main problem is it's Peterborough. The concept of 'friendly' has not yet reached that desolate landscape, nor is it likely to. I've never driven through it and thought "this layout is s
t" or anything like that, it's just designed to breed apathy and soul-destroying greyness.
I've always felt Lincoln is a pretty easy city to drive in, though.
t" or anything like that, it's just designed to breed apathy and soul-destroying greyness.I've always felt Lincoln is a pretty easy city to drive in, though.
JonnyFive said:
mattdaniels said:
Milton Keynes. Although it's not a city.
Got to be this.I've only been once, but it was completely different to any other City I've been to.
Not many other cities where you can leave your house in the outskirts at 5.30 pm, drive to the city centre, park right outside where you need to be, then go to the bank (also parking right outside) and be home by 6.00 pm.
iggysport said:
Swindon, not a city but still pretty bigish.
Plenty of town parking, no speed cameras, roundabouts everywhere so no waiting at lights all day, very easy route into the centre
Nope, fails due to that stupid roundabout.Plenty of town parking, no speed cameras, roundabouts everywhere so no waiting at lights all day, very easy route into the centre
MK gets my vote too - not been to anywhere of that size that you can cross so quickly at rush hour. Don't think I've ever been in more that 5 minutes of traffic there either.
egomeister said:
Nope, fails due to that stupid roundabout.
MK gets my vote too - not been to anywhere of that size that you can cross so quickly at rush hour. Don't think I've ever been in more that 5 minutes of traffic there either.
Another vote for Swindon here,MK gets my vote too - not been to anywhere of that size that you can cross so quickly at rush hour. Don't think I've ever been in more that 5 minutes of traffic there either.
(and the magic roundabout is awesome. Cracking fun.)
Again not a city, but the town of Cumbernauld in Scotland. When first built in the 60s it had underpasses and bridges to keep pedestrians apart from the traffic and national speed limits on most of the roads. That has now changed a bit with some traffic light crossings and long since introduced lower speed limits creeping in, but the basic structure of fairly wide roads, dual carriageways and loads of roundabouts still remain. The town centre is more of a shopping mall than a conventional town centre, (with dual carriageway running under it) it is a complete eyesore even after recent "improvements". But the parking is free, there are numerous car parks and you can be in, do your shopping and out again fairly swiftly. I was brought up there, some of the futuristic designs of the time didn't work, but it was designed at the time it wasn't a crime to like the car!
Edited by Loose Chippings on Sunday 17th March 12:04
egomeister said:
Nope, fails due to that stupid roundabout.
MK gets my vote too - not been to anywhere of that size that you can cross so quickly at rush hour. Don't think I've ever been in more that 5 minutes of traffic there either.
MK gets my vote too,only bad bit is getting across the old A5 when travelling west to east in the rush hour,the A421 can get really bad.MK gets my vote too - not been to anywhere of that size that you can cross so quickly at rush hour. Don't think I've ever been in more that 5 minutes of traffic there either.
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