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In message , at 05:46:42
on Mon, 5 Jul 2010, remarked: How many million tourists does Peterborough get each year? Get real! How many tourists arrive in Cambridge by twirly-pass? And when I was last in Cambridge it was difficult to spot many tourists over the age of 25, irrespective of how they'd arrived. -- Roland Perry |
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In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote: In message , at 10:27:08 on Mon, 5 Jul 2010, remarked: How many million tourists does Peterborough get each year? Get real! How many tourists arrive in Cambridge by twirly-pass? They use them when they are here! So these are UK-resident OAP tourists who arrived by train and then use the buses around the City? And when I was last in Cambridge it was difficult to spot many tourists over the age of 25, irrespective of how they'd arrived. Your blinkers are showing. Using my eyes (sans blinkers). Anyway, you still haven't said how many tourists there are in Peterborough. They wouldn't be using the bus to get around inside Peterborough, as all the tourist stuff is within walking distance. Oxford, York and Lincoln might have a problem with people using buses within the city limits. But I'd expect the vast majority of OAP visitors to all these places to be coming into the centre to do their shopping, not sightseeing. Stop trolling just this once, please, Roland. We are talking about the cost to councils of non-residents using bus passes! -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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In message , Roland Perry
writes So these are UK-resident OAP tourists who arrived by train and then use the buses around the City? I should think that rather more arrive by car and then use their passes for a free trip to and from the city centre on the park-and-ride buses - that's certainly how I use my own Freedom Pass, given the cost and difficulty of parking in central Cambridge all day. -- Paul Terry |
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In message , at 07:08:34 on Tue, 6
Jul 2010, Paul Terry remarked: So these are UK-resident OAP tourists who arrived by train and then use the buses around the City? I should think that rather more arrive by car and then use their passes for a free trip to and from the city centre on the park-and-ride buses - that's certainly how I use my own Freedom Pass, given the cost and difficulty of parking in central Cambridge all day. How far away from Cambridge do you live, and to what extent do you define yourself as a "tourist" when visiting? I'm sure there are some - although tourists are perhaps less likely to use P&R than shoppers from Scambs, being less familiar with the system. And are these tourists just "up for the day", or staying locally. In the latter case the P&R is even less likely to figure as you can't park overnight and you already need to drive to the hotel/B&B to unload your bags. -- Roland Perry |
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In message , Roland Perry
writes In message , at 07:08:34 on Tue, 6 Jul 2010, Paul Terry remarked: I should think that rather more arrive by car and then use their passes for a free trip to and from the city centre on the park-and-ride buses - that's certainly how I use my own Freedom Pass, given the cost and difficulty of parking in central Cambridge all day. How far away from Cambridge do you live, "Freedom pass" means that I must be a resident of a London borough. and to what extent do you define yourself as a "tourist" when visiting? I generally go there on academic business - but the National Bus Pass scheme doesn't differentiate, providing that I don't need a Cambridge bus before 9.30am on a weekday. I'm sure there are some - although tourists are perhaps less likely to use P&R than shoppers from Scambs, being less familiar with the system. Possibly, although Cambridge P&R is well advertised - and drivers who ignore the signs often regret it. I imagine that there is also considerable use of the National Bus Pass from people arriving by train, as the station is a long walk from the city centre. And are these tourists just "up for the day", or staying locally. They have to be day-trippers to use the Park and Ride car parks. Of course, being only an hour or so from London makes Cambridge a popular destination for day trippers. -- Paul Terry |
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In message , at 09:17:09 on Tue, 6
Jul 2010, Paul Terry remarked: I should think that rather more arrive by car and then use their passes for a free trip to and from the city centre on the park-and-ride buses - that's certainly how I use my own Freedom Pass, the cost and difficulty of parking in central Cambridge all day. How far away from Cambridge do you live, "Freedom pass" means that I must be a resident of a London borough. Fair enough, but I'm not sure why we are supposed to know that. and to what extent do you define yourself as a "tourist" when visiting? I generally go there on academic business - but the National Bus Pass scheme doesn't differentiate, providing that I don't need a Cambridge bus before 9.30am on a weekday. Do you use free buses to do the whole trip, or is the "bit in the middle" on a train, or even a car? I'm sure there are some - although tourists are perhaps less likely to use P&R than shoppers from Scambs, being less familiar with the system. Possibly, although Cambridge P&R is well advertised - All of them are pretty well advertised, but they never advertise the gotchas. Experience of different P&R round the country says service levels are pretty patchy, and as a first time visitor to Cambridge it's always going to be a gamble. and drivers who ignore the signs often regret it. You've done a survey which told you that? I imagine that there is also considerable use of the National Bus Pass from people arriving by train, as the station is a long walk from the city centre. Those are the ones I mentioned originally. And are these tourists just "up for the day", or staying locally. They have to be day-trippers to use the Park and Ride car parks. Agreed. Of course, being only an hour or so from London makes Cambridge a popular destination for day trippers. If you say so. I'm still unconvinced that this is a major drain on resources, compared to people living within a 10-mile radius coming to Cambridge to shop. -- Roland Perry |
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Roland Perry wrote in news:snSYsFqVNtMMFAt5
@perry.co.uk: In message , at 07:08:34 on Tue, 6 Jul 2010, Paul Terry remarked: So these are UK-resident OAP tourists who arrived by train and then use the buses around the City? I should think that rather more arrive by car and then use their passes for a free trip to and from the city centre on the park-and-ride buses - that's certainly how I use my own Freedom Pass, given the cost and difficulty of parking in central Cambridge all day. How far away from Cambridge do you live, and to what extent do you define yourself as a "tourist" when visiting? I'm sure there are some - although tourists are perhaps less likely to use P&R than shoppers from Scambs, being less familiar with the system. And are these tourists just "up for the day", or staying locally. In the latter case the P&R is even less likely to figure as you can't park overnight and you already need to drive to the hotel/B&B to unload your bags. I am the parent of two students at Cambridge University. I am allowed to park in their college grounds when visiting them, and have on occasion then used the buses with my pass to get around the city. Perhaps I am not very typical, but there are a lot of students in Cambridge, and these days it isn't uncommon for their parents to be the wrong side of 60. Peter -- | Peter Campbell Smith | Epsom | UK | |
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