First Manchester

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RE: First Manchester

(25/10/2020 14:16)acocker96 Wrote:  Why do I get the feeling that people (mostly hipsters) who live in the area only want Stevenson square to be pedestrianised to increase the value of their apartments and flats? It’s not fair to force everyone who else who comes in the city to bend to their desire for a ‘bohemian’ inner city lifestyle of sitting outside bars.

There’s absolutely no requirement for any service to call or stop at Stevenson Square. The location itself is far from central and is tucked away in a maze on one way streets in an area of restaurants and nightclubs. When the V1/2 called here in their early introduction, it was VERY poorly patronised with most passengers boarding at Piccadilly Gardens.

The best thing that has happened to the area is the partial pedestrianisation of the area which has massively helped the local businesses this year and has actually made the area an attractive place to actually stay and eat a meal at a time where this has largely been restricted.

There is very little reason that routes such as the 216 cannot start/terminate on Piccadilly running directly opposite the 219 or start/terminate on Chorlton Street for example, or the first services that operate to Oldham Road call at Shudehill with services towards Bolton/Salford/Eccles terminating elsewhere in the Deansgate/Blackfriars area avoiding the many roadworks and one way systems currently in place with Central Manchester. The worst routes for this have to be the 8 and X43 which currently snake their way through the city, down route which would be faster when walking.