Where are the taxis? Options

[Richard Garvie]

Come on User, time to update that page me thinks!!! I know there is a rank at The Wharf and the top pf Northbrook Street, but where else?

[NWNREADER]

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[Richard Garvie]

Is that the only reference you can find? I'm not sure the majority of people in West Berkshire will get to read the "Taxi Trade News) document.

[Andy Capp]

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While I know what the arrangement is, I'd like to know who thought it a good idea! The Market Place now is effectively a BIG pavement with few pedestrians.

[NWNREADER]

Is that the only reference you can find? I'm not sure the majority of people in West Berkshire will get to read the "Taxi Trade News) document.

Well, it does refer to a WBC document.
With the WBC website out of date it isn't easy to find better info. It hardly aids the use of the taxis, even in a small town like Newbury, if people cannot find where the ranks are. Even worse when the 'official info is wrong.

I think I have seen some signage in the Market Place

[John C]

While I know what the arrangement is, I'd like to know who thought it a good idea! The Market Place now is effectively a BIG pavement with few pedestrians.

So that they can move the market to Northbrook Street and finally kill it off, and all the bars and cafes can have loads of empty outside tables and chairs. Which was what was sopposed to happen when the Market place was resufaced, but how can you have an area called Market Place and not have a market on it.

[Cognosco]

Come on User, time to update that page me thinks!!! I know there is a rank at The Wharf and the top pf Northbrook Street, but where else?

Look here you! If you and the other forum members would stop criticising WBC then his time would not be taken up trying to deflect all the criticism and he would have time to do these sort of unimportant, cause no one reads it, jobs wouldn't he?

[Cognosco]

While I know what the arrangement is, I'd like to know who thought it a good idea! The Market Place now is effectively a BIG pavement with few pedestrians.

No doubt a consultation has taken place, again I am unaware of it, and it was unanimous that it would work.

For consultation read: "We asked round the office but no one uses the taxi rank so it does not matter"

[user23]

So that they can move the market to Northbrook Street and finally kill it off, and all the bars and cafes can have loads of empty outside tables and chairs. Which was what was sopposed to happen when the Market place was resufaced, but how can you have an area called Market Place and not have a market on it.

Where have you seen plans for this? I've not seen anything.

[Bartholomew]

So that they can move the market to Northbrook Street and finally kill it off, and all the bars and cafes can have loads of empty outside tables and chairs. Which was what was sopposed to happen when the Market place was resufaced, but how can you have an area called Market Place and not have a market on it.

I think that you are mistaken here. Most of the market traders (whats left of them) would prefer to move to Northbrook Street. In the time that the refurbishment took place in the Market Place and the market moved to Northbrook Street trading was significantly better there. It was WBC that refused to allow a permanent move to Northbrook Street and in fact reneged on the agreement with the market that it would remain there over the Christmas period, citing traffic issues.
Whether the market will survive in a reasonable form where it is now is debatable and would certainly do better in Northbrook Street.
The name is largely irrelevant. Think of Market Street where the livestock market used to be.

[Guest_xjay1337_*]

On the actual topic of Taxis;

I drove through Newbury town centre last night on one of my cruises to McDonalds car park (har har no I wasn't actually so spin on that one) and there were a whole rank of taxis from outside the club further on from the Post Office, right around the corner, halfway down to KFC.

Kind of daft really, but oh well.

[NWNREADER]

On the actual topic of Taxis;

I drove through Newbury town centre last night on one of my cruises to McDonalds car park (har har no I wasn't actually so spin on that one) and there were a whole rank of taxis from outside the club further on from the Post Office, right around the corner, halfway down to KFC.

Kind of daft really, but oh well.

Why daft?

[Guest_xjay1337_*]

Because it blocks the road for the non knobby road users (as in, non taxi-ists)

[Andy Capp]

A taxi driver was complaining that 'foreigners' were parking there to attract trade. It seems this starts a chain reaction. They get moved on, but they return later.

Just put the bloody rank back where it is meant to be I say.

[NWNREADER]

Any link between the queue and the refurb of The Wharf rank? or is that over now?

[Guest_xjay1337_*]

A taxi driver was complaining that 'foreigners' were parking there to attract trade. It seems this starts a chain reaction. They get moved on, but they return later.

Just put the blood rank back where it is meant to be I say.

Most of the taxi drivers are foreigners so what are they moaning about?

[Andy Capp]

Most of the taxi drivers are foreigners so what are they moaning about?

I am using more palatable language than that said. I think the insinuation was out-of-towners.

[Guest_xjay1337_*]

I think the insinuation was out-of-towners.

Again, like most taxi drivers.

[JeffG]

Most of the taxi drivers are foreigners so what are they moaning about?

How do you know that?

[Guest_xjay1337_*]

'Cause when I go out for a crooze I see them?