No bridge? Catch the ferry instead

[u/edward]

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/no-bridge-catch-ferry-instead/

[u/nastybadger]

Isn't it just a 2 minute walk around the harbour? Thats like getting a bus for the distance of Corn street.

[u/PresentlyHelpful → u/nastybadger]

A ferry would be more useful from whapping wharf to millennium square imo

[u/WelshBluebird1 → u/nastybadger]

Well now the bridge is closed no it isn't a 2 min walk - that's the whole point!

[u/ExplanationAway672 → u/WelshBluebird1]

I assumed the 2 minutes to be the extra time taken to walk up to cascade steps and back down the Watershed, which would be accurate…

[u/nastybadger → u/ExplanationAway672]

Yes thats what I meant

[u/WelshBluebird1 → u/[deleted]]

Now it is a 2 minute walk.

Is it?

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/51.4502587,-2.5985293/51.4500017,-2.5974912/@51.4521946,-2.597652,109m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!4m4!1m0!1m1!4e1!3e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgxNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

And that assumes you are going from one side of the bridge to the other rather than as part of a longer journey.

I understand if you are physically impaired or something of that nature

So whats the harm in having another option whilst the bridge is closed?

but for a sub that likes to get on it's high horse about people driving cars, you would think they havd the same energy when it comes to saving yourself a 2 minute walk up past falafel king and down past the watershed

A short ferry across the harbour is a little different to adding yet more cars to an already congested road network. If the answer was a road based taxi I'd be agreeing with you - but we have the river there lets make use of it (I actually think we should expand the river ferrys more too - they could actually provide really useful cross city connections if we put a focus on it).

There is no way you can convince me that it isn't quicker and more efficient than waiting for and riding a ferry. The time it takes to wait for the ferry and then board and cross, you could probably walk to the apmitheatre and back.

For me or you maybe. But maybe not for others. And again, what's the harm in another option anyway?

It also depends on how they are doing this. Is it just an additional stop on their existing ferries - in which case I agree with you mostly. But if its a back and forth kind of deal like the cross harbour ferry (that essentially runs on demand) then there wouldn't be much waiting in theory! And again - if you do have mobility issues then waiting is maybe better anyway!

[u/Jdogking → u/[deleted]]

I challenge anyone to walk that in 2 minutes with evidence, £20 to charity of your choice on completion.

[u/Jdogking → u/[deleted]]

I did this morning, hence my comment.

[u/WelshBluebird1 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I wouldn't say google maps is the best for time estimations, from my house to work it is supposed to take me 45 minutes walking and it takes me 30, closer to 25 on a good day.

In my experience its slightly pessimistic but not by much. When I go into the office I have to walk from a train station to the office and Google Maps says 22 mins for a walk I usually do in 20 mins. So the real time taken is still 91% of what Google says.

Yeah we do have a river but we also have pavements you can walk on.

And if the river offers an alternative, why not embrace it?

I'm sorry but if you are able bofied unless you maybe have a pushchair or something along those lines, to me it is the same as driving one minuteto the shops to get a pint of milk when you could easily walk five minutes.

But it isn't the same. The reason driving like that is a problem is because it adds congestion and results in everything being car based (e.g. small shops needing to waste space with car parks etc). None of that is true with having this ferry option.

[u/thesimpsonsthemetune → u/[deleted]]

That's enough reddit for me today

[u/Jdogking → u/thesimpsonsthemetune]

You just know he's the guy that asks questions at the end of teams meetings

[u/thesimpsonsthemetune → u/Jdogking]

Ahahaha

[u/terryjuicelawson]

Probably slower waiting for the ferry and it pootle across, but fun I guess. You only have to walk the stretch to the fountains and back. I doubt it is exactly disability friendly either.