I felt quite vulnerable on Saturday waiting an hour for a taxi with TC in her wheelchair
Quote from: Sister of Top Cat on October 19, 2021, 12:57:42 PMI felt quite vulnerable on Saturday waiting an hour for a taxi with TC in her wheelchairWas it a pre-booked taxi who didn't turn up? What is the possibility of waiting in the stand areas as most alert of arrivals on Apps / SMS messages?
I'm assuming Rinder and Alaap are the same account creator and someone who has also posted on here before?
Quote from: Sister of Top Cat on October 19, 2021, 12:57:42 PMI felt quite vulnerable on Saturday waiting an hour for a taxi with TC in her wheelchair Which should clearly not be the case SOTC. The environment around Villa Park just on a purely logistic basis is, on reflection, a nightmare. The Trinity Road gets so busy and gridlocked at full time because of taxi's and pavements not being wide enough to cope with the volume of human traffic. The Ground is in the middle of a sizeable residential area with limited car parking ( even for the residents), and although the Motorway system is close it is a perilous 'shut your eyes and go for it' exercise to get onto the A38 off the slip road. I believe a 'loop' system for buses and taxis could be built and 'safe zones' policed and CCTV'd could be made available for vulnerable supporters without too much expense or inconvenience. Potentially coincide this work with the redevelopment of the North Stand.In the meantime SOTC if ever feeling the same as you did on Saturday then a request for company I doubt would be ignored, I still maintain that the majority of people ( and especially Villa supporters) have good hearts and have a willingness to help.
Quote from: Virgil Caine on October 19, 2021, 01:28:29 PMQuote from: Sister of Top Cat on October 19, 2021, 12:57:42 PMI felt quite vulnerable on Saturday waiting an hour for a taxi with TC in her wheelchair Which should clearly not be the case SOTC. The environment around Villa Park just on a purely logistic basis is, on reflection, a nightmare. The Trinity Road gets so busy and gridlocked at full time because of taxi's and pavements not being wide enough to cope with the volume of human traffic. The Ground is in the middle of a sizeable residential area with limited car parking ( even for the residents), and although the Motorway system is close it is a perilous 'shut your eyes and go for it' exercise to get onto the A38 off the slip road. I believe a 'loop' system for buses and taxis could be built and 'safe zones' policed and CCTV'd could be made available for vulnerable supporters without too much expense or inconvenience. Potentially coincide this work with the redevelopment of the North Stand.In the meantime SOTC if ever feeling the same as you did on Saturday then a request for company I doubt would be ignored, I still maintain that the majority of people ( and especially Villa supporters) have good hearts and have a willingness to help. I can't think of many Premier League grounds that are worse to get away from than Villa Park to be honest.
Quote from: Risso on October 19, 2021, 01:59:36 PMQuote from: Virgil Caine on October 19, 2021, 01:28:29 PMQuote from: Sister of Top Cat on October 19, 2021, 12:57:42 PMI felt quite vulnerable on Saturday waiting an hour for a taxi with TC in her wheelchair Which should clearly not be the case SOTC. The environment around Villa Park just on a purely logistic basis is, on reflection, a nightmare. The Trinity Road gets so busy and gridlocked at full time because of taxi's and pavements not being wide enough to cope with the volume of human traffic. The Ground is in the middle of a sizeable residential area with limited car parking ( even for the residents), and although the Motorway system is close it is a perilous 'shut your eyes and go for it' exercise to get onto the A38 off the slip road. I believe a 'loop' system for buses and taxis could be built and 'safe zones' policed and CCTV'd could be made available for vulnerable supporters without too much expense or inconvenience. Potentially coincide this work with the redevelopment of the North Stand.In the meantime SOTC if ever feeling the same as you did on Saturday then a request for company I doubt would be ignored, I still maintain that the majority of people ( and especially Villa supporters) have good hearts and have a willingness to help. I can't think of many Premier League grounds that are worse to get away from than Villa Park to be honest.Christ! You've not been to the new Spurs stadium then!
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