Should Sheffield bring in an hour of free parking, like Rotherham?

Transcript

00:00Do you think Sheffield should bring in an hour's free parking, like they have done in Rotherham?

00:04Yes, probably, because it would be handy for anybody.

00:07But let's just have a short trip.

00:09You think it's there, to do something special.

00:12Just for an hour.

00:14What do you think?

00:16I'm not sure about that. I'm not sure. I don't think Rotherham will go.

00:20I mean, in Rotherham, the shopping is all gone.

00:24That's why they're bringing it in.

00:26Trying to encourage people to come in.

00:29It looks to me that Sheffield don't need any encouragement.

00:32So, I don't know. I'm a bit torn.

00:36I think it would be really quite useful for us.

00:39I mean, we've travelled into Sheffield today by train.

00:42But if the parking had been free, we definitely would have considered driving in to the shops here.

00:49It's definitely free.

00:50Would it have made you more likely to come here, do you think?

00:53I think so. I mean, we're actually here to go to the theatre today.

00:57But I think we would come more often, definitely, if parking was free.

01:03Er, yes. I think this would be useful for older people.

01:07Er, not so much younger or professionals.

01:12Obviously, you can normally park here all day.

01:14But especially for, like, my nan-an, who might nip into town, you know, nip to the bank or whatever.

01:18So she's got that option.

01:19She's got to pay for expensive parking, which deters her from coming into town.

01:24I think two hours, actually.

01:30Would it be helpful?

01:31It would be helpful for me, yeah.

01:33I think it would be good for business, also.

01:36Er, yeah, I think it's a great idea, yeah.

01:39The more people that come to the city centre, the better, definitely.

01:41Do you think it would encourage people to?

01:43Yeah, I definitely would, yeah.

01:44It certainly put me off in the past, using the facilities, yeah.

01:48And, bye.