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Ecclesall Road (and Sharrow Vale) is also the part of Sheffield where people with predictably unsustainable business ideas want to open. I don’t think many people in Sheffield would have thought a prosecco bar would last long... Things that can just about turn a profit in Leeds or Manchester often can’t in Sheffield. We’re a smaller and poorer city.

I have spoken at an event with him which was attended by 100+ visitors to the city. He was a great speaker and left a huge impression on them. He spoke so proudly about Sheffield as a city, and the way in which the city welcomes people from all countries - visitors as well as refugees like him. He is a fantastic advert for our city. It has been picked up in the media worldwide. I’ve seen comments from people on twitter from USA, Australia and many more countries saying what breath of fresh air he is. I’m not from the same party as him, so have no political affiliation with him. But I do know that already he has done more to raise the profile of Sheffield around the world than the last 10 Lord Mayors combined. And, apart from the odd open racist, all of that coverage has been entirely positive.

This discussion mixes up two separate problems: 1. Carbon emissions. As some have said, whether and how much electric vehicles reduce carbon emissions depends a lot on how the electricity is generated in the first place. Increasing the amounts of rebenwables in the energy mix helps, but as some have said, you also need to take into account the carbon emissions from manufacture etc etc. With our current UK energy mix, electric cabs are (probably) a small improvement compared to diesel ones. 2. Local air pollution. Diesel engines in particular are a significant cause of local air pollution and consequent health problems. Cabs and buses, which are driving around our city centres constantly, are a massive contributor to this. Pollution levels in parts of Sheffield are regualrly above safe levels and the health consequences are severe, especially for those living in more polluted (almost always more deprived) parts of the city. Electric cabs (and other electric vehicles) could be a big help here. So no, not the solution to all of our problems. But a step in the right direction.

No. Your credit card is registered on the app. It starts timing when you unlock the bike and stops timing when you lock it again (with the lock that goes through the back wheel). It then charges your credit card for the time you've used.

Used them twice today for short journeys and very impressed. Quick and easy. And (currently) free. Rode home on one in the dark and the lights worked well.

Just found it in the Star: http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/police-issue-warning-over-deadly-craze-in-sheffield-suburb-1-8649573

Haven't heard of this. I live on Greystones Rd/Dobbin Hill junction and no letter received at our house.

I've never found parking a problem in the city centre. Yesterday I had to go into town to do some things. Even on a Saturday afternoon I had no problem at all finding a parking space in John Lewis multi-storey. At (I think) £2.40 for 2 hours it didn't seem too bad for me. Increasing the number of shops people want to go to might make parking more difficult in future. But as it is now, if you really think there's "Insufficient parking (that doesn't cost a week's wages)" you ought to try most other cities!

Agreed. (Do you think that being on this list means they don't employ on merit?)

University of Sheffield also in the top 100.

Q Park on Rockingham Street has a deal with City Hall. You pay for a voucher at the City Hall box office. I think it's £3.50.

Seen them too. Not real skeletons.

Yes, Stanleybobs was not correct in saying that Endcliffe Park is no cycling. There are signs either side of the cafe asking cyclists to dismount (which is fair enough as its a busy area, although many don't) but the rest of the park is OK for cycling.

This. There are still bike racks on some of the platforms, but the new indoor facility is much better. Worth spending 5 mins and £10 to get a fob if you will be cycling to the station reasonably regularly. It's a shame they didn't install showers in the changing rooms, but apart from that it is an excellent facility. Police also seem to keep an eye on it: a few times I've noticed that they've stuck little advisory notes on bikes that they think do not have an adequately secure lock.

Beauchief Abbey Paradise Square (admittedly not one building) Abbeydale Picture House (although not in a great state of repair) City Hall The Lyceum ---------- Post added 28-08-2015 at 08:57 ---------- The Salvation Army building just off Pinstone Street.