Phil Massam

Architecting solutions at @helloHyly. Past @geosciencesed @exetergeography @rentdotcom. Interests: AI,maps, climate, climate change, weather and photography.

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@wight1984 Couple such ideas with reducing the footprint of the high st to be even more successful. Towns and cities still have business areas defined during more prosperous times. Make em more compact, reduce vacancies, improve vibrancy.

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@BernabeuNights Street circuits, celebrities, eyeballs, clicks, and merch pay the F1 bills. That's reality.

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@vineypuddles28 There's nostalgia for past F1 & iconic tracks, but the s tracks pay to host and some have decided that it's just not worth it any more. Like it or not certain places are happy to pay the hosting fees. May gen a poor race but it gets the clicks, eyeballs and media attention...

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@nthseawanderer @jordanbhx Right but for it to be frictionless..needs to be easy to use, visible, RORO for bags, and allow baggage carts. Then people deplane, pick up bags, head to it ez, and boom... in the HS2 station and heading to London. Othwerwise... just creating headwinds and reluctance..

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@nthseawanderer @jordanbhx Just a well signposted people mover or a walkway would work. Something that people can reclaim their bags and then get on easily with zero steps or bag lifts. That's not a bus or shuttle. Remove friction to ensure sucess.

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@jordanbhx BHX to London via HS2 seems viable... if and when: BHX has a link to HS2 that does not involve 15 changes and any bus, HS2 is complete (2036) and you can get all the way to Euston via HS2. Otherwise, passengers will still want to go to LHR.

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@IronPat2024 @elmejordelresto And yes, that's what the F1 purists want to see. But Liberty wants to see a return on investment, so instead they follow the money. Who's going to pay the most to host? Where are we going to get the best ROI?

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@elmejordelresto It's all about the money and the eyeballs. Circuits pay a fee to host a race so firstly there's that. Some places want to host a race more than others: they pay up. Then there's the cachet factor. Look we are in... Miami with all these A listers and influencers etc...

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@BanUnsweetTea Airlines will charge what the think people will pay. If people are not paying then there will be free seats and lower fares. Whilst it seems expensive, Delta is not a charity and not compelled to have lower fares...

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@slmandel Where you have 24...you are going to end up with 32 at the end of it all because the argument will be made "we already have N games this weekend so another 4 games won't hurt, and then we'll have a tournament pyramid too!"

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@FootballFunnys "The integrity of the competition has to come first". Ideally. But you did just watch the World Cup? And do you wonder about all these international breaks? And the endless VAR controversies? Money and influence permeates the game like never before.

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@meyersmedia_ And will mean even less when it becomes a 32 team playoff which it inevitably will as 24 already opens the door to "another college football weekend". So gosh, why not just have a pyramid of 32 teams and another 4 games on that initial weekend....

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@ewanmakepeace @rcolvile Interesting numbers. You'd still need to persuade airlines to fly there... instead of flying to other more accommodating large airports. That'd be the litmus test.

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@realPhilTaylor @rcolvile @BenKentish You get a runway... and you get a runway...

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@DavidJackmanUK @rcolvile Bingo. Or Frankfurt. Or Instanbul. Etc

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@ewanmakepeace @rcolvile Investment wise I'd agree. However, the airlines though want a simpler model. A large airport to hub at, to operate from. Passengers also don't want to have to transit between airports to get somewhere. We have to think about the airport clients and consumers....

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@rcolvile The issue is.. the airlines want to FILL their wide bodied planes (London is a destination) and send them to one UK location, not all over the shop. IF HS2 went to MAN and London was EZ to get to... maybe then you could get an airline to hub there...

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@The_LFB @AccentsSouthern Don't tell me that the Shreveport Diamond Nuts Acme Insurance Waste Management Dukes Mayo bowl sponsored by Snoop Dogg doesn't count for something... just don't....

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@AccentsSouthern What makes me laugh is the 24 team format. We all know that it'll be the 25+th team that feels left out, and then it will be a 32 team playoff. A true playoff pyramid. Why go half way house with 24? Do 32 and be done with it. And then also admit the season means... nothing.

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@AvonandsomerRob Bottom line... you have choices.... you don't have to shop there...