So Hull City’s fans are some of the quietest in the Premiership, according to Sky Sport’s Noise League.

Football Fans Decibels
Top three clubs                      Bottom three clubs

Stoke 101.8                             Wigan 86.06
Tottenham 97.58                      Hull 84.6
Liverpool 95.4                          Sunderland 84.05

I wasn’t even at the game against Man City on Saturday, but I could certainly hear the “Come on you Hull” chants, and as I drove past at the end of the game the general banter continued as the fans poured out of the stadium.

Admittedly, it wasn’t my greatest moment in terms of timing as I tried to navigate my car through everyone, crawling along because people were randomly crossing the road without even glancing my way. But it got me thinking about the plans to incorporate a train station stop near the KC and whether it would ease the post-game congestion deadlock.

A couple of blogs have also offered their opinion, but I’m in two minds. Would it work? Would people actually use it? It’s bad enough getting on and off busy trains at the best of times. At least bus stops have a “queue from here” philosophy whereas trains just tend to encourage people to pile in with little regard for the old lady/small child they happen to squash.

I think, as I’m writing this, I’m probably in the “no thanks, not a good idea” camp.

Yorkshire and Humberside are falling behind on their transport infrastructure and once again it comes down to the usual problem: money.

A report by the ICE (Institute of Civil Engineers) states that Yorkshire and Humberside receive the lowest transport funding than any other region in the UK.

In fact, we have £200 spent per head on us, compared to £600 on average down South.

This surely means that any plans to improve the network are never even going to see the light of day because of the unfair funding allocation?

This even follows numerous findings that Yorkshire and Humber host plenty of Britain’s most dangerous roads, including our very own A1079 from Market Weighton to Hull. I’m not convinced speed cameras are the way forward either, but that’s a blog for another day…

I blogged back in July about the Humber Bridge, saying there would soon be an update on a report commissioned to find out the impact of the tolls.

It turns out that scrapping the tolls would benefit the local economy by £1.1bn over the next 25 years, with the report listing improvements to the region if the tolls were abolished or even reduced to £1.

More to the point, it claims that Hull could gain a further £45m in retail opportunities, as it seems all those on the South Bank would prefer to go on a shopping spree on a trip to Lincoln or Meadowhall than venture across the bridge.

I’m not entirely convinced that the cost of crossing the Bridge is the reason for stopping people coming across to shop, but either way, reducing the tolls would certainly help both sides of the bank.

No doubt this will get thrown around in Parliament, yet again, but to help the cause, you can sign the Hull Daily Mail’s petition, A Toll Too Far, here

Traffic management in Hull. Not my favourite topic of conversation at the moment following my attempts to make it across the City in rush hour. Not the best time to try either, admittedly, but it’s a pretty common complaint amongst those who sit in a pool of frustration and boredom in the gridlock day after day.

So, what is the general opinion on Hull City Council’s ideas, and the numerous suggestions which have been flying around, for solving the problem?

One of the ideas I’ve heard of is a car-free City Centre, where cars and commercial traffic will be banned from going into an “environmental zone”. Other than deliveries to shops and offices during restricted hours, only buses and cyclists will be able to whiz though the centre, dodging pedestrians as they happily breeze through.

Widening the main roads into the City and creating more bus lanes is another idea that has been thrown into the hat of tricks, along with upgrading the existing gridlocked ring road route. You may be sensing my scepticism.

I am, however, delighted to see that Council officials have ruled out a London-style congestion charge, which surely would have been a death sentence for our vibrant City. I’m also pleased to see that Council’s are taking positive steps towards developing park-and-ride schemes.

Even so, there can be no doubt that every single driver is dreading the looming £200m upgrade of Castle Street, which will see Hull’s busiest road restricted to a single lane in each direction for up to four years. Don’t worry though, if you get caught stuck in traffic and are unable to make it across the city, you can always use Cityvisitor to find the nearest B&B or pub to pass away the time.