On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:24:52 +0100, Neil Williams
wrote:

Why? Many people would walk (it isn't *that* far, and most people
seem to use trolley luggage these days), many are collected by car,
and a minibus shuttle could be run between the ferry and the bus
station for anyone who couldn't or didn't want to walk.


Let me guess: You have only seen the pier in summer and in good
weather.

In winter, at high water, with a choppy sea and a gale blowing, people
would succumb to exposure before they reached Ryde Esplanade.