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Post by jh1980 on Jan 10, 2007 14:36:10 GMT -1
Can the transport network handle it though? That's my major concern on that front. God knows all those people who drive to London every morning down the M1 won't fit on the trains! <sighs> to be honest, I think transport in this country is pretty much fucked. except in London - where it's adequate, although we moan. it would cost so much money to upgrade the national rail network sufficiently (longer trains and platforms, double decker trains - then the bridge works etc)... and god knows the private Train Operating Companies won't pay for it. The Government couldn't subsidise that sort of project, I don't think... then again who knows, I'm not a civil servant at the Treasury... <shrugs and gives up>
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jan 10, 2007 14:43:35 GMT -1
Can the transport network handle it though? That's my major concern on that front. God knows all those people who drive to London every morning down the M1 won't fit on the trains! <sighs> to be honest, I think transport in this country is pretty much fucked. except in London - where it's adequate, although we moan. it would cost so much money to upgrade the national rail network sufficiently (longer trains and platforms, double decker trains - then the bridge works etc)... and god knows the private Train Operating Companies won't pay for it. The Government couldn't subsidise that sort of project, I don't think... then again who knows, I'm not a civil servant at the Treasury... <shrugs and gives up> In a perfect world, yeah, we'd get as many cars as physically possible off the road. I agree with that entirely. Pricing people off the road isn't a fair way to do it, though. Given the cost of train fares now, I'm sure many people won't be able to use that as a viable method to get to work. Likewise, if I worked in, say, Watford, it's a 1+1/2hr trip each way - going via London - to get there. Yes, there are coaches, but I doubt there'll be room for everyone. It'd make more sense for people to get jobs closer to home, but then that doesn't help people in rural areas either, unless jobs go to them. I agree the roads need help; I just think there must be better ways to go about it.
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Post by jh1980 on Jan 10, 2007 14:50:23 GMT -1
In a perfect world, yeah, we'd get as many cars as physically possible off the road. I agree with that entirely. We have to do something, perfect world or not. Right... well if the market is there, under the current system, coach providers WILL provide that service. Or certain key routes could be subsidised, as I believe some are at present. Stripes for Neko! Very true. More work needs to be done on this, but home-working would be theoretically possible for many more people in service-sector jobs. Well before someone says it, building more roads won't help. It would not meet the environmental need, and it is proven that if you build more capacity on roads, they quickly fill up with yet more vehicles.
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jan 10, 2007 14:53:48 GMT -1
Neko's earned his stripes! =^.^=
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Post by gw on Jan 10, 2007 14:54:32 GMT -1
Signed
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Post by jh1980 on Jan 10, 2007 14:57:14 GMT -1
Neko's earned his stripes! =^.^= yay! you know what I meant! Sorry these issues just are very complicated, and it annoys me when people have knee-jerk responses that sound like a Daily Mail editorial. That said I am also an opinionated and intemperate asshole at times, which makes things worse...! ;D
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jan 10, 2007 15:01:33 GMT -1
You wouldn't be the Jules we know and love Manly, Neko, manly! otherwise!
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Post by jh1980 on Jan 10, 2007 15:05:36 GMT -1
You wouldn't be the Jules we know and love Manly, Neko, manly! otherwise! Awww...! Cheers fella! Although to return to the biblical senses, I'd rather you had love for me than knowledge of me lol! ;D
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jan 10, 2007 15:07:24 GMT -1
Lol! So now'd be a bad time to remark on knowing people inside and out then?
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Post by jh1980 on Jan 10, 2007 15:10:30 GMT -1
Lol! So now'd be a bad time to remark on knowing people inside and out then? *slaps forehead* ;D
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