On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:54:32 +0000
Paul Corfield wrote:
The bit you fail to ever recognise is that London is the Capital City
and it has unique transport demands that require substantially higher
levels of service than seen elsewhere in the country. Other regional
cities complain about overcrowded trains and buses but it is extremely
rare that the service levels are comparable.

Actually if the regional cities in this country had a half decent public
transport system they might be more attractive to large multinationals to
use for HQs and other offices. In europe most reasonable sized cities have
a metro and almost all have an extensive tram system. In this country even
a city the size of birmingham or manchester only gets tossed some derisory 1
or 2 line tram system which is quibbled over for years beforehand by nimbies
and cost cutters. Only Newcastle somehow got lucky with its Metro but even
thats only a shadow of what it should be.

And before anyone mentions buses - I don't count them as a serious public
transport system for commuting.

B2003