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[email protected] · September 14th 15, 07:33 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Neil Williams) wrote:

On 2015-09-13 20:25:59 +0000, Paul Corfield said:

More likely he knows how to drive to them or hails a cab. How many
lawyers, who are any good, use public transport to visit clients? Time
is money and all that stuff.

In my experience the Tube is often a much faster way to travel around
London than a cab, though it can depend on where bus lanes are
provided. For some journeys, my recent observation is that the
bicycle can be by far the quickest.

That is also my experience of nearly 10 years working in Westminster. Even
when the bike wasn't actually quicker bike was so much more predictable than
the tube between Westminster and King's Cross.

When I stayed at my parents' in Putney I could cycle to Westminster in much
the same time as the tube took (quicker bearing in mind the walking at both
ends). The other advantage was that I got a seat which you almost never get
in the peak at East Putney on the District Line.

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Colin Rosenstiel