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Richard J. · June 2nd 06, 10:03 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway

asdf wrote:
On 2 Jun 2006 05:36:15 -0700, wrote:

Weird. Areas of the country that *do* want tram schemes have them
refused, and areas that *don't* have them foisted upon them. Is
this a case of 'Nanny knows best?'.

The reason for the difference is as follows:

WLT is in London and would be funded by TfL. TfL likes trams.

Other tram schemes were outside London, and would have been funded
by the DfT. The DfT doesn't like trams.

And in the case of WLT, "nanny" really does know best - the
opposition are a bunch of raving NIMBYs who know nothing about
transport planning.

If you were faced with the prospect of half the general traffic from
Acton High Street being diverted down your narrow residential street,
you might be a NIMBY too. "Transport planning" is supposed to avoid
that sort of thing.

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Richard J.
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