On Jul 1, 2:05 pm, wrote:
On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:40:57 -0700, Paul Weaver
I wonder if this carbomb business will end up being used as an argument to
pedestrianise,

That'd be nice, get rid of the menace of the buses.

So what are people supposed to do who can't afford to buy and run a
car and don't like the tube Paul ? .

That don't like the tube? Nobody in their right mind uses a bus for a
car replacement.

Car replacement did you say there are many people who do not even hold
a driving licence in this country and have never owned a car in their
lives .Perhaps these people should use their legs, or get a bike.

But cycling is not allowed in pedestrian areas Paul did you not know
that ?

In the context of the conversation, I took pedestrianisation as
removing large vehicular traffic (a bomb in a bike, motorbike would be
no worse than a bag). As you know, there are many areas where motor
vehicles are banned, but pedestrians and cyclists live in harmony.

and there are also people who can walk a little and ride a lot
on buses due to various arthritic illnesses and are unable to walk the
miles along the underground passages to use the tube.

There's no reason that passages need to be so long from ticket halls.

I have a car but when I know I am not going to be carrying a great
deal of weight I always use the bus, you see I was born into an age
when to have a car you needed to be rich and also be someone and the
peasants used the bus and nothing but the bus or of course the bike .
It isn't every one that is born with a silver spoon in their gobs and
a credit card in their pockets .

I use my car for long distance travel (much nicer using the train to
get to cornwall, but impossible to get arround), and for shopping
(bringing 20 bags back on the tube ain't much fun).