A fare-free travel system for the UK
 

On 18/01/2011 15:00, Alistair Gunn wrote:
In uk.railway Stimpy twisted the electrons to say:
Most people don't live within walking distance of a railway station.

What constitutes "walking distance" when you say this? Obviously
different people will have different ideas as to what would be reasonable
(one person's walk to the shops might be a major expedition requiring a
support vehicle to somebody else!), but just wondering what sort of
ballpark figure you had in mind?

It depends on what the alternative is... if there is a bus service on a
1 hour frequency, then a walk of 30 minutes (or about 2 miles) is not
unreasonable. But not if I've got heavy luggage.

When I was a student, I once walked from Machynlleth to a youth hostel
in Corris, about 5 or 6 miles, because there was no convenient bus. So
IMO "walking distance from a station" is further in rural areas, where
there is no convenient alternative.

--
Jeremy Double {real address, include nospam}
Rail and transport photos at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmdoubl...7603834894248/

A fare-free travel system for the UK
 

On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:17:33 +0000, Jeremy Double wrote
On 18/01/2011 15:00, Alistair Gunn wrote:
In uk.railway Stimpy twisted the electrons to say:
Most people don't live within walking distance of a railway station.

What constitutes "walking distance" when you say this? Obviously
different people will have different ideas as to what would be reasonable
(one person's walk to the shops might be a major expedition requiring a
support vehicle to somebody else!), but just wondering what sort of
ballpark figure you had in mind?

It depends on what the alternative is... if there is a bus service on a
1 hour frequency, then a walk of 30 minutes (or about 2 miles) is not
unreasonable. But not if I've got heavy luggage.

When I was a student, I once walked from Machynlleth to a youth hostel
in Corris, about 5 or 6 miles, because there was no convenient bus. So
IMO "walking distance from a station" is further in rural areas, where
there is no convenient alternative.

Not if you have to do it more than occasionally. If my local station was 5-6
miles away, there's no way I'd define that as 'walking distance'

A fare-free travel system for the UK
 

"Jeremy Double" wrote in message
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On 18/01/2011 15:00, Alistair Gunn wrote:
In uk.railway Stimpy twisted the electrons to say:
Most people don't live within walking distance of a railway station.

What constitutes "walking distance" when you say this? Obviously
different people will have different ideas as to what would be reasonable
(one person's walk to the shops might be a major expedition requiring a
support vehicle to somebody else!), but just wondering what sort of
ballpark figure you had in mind?

It depends on what the alternative is... if there is a bus service on a 1
hour frequency, then a walk of 30 minutes (or about 2 miles) is not
unreasonable. But not if I've got heavy luggage.

When I was a student, I once walked from Machynlleth to a youth hostel in
Corris, about 5 or 6 miles, because there was no convenient bus. So IMO
"walking distance from a station" is further in rural areas, where there
is no convenient alternative.

But what about us miserable old beggars who cannot walk far?

Alan



--
Jeremy Double {real address, include nospam}
Rail and transport photos at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmdoubl...7603834894248/

A fare-free travel system for the UK
 

"alan.holmes" wrote in message
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"Jeremy Double" wrote in message
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When I was a student, I once walked from Machynlleth to a youth hostel in
Corris, about 5 or 6 miles, because there was no convenient bus. So IMO
"walking distance from a station" is further in rural areas, where there
is no convenient alternative.

But what about us miserable old beggars who cannot walk far?

Bus, taxi, hitch, convenient neighbour/friend.

"Honestly, old people these days, want everything done for them. Back when I
were a kid, we were grateful to 'ave feet..."

"Feet? You were lucky...!"

Etc ad nauseam.

--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."
www.imagebus.co.uk/shop

A fare-free travel system for the UK
 

In article ,
(Brian Watson) wrote:

*Subject:* A fare-free travel system for the UK
*From:* "Brian Watson"
*Date:* Wed, 2 Feb 2011 01:12:09 -0000

"alan.holmes" wrote in message
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"Jeremy Double" wrote in message
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When I was a student, I once walked from Machynlleth to a youth
hostel in Corris, about 5 or 6 miles, because there was no
convenient bus. So IMO "walking distance from a station" is
further in rural areas, where there is no convenient alternative.

But what about us miserable old beggars who cannot walk far?

Bus, taxi, hitch, convenient neighbour/friend.

In general, yes, but not in the City Centre pedestrianised area from which
all of those are banned unless they are buses run free of charge to
passengers. Hence the City Shuttle bus.

"Honestly, old people these days, want everything done for them.
Back when I were a kid, we were grateful to 'ave feet..."

"Feet? You were lucky...!"

Etc ad nauseam.

We used to think people who could walk were posh....

--
Colin Rosenstiel