In message , Matt Ashby
writes
WHY would you want to convince someone that being in a
car is better than being on public transport, when it's slower,
causes more problems for other people and does more
damage to the environment?

Because you regularly need to get home after the last train? (And that's
just *one* example).
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , Matt
Ashby writes
WHY would you want to convince someone that being in a
car is better than being on public transport, when it's slower,
causes more problems for other people and does more
damage to the environment?

Because you regularly need to get home after the last train? (And
that's just *one* example).

Out of all the people who travel into, out of, within or through central
London what percentage need to travel after the last train has left?

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 01:06:34 +0000 (UTC), "Cast_Iron"
wrote:

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , Matt
Ashby writes
WHY would you want to convince someone that being in a
car is better than being on public transport, when it's slower,
causes more problems for other people and does more
damage to the environment?

Because you regularly need to get home after the last train? (And
that's just *one* example).

Out of all the people who travel into, out of, within or through central
London what percentage need to travel after the last train has left?

Besides the revellers, quite a small army of Maintainance and service
ppl, from Cleaners, security, to Engineers.

Keith J Chesworth
www.unseenlondon.co.uk
www.blackpooltram.co.uk
www.happysnapper.com
www.boilerbill.com - main site
www.amerseyferry.co.uk

Keith J Chesworth wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 01:06:34 +0000 (UTC), "Cast_Iron"
wrote:

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , Matt
Ashby writes
WHY would you want to convince someone that being in a
car is better than being on public transport, when it's slower,
causes more problems for other people and does more
damage to the environment?

Because you regularly need to get home after the last train? (And
that's just *one* example).

Out of all the people who travel into, out of, within or through
central London what percentage need to travel after the last train
has left?

Besides the revellers, quite a small army of Maintainance and service
ppl, from Cleaners, security, to Engineers.

Excepting the revellers, they will all need to carry tools and other
equipment so will have a "legitimate" reason for driving. But it still
doesn't answer the question regarding what percentage need to travel after
the last train has left?

In message , Cast_Iron
writes
But it still
doesn't answer the question regarding what percentage need to travel after
the last train has left?

The question you should really ask is: how many need to travel
occasionally after the last train has left. Because being forced to find
a different way home, for those occasions (eg a car), leaves you more
likely to consider using the car at all times.

In my own case, the unreliability of WAGN after Hatfield caused me to
reconsider travelling by train, and to buy a new car and drive to work
every day (not just the days I couldn't afford to be late), because once
I had the car I might as well use it (being half an hour quicker than
the train, even when the train was running perfectly).
--
Roland Perry

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:14:30 +0000 (UTC), "Cast_Iron"
wrote:

Keith J Chesworth wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 01:06:34 +0000 (UTC), "Cast_Iron"
wrote:

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , Matt
Ashby writes
WHY would you want to convince someone that being in a
car is better than being on public transport, when it's slower,
causes more problems for other people and does more
damage to the environment?

Because you regularly need to get home after the last train? (And
that's just *one* example).

Out of all the people who travel into, out of, within or through
central London what percentage need to travel after the last train
has left?

Besides the revellers, quite a small army of Maintainance and service
ppl, from Cleaners, security, to Engineers.

Excepting the revellers, they will all need to carry tools and other
equipment so will have a "legitimate" reason for driving. But it still
doesn't answer the question regarding what percentage need to travel after
the last train has left?

Not the fixed base ones I am thinking about.

Keiths
www.unseenlondon.co.uk
www.blackpooltram.co.uk
www.happysnapper.com
www.boilerbill.com - main site
www.amerseyferry.co.uk

In message , Cast_Iron
writes
Out of all the people who travel into, out of, within or through central
London what percentage need to travel after the last train has left?

Quite a lot of those out and about in cars at that hour.

My last train home from Paddington used to be at about 8.30pm, so I'm
especially sensitive about the issue. Having said that, Kings Cross is
pretty hostile between then and midnight - even if there are still a few
trains running.
--
Roland Perry