London Transport (uk.transport.london) Discussion of all forms of transport in London.

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1   Report Post  
Old December 31st 04, 10:08 AM posted to uk.transport.london
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity at LondonBanter: Jul 2003
Posts: 130
Default Cambrige - London traffic up 75%

It was announced on today's BBC(East) TV news that train traffic from
Cambridge to London) is up 75% in ten years (or at least we were allowed to
ASSUME it was train and not road, and NOT London to Cambridge. Some questions
:-

* WHY has this happened?
Natural traffic growth?
Special efforts made to promote growth?
People in Cambridge getting jobs in Londom ? or
Londoners moving to Cambridge, but keeping their London jobs?
How much subsidy was involved?

* Is this a good thing?
Does it contribute to the general good?
The London economy, and hence the whole country?
The Cambridge economy? and hence the whole country?
What INSTITUTIONS have benefitted from this?
How have PEOPLE benefitted from this?
Is it a good thing for people to travel more? The Greens would say NO.
Is it a good thing for people to spend so much time travelling? or
Could their time be better spent doing other things?


Michael Bell

--

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Traffic Jams in SE London Kev London Transport 3 October 19th 06 07:07 AM
Traffic from M4 to London City Airport? AstraVanMan London Transport 20 July 20th 06 08:30 PM
traffic is better, but livingstone is thinking of more traffic zone? [email protected] London Transport 0 March 16th 05 01:46 PM
London's traffic problems solved Dave Arquati London Transport 43 September 21st 04 03:54 PM
London Road Traffic Board Vincent London Transport 4 August 24th 04 04:30 PM


All times are GMT. The time now is 03:03 PM.

Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 London Banter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about London Transport"

 

Copyright © 2017