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Old January 24th 07, 02:11 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Opposition to the West London Tram steps up



On 24 Jan, 12:14, "Tim Roll-Pickering"
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The Tram is also unpopular; a survey conducted by Ipsos MORI on behalf of
Transport for London showed a majority of residents opposed the scheme. 53%
do not believe they would derive any benefit at all from the Tram.


So in other words 47% (almost half the people surveyed) believe they
will. That to me sounds a lot higher than for most public transport
schemes. But presumably if you're being so black and white about it ,
if it suddenly changed to 51% you'd be all for it would you?


Cllr Stephen Greenhalgh, Leader of Hammersmith & Fulham Council, said,

"This tram will cause misery for commuters by effectively closing down
Uxbridge Road. It is unpopular with residents and is likely to leave


Umm , am I missing something or isn't the tram FOR commuters? Why would
they all still need to be driving once its built?

Uxbridge Road and Wood Lane. They will be unveiling a banner entitled "West
London Says No".


Should that read "53% of west london say they're not sure".

3. The £315 figure is based on a £1bn estimate for the build cost, this is


Amazing what numbers you can come up with if you pick a few at random
and multiply them. Where exactly is the cost breakdown for this huge
sum please?

Declaration of War Against the West London Tram


Who thought that slogan up , some from ealing college student union?

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