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Boris admits bendy-buses are safe - but he'll axe them anyway
On Oct 22, 12:52*pm, Adrian wrote:
Aye, fair; while it's true that Inner London voted for Ken this time round, and that Outer London reliably swings Tory, I do accept it makes more sense for the outer boroughs to be included in the administrative unit. It's kind-of annoying that their vote dictates what happens on issues like bendies and pedestrianisation in the centre, which is of peripheral interest to them at best That presupposes, of course, that those who live in outer London always stay there and never head inside the Circulars, or the Ring Road, or whatever your arbitrary boundary may be... There's a legal definition of Inner London; I was going with that... They don't. The vast majority are just as heavily affected - perhaps even more so, when it comes to transport decisions - than those who live more centrally. Many of those who live centrally could easily walk or cycle to work (or for leisure/shopping/etc) should buses & tubes not be available or viable. Those who live further out can't. For rail and tube transport, you're right. For bus transport, I disagree - there are very few people who live in outer London boroughs and commute into the centre via bus; buses are a way of getting people between parts of outer London, of getting people between parts of inner London, and of getting poor people from inner London into the centre (and walking from Thamesmead, Stamford Hill or Hampstead Heath to the centre isn't really commutable). There's definitely some logic in having local control of bus services, with the people of Hillingdon voting to keep genteel single deckers, whilst the people of Tower Hamlets vote for bendies to funnel them into the centre - but realistically I think it's be too administratively complex and having it all done by TfL is more sensible. There's also those of us who live outside the boroughs whilst still being heavily affected by TfL and the GLA, yet get no representation. ....or taxation. I reckon George Washington would be happy with that. -- John Band john at johnband dot org www.johnband.org |
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