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- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!root44!kieron
- From: kieron@root.co.uk (Kieron Drake)
- Newsgroups: uk.transport
- Subject: Re: Driving v Public Transport
- Message-ID: <C1F52y.3HH@root.co.uk>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 16:42:32 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.173314.8649@praxis.co.uk>
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- In <1993Jan22.173314.8649@praxis.co.uk> martin@praxis.co.uk (Martin Croxford) writes:
-
- >I live in Bradford-on-Avon and commute 6 miles to Bath each day. In the
- >car it takes 15-20 minutes, half of that sitting in a traffic jam at a
- >bottleneck with about 100 (?) other one-person cars. On the train it
- >takes about 15-20 minutes, more if you include waiting for the train. The
- >reason I drive is
- [ convenience & cost #50 p.month .v. #15 petrol p.month ]
-
- >Driving is cheaper, more convenient and more reliable than public
- >transport (over my annual mileage).
-
- Have you considered a bike? You'd get into Bath in about the same time
- and it's much more pleasant than sitting in a car and you're free of
- the waiting required by the train timetable. If you're worried about
- the traffic you could even go along the towpath by the Kennet & Avon
- canal. You could even canoe there in an hour or so!
-
- kieron
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