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- From: asmith@acorn.co.uk (Andy Smith)
- Newsgroups: uk.transport
- Subject: Re: Bus vs Car Costs (Was: Re: City Traffic)
- Message-ID: <21184@acorn.co.uk>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 08:55:26 GMT
- References: <935820125829@ibm3090.bham.ac.uk> <1993Jan20.133858@cs.bham.ac.uk> <1993Jan22.122213.6563@its.bt.co.uk> <1993Jan25.132745@cs.bham.ac.uk>
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- roj@cs.bham.ac.uk (Robert O Jackson) writes:
-
- >Are you taking into account the hidden costs of:
-
- >Taxis late at night / in strange towns where you don't know
- >the bus times
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- Or where there are no buses at all?
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- >Train or other transport costs when travelling further afield
-
- The privatisation of BR, with fares likely to rise about 50%. don't
- you just wonder what the government did with the 19.2 Billion that we
- gave them in transport taxes last year? Maybe if they spent some of this
- on public tansport, such as providing good underground services in other
- major cites, and good rail links to all population centres, or extending
- the underground out to car parks on the outer ring roads, the idea might
- work.
-
- If I wanted to go into London to a show, I have no choice but to use the
- car. The nearest train station is over 5 miles away, and the last train to
- there from Cambridge is at 9pm leaving Cambridge, which would mean leaving
- London at 8pm. For two of us, the total journey costs 28 pounds.
-
- Driving down to the bottom of the M11 and catching the underground costs
- just over 15 pounds total for two (this gets better with more people).
-
- Until public transport is AS flexible and as cost effective as the car
- people will not switch. And with the privatisation of BR, where they will
- have to answer to share holders, even more are likely to switch to using
- cars!
-
- >Maybe the solution to city conjestion is more teleworking ?
-
- I agree, but don't forget the social implications of working at home.
-
- >-roj
-
- Andy
-