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"A bus service!"

By: Natural Choices :: 3 years ago

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"I agree with everyone who has commented so far. I think one of the priorites should be not only new roads but also alternative ways of using those roads, considered when they are built. Especially all of the things that Xyhfna mentioned. I know where I live, the prices for the busses and Metro transit has just gone up and it has made a real hardship for many people, who depend on those ways to get to work and other places they need to go. I believe this is a very real problem that needs to be addressed as soon as possible and a solution found."

By: candeeb :: 3 years ago

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"Its interesting that it costs me £2 per single journey on the bus (they stopped doing a return), but if i were to do more that 2 journeys then a day pass costs me £5, so is worth the extra, but lets face it... my journey is 2 bus routes there, and the same coming back (4 journeys), i save myself £3 IF i know i need a day pass. It gets even better... for £22.50 i can get a weekly pass (7 consecutive days) making that £3.21 per day, or a saving of £12.50 per "week", alternatively save £2.50 plus get weekend travel free!"

By: Xyhfna :: 3 years ago

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"I forgot to add, that business generally does not allow for the use of alternative transportation. we work on the premis that everyone has access to private transport (car). no time is allowed for travel by foot, or use of public transport. The logistics of such an exercise would prove to be a major obstical in planning/scheduling (for better or worse). Private hire (taxi's) would be the real winners if self-ownership were removed (even temporarily). Taxi's are a reasonable compromise, especially where delivery of goods is readily provided (such as in large metropolitan cities). I see a posibility for the future. It sounds like straight out of science fiction, but it is probably the most realistic for meeting our needs - primary transportation will be automated/semi-automated taxi's and goods delivery vehicles, with public and private transport lagging behind, and ony used where taxi's are unsuitable. public transport in this scenario would be restricted to mass transportation, where cost (environmental or fiscal) prohibits the use of personal transport. private transport would be restricted to those that can afford the luxury, or those that require it for leasure persuits."

By: Xyhfna :: 3 years ago

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"Absolutely nothing!! Do not own a car. My son did me a favor in writing my last one off
some years ago. (Fortunately he fared better than my car). Now enjoy using public transport - e.g. meeting regular commuters, seeing more of the local surrounds by not concentrating on other drivers, no parking worries, no regular & costly maintenance charges involved with owning a vehichle, etc.etc."

By: Gemholly :: 3 years ago

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"I don't have a car and until recently used fairly efficient London transport network. I have now converted to cycling to work. Which is fantastic! There are a few problems though: there are still very few dedicated cycling lanes, cycling on the main roads is terrible for your health due to the amount of pollution you breath in (unless you get on your bike before the cars come out to play) and motorists do not pay enough attention to cyclists, all in all, this puts many people off as it becomes fairly dangerous.

Recently, I took part in a cycle race around central London where all the roads were closed off. When you don't have all the above mentioned problems to worry about, cycling is a fast and fun way of moving about the city, especially considering how flat London is, you don't have to be incredibly fit to do this. Now, London will never ever dedicate some of it's streets to cyclists, but improving the cycling routes and lanes would be a huge help. So would introducing the system of rental bicycles that Paris has to try and encourage cycling. What would be ideal is if more parking garages were built around the edges of the city, the congestion charges were increased to silly levels and there were bike rental areas and storage areas next to these garages. In my ideal world, that would make central London an area for cyclists, delivery vehicles and buses."

By: Amy Warner :: 3 years ago

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"@Amy, isnt it dangerous to have ride a bike in UK?"

By: Karim :: 3 years ago

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"Karim. It is dangerous unfortunatly, but what is worse than the danger is the pollution. It is horrible to cycle and have to breath in car fumes. I try getting out of the house at 7 and leave early /late from work to avoid the traffic."

By: Amy Warner :: 2 years ago

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"Not a lot. Its great not to need to drive anywhere.
Brussels has just had its 8th Car Free Sunday. It is absolutely brilliant. They shut off all of the roads inside the outer Ring Road and make all Public Transport free for the between 9am and 7pm. The streets filled with cyclists, skateboarders, longboarders and roller bladers, even young children take their pedal tractors to the streets. The only vehicles allowed were Emergency service vehicles, trams, buses and taxis although I did see a few cars with CD plates driving around.
They installed turf on the road in front of the Royal Palace and a few squares and had picnics. I'm not so sure of this measure as it might kill off a lot of the turf although it was all put on pallets and taken away for reuse.
It happens once a year but I'd love to happen every month, maybe every 3 months as a stop gap."

By: Crunchtourism :: 2 years ago

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"I love your pictures Crunchtourism, Belgium looks lovely. are there many expats there?"

By: emmanuelle :: 2 years ago