Originally Posted by Tawi2
OK guys who will support the London march on 1st April to ban vehicles from, all UK roads ?
OK guys who will support the London march on 1st April to ban vehicles from, all UK roads ?
John ... I might!
... if the Government of the Day were to re-open old railway lines serving remote parts of the country, create new [RAIL] networks ... and substitute the present 'Bus Pass' for free rail travel throughout the UK for diabled people, pensioners, and other retired folk
like you and I. Who knows? this might even have the knock-on effect of enticing ex-pats (like yourself) to return to their homeland ... for the summer months, at least!
So how do propose this is all paid for?
well what happened to the billions thatcher got when she raped the country and sold off anything British and from the sale of millions of council houses, where did that money go ???So how do propose this is all paid for?
Someone told me she gave it to a certain Ferdinand Marcos for safe keeping....
So the Chinese shoe companies have it then?Someone told me she gave it to a certain Ferdinand Marcos for safe keeping....
Keith - Administrator
Unsurprisingly, I should've at least [half] expected] a reply along those *lines (if you'll excuse the *pun). And, to be honest,*So how do propose this is all paid for?it WOULD be difficult to justify the expense involved ... not only in Wales and Scotland, but nationwide.
Frankly, there's NO easy way to curb the amount of traffic on British roads.But I do believe that if more bulk freight were transported by rail - as it used to be before Beeching's short-sighted (as it turned out) cuts
*in 1963 - then the density of massive haulage vehicles using our motorways would be a lot less, for a start. Hopefully, this in itself, would ultimately lead to fewer accidents involving heavy lorries and trucks ... and limit the damage to the environment caused by burnt fuel pollution from exhaust pipes.
There again, in fairness to the *THEN Minister of Transport, he could hardly have been expected to've been able to foresee the vast increase in the volume of traffic over the ensuing 4/5 decades. I therefore rest my case (which had originally been raised partly in jest!
.....and as a thank you to Mr Beeching closing down the Aber - Carmarthen line, they named a pub after him in Aberystwyth - the Lord Beechings in Alexandra Road.
There again, in fairness to the *THEN Minister of Transport, he could hardly have been expected to've been able to foresee the vast increase in the volume of traffic over the ensuing 4/5 decades. I therefore rest my case (which had originally been raised partly in jest!
As for the sheer volume of traffic, I agree, its needs sorting out, I would also be in favour of more public transport, but the will is not there, nor is the money for that matter. So the problem will get worse, governments will tax more and eventually, it will get to breaking point. We are not alone, the rest of the world has the same problem.
Yeah, I guess SO ... more's the pity!
I don't know how it could be achieved and especially in todays economic climate, but I think Arthur is thinking along the right lines because we can't continue to build even more motorways and widen existing motorways. What is needed is a new national rail frieght company with a network of major rail frieght terminals throughout the the country.Unsurprisingly, I should've at least [half] expected] a reply along those *lines (if you'll excuse the *pun). And, to be honest,
Frankly, there's NO easy way to curb the amount of traffic on British roads.
There again, in fairness to the *THEN Minister of Transport, he could hardly have been expected to've been able to foresee the vast increase in the volume of traffic over the ensuing 4/5 decades. I therefore rest my case (which had originally been raised partly in jest!
I firmly believe that the present motorway mayhem could actually help to make this a very attractive alternative and therefore a very successful venture financially. If enough money was invested in it to make it a faster and cheaper way to transport goods then perhaps we could get back to the way things used to be be when most of the long haul frieght was transported by rail and only saw the back of a lorry for the final (local) part of the journey.
I realise that it would take a very brave government to embark on such a venture even if times were better, but looking at the present mess, I don't think there is another real, long term solution that doesn't involve rail.
Arthur. Sorry, I thought "1st April" was a big enough clue !!!!!
Unsurprisingly, I should've at least [half] expected] a reply along those *lines ...
... I therefore rest my case (which had originally been raised partly in jest!
Hence myin response to your post about support for the London March ... in terms of "banning vehicles from all UK roads".
Yet, many's the TRUE word said in jest! In more than forty years of living at the same address ... in close proximity to the A85 [and what was *THEN a fairly minor "secondary" thoroughfare *in 1968] ... I've witnessed a tremendous upsurge in the volume of traffic. And, now that I'm no longer as young, lithe nor fleet of foot as I once was, I find it can take anything up to a full five minutes to even attempt to reach the other side of the road
Just wanted to clarify my point ... interspersed with a wee bit of humour!
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