Grendel
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London is a massive metropolis - I said I’d take a train to London - I ain’t taking it to Newton abbot
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London is a massive metropolis - I said I’d take a train to London - I ain’t taking it to Newton abbot
Nick
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Like I said, it would require the vast majority of the people in the city to work in the city centre which they don't. If I got a job smack bang in the city centre then I'd probably look at public transport and compare.
That's when it would be comparable or worthwhile.
If the argument is public transport and give up cars then it needs to be worthwhile else people won't.
It's the same as the bike lanes.
Grendel
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Another example of someone who surely never leaves their house
Civic mindedness, save on parking charges,buy the bus under the present system, anyway I did use it for a while but daughter had an allergic reaction to possibly a deodorant and we are back to driving it,me personally I would still take the bus, God knows what it will be like this season trying to get out of parking.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Better shut down this forum then as none of us are professional footballers. You’ve also assumed that I don’t drive because I can’t, as opposed to it being a choice. It also doesn’t literally cost pence to buy a car, pay for insurance, road tax, fuel etc. Anyway.
What’s clear is that cars need to shift from petrol and diesel as the fuel, given that a) it’s finite and b) having hundreds of millions of cars a day burning it will have consequences. Switching cars to hydrogen and generally making public transport more appealing would work to substantially reduce the impact of travel.
Driving did used to be essential in life, it no longer is. Does make things more convenient, no argument there.
Nick
Administrator
It costs pence for that journey. I'd still need a car even if I was getting the bus to and from work so I'd need to pay for the rest anyway. The pence I said was the fuel cost for that journey.
Regardless of what fuel goes in the car, it would need to be beneficial to people to want to spend a fortune on a fancy fuel car.
If somebody says here's a very very very cheap electric car then I might think about it.i like the look of the new Renault 5's but I'm not going to spend 30k on one.
Driving is essential for everybody I know. Yes they wouldn't die if they didn't drive but they would probably lose jobs or have a couple of hours travel every day they don't have now.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Which is why I said it needs to be made easier to switch to objectively better for the environment fuels or modes of transport.
Eventually we are going to run out of crude oil and if we haven’t made more of an effort with hydrogen, EVs or both then we’ll have a much bigger problem.
Nick
Administrator
A free bus isn't going to do it.
If they want me to have an electric car then it comes down to money to purchase one.
It would be good to see the stats of how many people buy an electric car as opposed to those that are company cars, motability or some sort of scheme etc.
Edit, last year 82% of new EVs were to companies.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Not for you but for some it might. You can’t get away from the fact that petrol won’t last forever, we need to put more effort into making alternatives viable.
Nick
Administrator
I can safely say that nobody I know is going to give up their car for a free bus pass.
Like I said, it comes down to the cost. The vast majority will be via a company where people are actually saving money by having one.
Asking Dave to swap his paid off, 10 year old focus for a 30k ev at 450 a month isn't going to happen.
Sick Boy
Super Moderator
Boozing.
rob9872
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If you live in the city and work in the city then public transport is fine and probably as or maybe even more convenient as cars, but until a bus comes down the street I live in to collect me from my door at a time of my choosing and takes me to my exact end location, not 50m or 100m away and the same for my return journey, then my car wins. It’s lazy, it's expensive, it's bad for the environment, it adds more risk, higher traffic but still the only choice and the only thing that comes close is an uber.
shmmeee
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Driving is shit these days. Most of your time is sat in traffic or average speed checks.
Whatever your personal beliefs you can’t fit one car per person in this country. We should go for Japans law where you can’t buy one if you can’t store it yourself. Or at least charge drivers for what they actually cost instead of subsidising them. Street parking should cost. Road tax should be about ten times what it is and illegal parking and driving should be cracked down on. If the existing laws on parking alone were followed you’d suddenly find it’s not so convenient for a lot.
Sick Boy
Super Moderator
The problem is that you then create an even bigger divide with only the wealthy being able to afford to drive. The rest then face the prospect of paying rip off train and/or bus fares.
Brighton Sky Blue
Well-Known Member
As it happens…
West Midlands Bus on Demand
West Midlands On-demand is a new type of bus service that doesn't follow a specific route. When you book a journey, a bus will pick you up at a time you choose.
www.tfwm.org.uk
shmmeee
Well-Known Member
Social justice doesn’t create more physical space. The complete lack of investment in other transport is a separate issue.
And the actually poor already don’t drive because they can’t afford it. TBH you sound like those disability activists who claim access to Uber Eats is a human right.