Would love to see how an Electric Bus can get me to one side of the city for the school drop off and then back over to the other side of the city for work within 45 minutes.
Council/govt should put on free electric buses for school runs like in the States. Would solve loads of problems let alone air quality. I could cycle to work if I didn’t have the school run!
(Oh, and the answer is: buy an electric car)
Its only good if you can push people towards a viable alternative. Without public transport being up to scratch and / or less polluting vehicles being cheaper all you're doing is taxing people who have no alternative because the local council have failed to come up with an acceptable plan.Good
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Council/govt should put on free electric buses for school runs like in the States. Would solve loads of problems let alone air quality. I could cycle to work if I didn’t have the school run!
(Oh, and the answer is: buy an electric car)
Yeah exactly. I did the same too.I wouldn't mind so much I'd I hadn't been encouraged to buy diesel not so long back as it was better for the environment!
If my car then ends up unusable, what am I supposed to do?
Brand new Renault Zoe is less than £18k.
Second hand £7k.
That’s before fuel/tax/maintenance/congestion charge savings.
If you drive more than 100 miles a day fair enough, but I’d bet 99% of you don’t.
Sometimes if a trip to London is neededBrand new Renault Zoe is less than £18k.
Second hand £7k.
That’s before fuel/tax/maintenance/congestion charge savings.
If you drive more than 100 miles a day fair enough, but I’d bet 99% of you don’t.
Sometimes if a trip to London is needed
A Zoe would be too small.
Brand new Renault Zoe is less than £18k.
Second hand £7k.
That’s before fuel/tax/maintenance/congestion charge savings.
If you drive more than 100 miles a day fair enough, but I’d bet 99% of you don’t.
Brand new Renault Zoe is less than £18k.
Second hand £7k.
That’s before fuel/tax/maintenance/congestion charge savings.
If you drive more than 100 miles a day fair enough, but I’d bet 99% of you don’t.
I don't have £7kBrand new Renault Zoe is less than £18k.
Second hand £7k.
That’s before fuel/tax/maintenance/congestion charge savings.
If you drive more than 100 miles a day fair enough, but I’d bet 99% of you don’t.
Never thought I'd see Grendel as man of the people!Isn’t it also £100 a month for battery hire? Lol you know think everyone can afford 18 grand - you really are an utter clown.
I don't have £7k
Never thought I'd see Grendel as man of the people!
That's the thing, there needs to be a decent alternative.I don't have a problem with the concept of congestion charges if they fully fund a not for profit regulated public transport service.
Yup. Moved into the city, and the bus service promptly stops going to the train station. Perish the thought I might want to take another form of public transport afterwards!I don't have a problem with the concept of congestion charges if they fully fund a not for profit regulated public transport service.
Where exactly is the CAZ zone, is it all of the City ?! And what do they propose to charge people ?
In Brum its going to be £8 to go inside the ring road (A4540 Middleway).Where exactly is the CAZ zone, is it all of the City ?! And what do they propose to charge people ?
In Brum its going to be £8 to go inside the ring road (A4540 Middleway).
Won't be the ring road here though as it'll have no impact so where else do you put it that will have the desired impact rather than just displacing traffic on to other routes increasing the issue you're trying to resolve?
You could go A45, A46, M6 but then there's no obvious crossing point on the north west of the city and its debatable how much impact it would have as everyone in city would be able to continue driving round as usual.
There's not really anything obvious to use.
In terms of environmental impact surely manufacturing the car in the first place has a big impact. Isn't taking working cars off the road and therefore requiring more cars being manufactured actually causing more issues than its solving?The cynic in me suggests that - as well as this now - is to keep the motor trade fluid. Too many ‘old’ cars on the road in the view of the manufacturers.
My wife commutes over to UHCW 5 times a week, if that was in the zone as such and it was £8 a pop, it would cost her circa £1760 a year, she already pays £500 a year to park the car in the staff car park ?!
My wife commutes over to UHCW 5 times a week, if that was in the zone as such and it was £8 a pop, it would cost her circa £1760 a year, she already pays £500 a year to park the car in the staff car park ?!
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