Sara_H
Guru
Good.The vast majority of Londoners, and people outside London commuting into town don't use their cars for their daily commute.
Good.The vast majority of Londoners, and people outside London commuting into town don't use their cars for their daily commute.
Can I apply for that, I'd let cars and vans do whatever they want on the motorways leave A roads and country lanes alone. Bring in 20mph limits in built up areas and ban em from towns (or bring in a strictly enforced 5 mph limit)Yes, and transport secretary!
Not necessarily. In places such as Copenhagen and the Netherlands, people tend to have shorter commutes, and use leisure facilities available to then locally.
If the infrastructure is in place to allow it people will live and work locally.
It's not all "school run" traffic. The holidays also mean that commuters who are also parents aren't on the road going to work (or at least, not all of them are). And not all teachers and ancillary staff would be travelling either.In recent years I notice the difference compressed working hours have made to travel in and out of Edinburgh - it's a lot quieter on a Monday and Friday morning, and when the schools are on holiday it's dead - do all school kids need to be transported in luxury door to door? I can count on one hand the number of times I was driven to school!
It's not all "school run" traffic. The holidays also mean that commuters who are also parents aren't on the road going to work (or at least, not all of them are). And not all teachers and ancillary staff would be travelling either.
A comparable example is university towns in Summer - not many students are running cars, but the decline in traffic during the long vacation is very noticeable.
This. The tubes are quieter during school holidays and there's never any kids on the tubes during rush hour. We don;t take our kids to school by car but take most of our holidays around school holidays.It's not all "school run" traffic. The holidays also mean that commuters who are also parents aren't on the road going to work (or at least, not all of them are). And not all teachers and ancillary staff would be travelling either.
A comparable example is university towns in Summer - not many students are running cars, but the decline in traffic during the long vacation is very noticeable.
True; there's a bunch of people taking their cars out for journeys that are almost laughably cycleable for all sorts of reasons.Fair comment, though I never said it was all school run traffic and there are still a sizeable number of children who are dropped off right outside the school gates.
True; there's a bunch of people taking their cars out for journeys that are almost laughably cycleable for all sorts of reasons.
If we had to "protect" one of those groups in our hypothetical, I'd have less problem with it being small, vulnerable people still learning road sense than those taking single occupant vehicles a few miles (who are neither carrying heavy tools &c, or physically infirm).
Brighton is jaywalking paradise . The council are removing more than 70 metres of unnecessary 'safety' railings this very week:
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Edit: And before anyone asks, they're installing extra bike parking to compensate .
The village where I drink there are people who drive to the pub 400 yards. One parks up after driving a quarter of mile but can't be bothered turning the car round so drives 3/4 mile home. I must admit the latter amuse me!I'd go even further than your first point. I've known people drive distance so short that I'd not even bother to get the bike out