Public Transport

[leifus]

i get a bus everyday and like talking to my friends but some buses are.........
to put it simply,

RATTLE RATTLE BANG BANG VIBRATE VIBRATE WHINE WHINE BANG BANG

Oh and now I have a headache

[KeenTeen17]

school buses usually are bangers

Theres a road near me that has loads of them new speed humps to stop speeding and dying etc. the bus drives straight over them and the back of the bus is thrown upwards and it goes DOOSH! Its quite fun at the back - bit like a roller coaster

[Paul mabbott]

and to think that people spend money to go to Alton Towers!

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

........... the bus drives straight over them and the back of the bus is thrown upwards and it goes DOOSH! Its quite fun at the back - bit like a roller coaster

[KeenTeen17]

exactly my thoughts

[Jim Ford]

I've just been asked how to get to Ashstead to Heathrow. I though 'no problem' and after googling saw Ashstead Station come up. I went to the site, expecting it to leap from the page that trains run from 'A' to 'B' passing through the station. I left the site 5 mins later, still no the wiser where the trains come from and go to at Ashstead! Eventually we got there via another google.

Some while ago I wanted to know the times of the trains that run between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey (the 'Bricket Wood Flyer'). When I 'phoned (Network Rail?) I was told that there was no railway between these two locations, and I'd have to go into London and then out again. I gave up trying to explain to them that there was in fact a line and that I'd been on it many times!

Jim

[BloomingMarvellous]

My Daughters Car broke down this morning so she had to get a Bus home, she waited 20 minutes at the bus stop which Is just a 30 second walk from my house, she returned soaked and very cold. Fortunately her friend rang her and offered to pick her up and take her home. Public Transport In the Winter months Is a Rubbish way of travelling, I'd rather walk and get wet and usually end up beating the bus home anyway rather than just standing there waiting for a bus that could still be 5 miles away or it doesn't turn up at all. Where have all the Bus Shelters gone, that's what I want to know.

[Paul mabbott]

I know where one of ours has gone - mown down by a big car going over the speed limit on a frosty road. Fortunately nobody was waiting for a bus ...

Originally Posted by BloomingMarvellous

...... Where have all the Bus Shelters gone, that's what I want to know.

[Paul mabbott]

My railway has actually managed to lose Newcastle upon Tyne ... all sorts of places I can buy tickets to but not Newcastle .......

Originally Posted by Jim Ford

Some while ago I wanted to know the times of the trains that run between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey (the 'Bricket Wood Flyer'). When I 'phoned (Network Rail?) I was told that there was no railway between these two locations, and I'd have to go into London and then out again. I gave up trying to explain to them that there was in fact a line and that I'd been on it many times!

Jim

[Duke of York]

Originally Posted by PMG

I shall be voting against it for Manchester and if they bring it in my infrequent visits (once every 5 years or so - longer if I can) will be transferred to Liverpool or Warrington or anywhere else where I have the freedom to travel to in a car that I have bought and paid for and for which the road tax and insurance is also paid and filled with fuel which also has a ridiculous tax incorporated in it..............for goodness sake this congestion charge has nothing to do with being green and saving the world - its about lining the pockets ........... Grrrrrrrrrr

Pauline

I take it you will be glad the proposed congestion charge has been quite overwhelmingly been rejected Pauline ...

BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Voters reject congestion charge

[PMG]

Originally Posted by Duke of York

I take it you will be glad the proposed congestion charge has been quite overwhelmingly been rejected Pauline ...

BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Voters reject congestion charge

I am absolutely delighted that for once the government have not managed to pull the wool over folks eyes despite what they offered - 80% apparently voted NO - thats some resounding no

If it had gone thro I was going to suggest all those affected by 'double charges' ie: congestion charge and road tax, should stop paying their road tax - either that or the whole of Great Manchester should go on the dole .... I'm joking of course - but I'm only half joking

Pauline

[Duke of York]

It might also put off other cities introducing a comgestion charge too.

I work in Leeds and I'm sure if Manchester had been given the green light, Leeds wouldn't be far behind, infact I'm sure they have already had trials

[PMG]

Originally Posted by Duke of York

It might also put off other cities introducing a comgestion charge too.

I work in Leeds and I'm sure if Manchester had been given the green light, Leeds wouldn't be far behind, infact I'm sure they have already had trials

Yes I did see it on the news the same night that other towns and cities were thinking about it - hopefully they will now stop thinking about how to get money - twice - out of folks and improve public transport for those who do want it and can use it and leave those of us who don't want it or can't use it for whatever reason to get on with our lives............

Pauline

[Duke of York]

Here are two ways I think they could reduce rush hour congestion:-

Make kids walk to school where possible, not driven up to the door (has anybody driven past a school on a morning or evening )

Stop vans and HGV during the rush hour as there are as many of them on the roads as cars do they all need to be travelling at rush hour

I am now getting my tin hat ready for the stick I'm going to get from mums and white van men

[Real Wild Child]

Originally Posted by Duke of York

Here are two ways I think they could reduce rush hour congestion:-

Make kids walk to school where possible, not driven up to the door (has anybody driven past a school on a morning or evening )

Stop vans and HGV during the rush hour as there are as many of them on the roads as cars do they all need to be travelling at rush hour
I am now getting my tin hat ready for the stick I'm going to get from mums and white van men

I am sorry, but this suggestion is idiotic, the drivers could be driving miles and need to drive in Rush Hour.

[pressld2]

As someone who holds a CPC in National Road Haulage Operations, I don't think it's idiotic at all. With careful planning it's perfectly achievable. It would be very unpopular with HGV drivers though mainly because it would mean a huge amount of night work.

Personally, I'd go further and take all long-distance freight off the roads completely. Perishable goods should go by rail and non-perishables by barge. Of course, we'd need to restore both the rail and the canal networks to make this possible so it'll never happen but it looks like the sensible solution to me.

Dave P.

[Duke of York]

Originally Posted by Real Wild Child

I am sorry, but this suggestion is idiotic, the drivers could be driving miles and need to drive in Rush Hour.

It may be idiotic, but to me telling people trying to get to work in their cars during rush hour by charging them off the roads is also idiotic but Brown and his friends seem more than willing to try it

And whilst suggesting stopping all HGV's and white van was a bit too far I'm sure it must be possible for some to delay their journeys to avoid rush hour

[cmullen]

I generally like public transport but there are so many things that seem to go wrong with it. I have to get the train down to my course from Aberdeen to Shrewsbury now and then and there have been too many missed connections for me to enjoy the journey as I just sit there and worry about missing my course! At home I use buses, but in Aberdeen it's so expensive! A single ticket to get from my house to town (a twenty minute journey if that) is £2.00, and a return is £3.00. I would be cheaper driving and paying for parking. Then you always get unpleasant drunk people or teenagers ruining the peace and quiet also!

So overall I put up with public transport, but if it was cheaper, cleaner, more punctual and quieter I would love it!

[Paul mabbott]

Good but it wouldn't just be a matter of restoring the railways and anals but of rebuilding them. In the case of canals, building much larger ones than we've had historically. NW Europe has always had broader, deeper canals and thus could take bigger loads - the ideal, low-energy mode of transport for heavy goods.

Originally Posted by pressld2

.........Personally, I'd go further and take all long-distance freight off the roads completely. Perishable goods should go by rail and non-perishables by barge. Of course, we'd need to restore both the rail and the canal networks to make this possible so it'll never happen but it looks like the sensible solution to me.

Dave P.

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by Duke of York

Stop vans and HGV during the rush hour as there are as many of them on the roads as cars do they all need to be travelling at rush hour

I agree - and what's more, people don't seem to understand modern motorway rules:

1) The inside lane is for HGV vehicles.
2) The middle lane is for HGV vehicles overtaking those on the inside lane.
3) The outside lane is for White Vans doing 90+mph.

Jim

[KeenTeen17]

Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

Good but it wouldn't just be a matter of restoring the railways and anals but of rebuilding them. In the case of canals, building much larger ones than we've had historically. NW Europe has always had broader, deeper canals and thus could take bigger loads - the ideal, low-energy mode of transport for heavy goods.

I take it that that is a typo

Then you always get unpleasant drunk people or teenagers ruining the peace and quiet also!

I think that is an unfair generalisation. not all teenagers are drunken chavs with loud bassy music on in the back of the bus. Some on WAB are pretty decent folk

[PMG]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

I take it that that is a typo



I think that is an unfair generalisation. not all teenagers are drunken chavs with loud bassy music on in the back of the bus. Some on WAB are pretty decent folk

.........but they do like travelling on the back of the bus when it goes over those bumps in the road and ..........

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17
........... the bus drives straight over them and the back of the bus is thrown upwards and it goes DOOSH! Its quite fun at the back - bit like a roller coaster

LOL

PS I hope the Doosh isn't accompanied by yelling and whooping then?