John wrote:
In article , Dave Arquati
writes

Paul Corfield wrote:
(lots of snip)

Oh and a strategy for the proper development of all of London's
transport would also be a good thing.

Like this?
http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/transport/

A quick glance suggests that whilst it may be approaching Paul's
objective, the revisions suggest that we are in the normal quasi-
political government cycle of proposal, change, proposal with no
consistency or any actual investment.

Like education, you only see the results of a transport policy after a
significant number of years, the changes made today will not be apparent
for some time and so our elected representatives feel obliged to try
other changes before they find out if their first policy actually
worked!!

That may be true for nationwide transport policies, but to me it seems
to be progressing much more quickly in London. The congestion charge is
in place, improved bus services are in place, the first phase of the
East London Line project has approval and funding, the DLR extension to
City Airport is under construction and the further extension to Woolwich
is ready to go; the West London Tram, East London Transit and
Greenwich Waterfront Transit are all well-advanced. Crossrail would be
ready to go if central government decided how little money it wants to
contribute.

I'd say money is being poured into London's transport, and some of the
effects have already been felt.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - transport projects in London