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Jock Mackirdy · June 2nd 06, 10:12 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway

In article , Asdf wrote:
On 2 Jun 2006 05:36:15 -0700, wrote:

Weird. Areas of the country that *do* want tram schemes have them
refused, and areas that *don't* have them foisted upon them. Is this a
case of 'Nanny knows best?'.

The reason for the difference is as follows:

WLT is in London and would be funded by TfL. TfL likes trams.

Other tram schemes were outside London, and would have been funded by
the DfT. The DfT doesn't like trams.

And in the case of WLT, "nanny" really does know best - the opposition
are a bunch of raving NIMBYs who know nothing about transport
planning. (Normally I wouldn't use such terms, but their arguments are
idiotic enough to justify it.)

Agreed, having just sampled remarkably joined-up (and probably highly
subsidised) public transport in and around Berlin. S-bahn, U-bahn, trams
and buses all interconnected and integrated.

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Jock Mackirdy
Bedford