Paul Weaver wrote:
Looking at the history of the tube, the vast majority of it was built
between 1890 and the first world war. Obviously this was all
entrepreneurs, capitalists that produced the finest public transport
system of its day.

Whats happened since the end of the second world war? Nothing. Thanks
to centralisation, lack of competition and general socialist policy.

It makes me sick.

On a similar note, what geological problems are there preventing
massive tube expansion? Why is no one investing in PRT
(http://www.atsltd.co.uk/)? I'm guessing the red tape involved in
creating a private mass transit system is prohibitive. How I long for
a return to the days of the twopenny tube.

P.S. Buses are crap

For a return to the twopenny tube you're probably out of place in the
21st Century, as you must be at least ... how old?