Paul Weaver wrote:
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:27:32 +0100, Colin McKenzie wrote:
I'm with K on this one. I think interchanges are needed at almost all
the places in London where lines cross each other. The sort of
journeys

Indeed. H&C/Central/the line from Kensington
should all have an interchange just north of shepherds bush H&C

Taking that particular point of view one stage further, most of the
infrastructure is already in place for the District Line to start at the
already segregated platforms at Clapham Junction and go over the river, past
Olympia and through a somehow resurrected link back to the old Outer Circle
line and direct quite a lot of passenger traffic on towards Paddington, as I
would imagine that quite a lot of passengers go into the centre only to go
back out on a different route. There must also be a fairly high number of
travellers who have to change anyway at Clapham Junction, so interchanging
onto LU there would probably reduce the volume heading for Victoria or
Waterloo. (Basic theory is to disperse as many as possible away fom the
centre rather than bringing them in only for them to go out again.)
Still requires a bit of fine-tuning but it could be made to work.

On the original theme of cable-cars, a light-hearted approach with a bit
more chance of success (Travelator - yes / swinging vomit-inducers - no),
why not buy up a supply of human cannons (ex circus/ Government - you
choose) and place the person in, point in the right(-ish) direction and wait
for the big bang. Payment in advance only and it's my patent! As long as
it's not the wrong kind of gunpowder it would be probably the fastest public
transport that the capital has ever seen!

Have a nice day,
Paul