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Old February 5th 10, 03:48 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default The lunatics have taken over the asylum


"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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On Feb 4, 12:40 pm, "Zen83237" wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8497509.stm

Oxford St is congested so let's remove all the buses. What next, Victoria
is
congested let's remove the trains.


There is a good case for pedestrianisation of such an important
shopping area. There's an even better case for trams, IMO, not that
it's likely to happen. But removing the taxis and their annoying
habit of stopping wherever they

Sorry, who likes? Taxis have drivers. Taxi drivers respond to
passenger directions. The reason taxis cause disruption is
overplanning and overcontrol or road space, which eliminates the
"nooks and crannies" cabbies usually use to effect drop-offs.




like regardless of the disruption it
causes may be a better start.

Neil



 
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