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A fare-free travel system for the UK
On 18/01/2011 15:00, Alistair Gunn wrote:
In uk.railway Stimpy twisted the electrons to say: Most people don't live within walking distance of a railway station. What constitutes "walking distance" when you say this? Obviously different people will have different ideas as to what would be reasonable (one person's walk to the shops might be a major expedition requiring a support vehicle to somebody else!), but just wondering what sort of ballpark figure you had in mind? It depends on what the alternative is... if there is a bus service on a 1 hour frequency, then a walk of 30 minutes (or about 2 miles) is not unreasonable. But not if I've got heavy luggage. When I was a student, I once walked from Machynlleth to a youth hostel in Corris, about 5 or 6 miles, because there was no convenient bus. So IMO "walking distance from a station" is further in rural areas, where there is no convenient alternative. -- Jeremy Double {real address, include nospam} Rail and transport photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmdoubl...7603834894248/ |
A fare-free travel system for the UK
On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:17:33 +0000, Jeremy Double wrote
On 18/01/2011 15:00, Alistair Gunn wrote: In uk.railway Stimpy twisted the electrons to say: Most people don't live within walking distance of a railway station. What constitutes "walking distance" when you say this? Obviously different people will have different ideas as to what would be reasonable (one person's walk to the shops might be a major expedition requiring a support vehicle to somebody else!), but just wondering what sort of ballpark figure you had in mind? It depends on what the alternative is... if there is a bus service on a 1 hour frequency, then a walk of 30 minutes (or about 2 miles) is not unreasonable. But not if I've got heavy luggage. When I was a student, I once walked from Machynlleth to a youth hostel in Corris, about 5 or 6 miles, because there was no convenient bus. So IMO "walking distance from a station" is further in rural areas, where there is no convenient alternative. Not if you have to do it more than occasionally. If my local station was 5-6 miles away, there's no way I'd define that as 'walking distance' |
A fare-free travel system for the UK
"Jeremy Double" wrote in message ... On 18/01/2011 15:00, Alistair Gunn wrote: In uk.railway Stimpy twisted the electrons to say: Most people don't live within walking distance of a railway station. What constitutes "walking distance" when you say this? Obviously different people will have different ideas as to what would be reasonable (one person's walk to the shops might be a major expedition requiring a support vehicle to somebody else!), but just wondering what sort of ballpark figure you had in mind? It depends on what the alternative is... if there is a bus service on a 1 hour frequency, then a walk of 30 minutes (or about 2 miles) is not unreasonable. But not if I've got heavy luggage. When I was a student, I once walked from Machynlleth to a youth hostel in Corris, about 5 or 6 miles, because there was no convenient bus. So IMO "walking distance from a station" is further in rural areas, where there is no convenient alternative. But what about us miserable old beggars who cannot walk far? Alan -- Jeremy Double {real address, include nospam} Rail and transport photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmdoubl...7603834894248/ |
A fare-free travel system for the UK
"alan.holmes" wrote in message ... "Jeremy Double" wrote in message ... When I was a student, I once walked from Machynlleth to a youth hostel in Corris, about 5 or 6 miles, because there was no convenient bus. So IMO "walking distance from a station" is further in rural areas, where there is no convenient alternative. But what about us miserable old beggars who cannot walk far? Bus, taxi, hitch, convenient neighbour/friend. "Honestly, old people these days, want everything done for them. Back when I were a kid, we were grateful to 'ave feet..." "Feet? You were lucky...!" Etc ad nauseam. -- Brian "Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman." www.imagebus.co.uk/shop |
A fare-free travel system for the UK
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