On 29/03/2012 14:47, d wrote:
On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:41:31 +0100
Roland wrote:
Presumably the latter, and I expect we'll see a lot more of this over
the coming months. The plans, which involve considerable congestion at
various points, also rely on scaring way non-Olympic traffic.

Despite what the arrogant buffoons in Locog think most people arn't going to
take 2 weeks off during the olympics nor are they going to work from home or
cycle or walk to work instead of using the tube. So we're going to have
complete chaos on PT and on the roads thanks to the priority lanes. I can't
wait.

B2003


Actually many people take two weeks off at that time of the year. Rail
traffic drops so much on some lines that they remove some peak hour
restrictions.
It is called holidays...

Jim

On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:54:00 +0100
Jim Chisholm wrote:
Actually many people take two weeks off at that time of the year. Rail
traffic drops so much on some lines that they remove some peak hour
restrictions.
It is called holidays...

So the whole of london is going to go away on holiday in the same 2 weeks
as the Olympics? Someone better tell the airports and ferry ports or there'll
be chaos!

Meanwhile back in the real world , unless you're a teacher then you don't
get the option of having the whole of the summer off and most people don't
take 2 week holidays anymore anyway. 1 week is the norm these days.

B2003

On 30/03/2012 09:50, d wrote:
On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:54:00 +0100
Jim wrote:
Actually many people take two weeks off at that time of the year. Rail
traffic drops so much on some lines that they remove some peak hour
restrictions.
It is called holidays...

So the whole of london is going to go away on holiday in the same 2 weeks
as the Olympics? Someone better tell the airports and ferry ports or there'll
be chaos!

Apparently a significant percentage of the population are leaving the
country during the Olympics so I suspect the airports and ferry ports
already know.


--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:40:44 +0100
Graeme Wall wrote:
So the whole of london is going to go away on holiday in the same 2 weeks
as the Olympics? Someone better tell the airports and ferry ports or there'll
be chaos!

Apparently a significant percentage of the population are leaving the
country during the Olympics so I suspect the airports and ferry ports
already know.

According to who? And what is a "significant percentage"? Unless its more
than about 20% which I highly doubt then it'll make sod all difference.

B2003

In message , at 10:07:09 on Fri, 30 Mar
2012, d remarked:
So the whole of london is going to go away on holiday in the same 2 weeks
as the Olympics? Someone better tell the airports and ferry ports or there'll
be chaos!

Apparently a significant percentage of the population are leaving the
country during the Olympics so I suspect the airports and ferry ports
already know.

According to who? And what is a "significant percentage"? Unless its more
than about 20% which I highly doubt then it'll make sod all difference.

Reports say that 21% "want to leave" and 12% will. That's seven million
people, which quite a big chunk.
--
Roland Perry

On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:24:05 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
According to who? And what is a "significant percentage"? Unless its more
than about 20% which I highly doubt then it'll make sod all difference.

Reports say that 21% "want to leave" and 12% will. That's seven million
people, which quite a big chunk.

Which reports? And half of the people saying they want to leave will? Thats a
big leap. And is that the same in every region?

I'd love to think otherwise but I suspect we're in for 3 weeks of travel
chaos in London over the olympics. All that and 23 billion poorer just so
Tony Liar could massage his ego.

B2003

In message , at 12:30:26 on Fri, 30 Mar
2012, d remarked:
According to who? And what is a "significant percentage"? Unless its more
than about 20% which I highly doubt then it'll make sod all difference.

Reports say that 21% "want to leave" and 12% will. That's seven million
people, which quite a big chunk.

Which reports?

Google is your friend.

And half of the people saying they want to leave will? Thats a
big leap.

No, it's separate surveys.

And is that the same in every region?

Not seem a breakdown, but it's likely to be skewed to the South-East,
because that's where people have the money to take the time off, and
where most of the disruption will be.

I'd love to think otherwise but I suspect we're in for 3 weeks of travel
chaos in London over the olympics.

I'm sure it will indeed be pretty grim. And that's *even* *if* they can
get lots of people to flee for the fortnight.

All that and 23 billion poorer

Huh? The bill is in the region of 8-9 billion, not 23.
--
Roland Perry

On 30/03/2012 13:30, d wrote:
I'd love to think otherwise but I suspect we're in for 3 weeks of travel
chaos in London over the olympics. All that and 23 billion poorer just so
Tony Liar could massage his ego.


And will probably be awarded an Olympic Medal along with the others
involved in spending lots of our money.

On 30/03/2012 11:07, d wrote:
On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:40:44 +0100
Graeme wrote:
So the whole of london is going to go away on holiday in the same 2 weeks
as the Olympics? Someone better tell the airports and ferry ports or there'll
be chaos!

Apparently a significant percentage of the population are leaving the
country during the Olympics so I suspect the airports and ferry ports
already know.

According to who? And what is a "significant percentage"? Unless its more
than about 20% which I highly doubt then it'll make sod all difference.


The figures I saw were 20%, it wasn't clear whether that was absolute or
another 20% over and above those who would normally go abroad at that time.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

In message , at 15:32:47 on Fri, 30
Mar 2012, Graeme Wall remarked:
The figures I saw were 20%, it wasn't clear whether that was absolute
or another 20% over and above those who would normally go abroad at
that time.

ABTA's report said:

"Escaping the crowds

Clearly we are not all sports lovers, 12% of Brits say they are
intending to go abroad specifically to avoid the Games and 9% are
looking to go on holiday somewhere in the UK free from Olympics fever.
The older generation appears to be the least keen on staying in the UK;
with 22% of the over 65s intending to head overseas to avoid the Games
and 18% of 55-64 year olds.

Londoners most likely to change plans

Perhaps unsurprisingly, over a quarter (28%) of Londoners are
considering changing their holiday plans due to the Olympics. Nearly 50%
say they will take time off throughout the games and 77% say they will
be staying in the Capital during the two weeks.

--
Roland Perry