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Forum: London Transport April 8th 05, 07:31 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,859
Posted By Dan Gravell
Thameslink 2000 and other animals

Dave Arquati wrote:

Park and ride to where? If to central London, then those individuals
won't use the M25 for the greater part of their journey. The M25 has
encouraged a whole host of local...
Forum: London Transport April 7th 05, 12:24 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,859
Posted By Dan Gravell
Thameslink 2000 and other animals

Dave Arquati wrote:
Dan Gravell wrote:
What changes will this make to the metro service on the Wimbledon
loop? I'm assuming around a doubling in frequency to actually make it
approaching...
Forum: London Transport April 7th 05, 07:28 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,859
Posted By Dan Gravell
Thameslink 2000 and other animals

Dave Arquati wrote:
http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/news/view_article.asp?article_id=9316

The above article implies that the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
(ODPM) will reopen the...
Forum: London Transport February 16th 05, 08:45 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 14,093
Posted By Dan Gravell
[OT] 4x4 cars on London streets

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
15:39:51 on Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Dan Gravell
remarked:

The PM is...
Forum: London Transport February 16th 05, 07:33 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 14,093
Posted By Dan Gravell
[OT] 4x4 cars on London streets

Mike Bristow wrote:
I've driven from Leytonstone to Paddington on a number of occasions.
Certainly more convienent when meeting She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
and her luggage. It was probably...
Forum: London Transport February 15th 05, 02:39 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 14,093
Posted By Dan Gravell
[OT] 4x4 cars on London streets

Roland Perry wrote:
It's true. When you look at reliable door-to-door times, the car wins.

Source? Or is this a Jeremy Clarkson style "a car can beat a jet
fighter, if I have a five month...
Forum: London Transport February 15th 05, 01:24 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 14,093
Posted By Dan Gravell
[OT] 4x4 cars on London streets

Roland Perry wrote:
Quite the reverse. The people whose lifestyle appears to dictate that
they are unwilling to be held ransom by the vagaries of public
transport, are much more likely to...
Forum: London Transport February 15th 05, 12:41 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 14,093
Posted By Dan Gravell
[OT] 4x4 cars on London streets

Roland Perry wrote:
The number of people in the car is irrelevant. Although one could easily
make a case that the people who have had bad experiences of public
transport are much more likely...
Forum: London Transport February 15th 05, 11:01 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 14,093
Posted By Dan Gravell
[OT] 4x4 cars on London streets

Roland Perry wrote:
Most of the commuter rail in and out of London is at bursting point, and
has nowhere to scale *to*. It is at maximum capacity.

Well yes, but as it is supporting 90% of the...
Forum: London Transport February 15th 05, 10:07 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 14,093
Posted By Dan Gravell
[OT] 4x4 cars on London streets

Roland Perry wrote:
Something like 90% of journeys in London are by public transport, so the
remainder who are using their car have obviously got a very good reason.
Often (amongst those I've...
Forum: London Transport February 15th 05, 07:27 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 14,093
Posted By Dan Gravell
[OT] 4x4 cars on London streets

Dave Arquati wrote:

I'm not exactly pro-car but that's a bit of a gross generalisation.
There are sometimes legitimate reasons for driving a private vehicle
into London - carrying...
Forum: London Transport February 14th 05, 12:15 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 14,093
Posted By Dan Gravell
[OT] 4x4 cars on London streets

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 19:26:00
on Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Mike remarked:


Christian Wolmar has written ...

...
Forum: London Transport January 20th 05, 12:30 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,128
Posted By Dan Gravell
Frequent service maps...

wrote:
I'd advocate six, but I think 8 is unrealistic - major stations aside
(East Croydon, Wimbledon etc) how many routes have 8tph?

Put simply - build them. You're...
Forum: London Transport January 20th 05, 10:34 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,128
Posted By Dan Gravell
Frequent service maps...

wrote:
...have begun appearing in certain tube stations in place of the London
Connections map.

I appluad the sentiment (and was pleasantly surprised by how much of
...
Forum: London Transport January 7th 05, 03:49 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,088
Posted By Dan Gravell
Covered walkways

umpston wrote:
"Dan Gravell" wrote in message
...

Just wondered, has there ever been any...
Forum: London Transport January 7th 05, 02:34 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,088
Posted By Dan Gravell
Covered walkways

Just wondered, has there ever been any consideration given to installing
more covers over walkways through busy pedestrian routes in London? The
City becomes a nightmare at rush hour when it starts...
Forum: London Transport January 6th 05, 08:47 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,013
Posted By Dan Gravell
Advantages of an Annual Travelcard??

wrote:
Hi folks - quick question.

I will be getting an annual zones 1-3 on my Oyster very shortly - what
are the advantages of having an annual season ticket other than the
...
Forum: London Transport November 18th 04, 09:20 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,226
Posted By Dan Gravell
why is bus charged at half tube prices?

Tom Anderson wrote:

On 19 Oct 2004, littilesthobo wrote:

[1] Hang on a minute, no it doesn't - everyone knows that getting modal
shift from rail to bus is like getting blood out of a stone;...
Forum: London Transport November 18th 04, 09:19 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,226
Posted By Dan Gravell
why is bus charged at half tube prices?

Brimstone wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

[1] Hang on a minute, no it doesn't - everyone knows that getting
modal shift from rail to bus is like getting blood out of a stone;
wouldn't it be...
Forum: London Transport October 25th 04, 02:38 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,152
Posted By Dan Gravell
My other car is a bus

David Splett wrote:

"Dan Gravell" wrote in message
...

I wouldn't go anywhere near as far as the...
Forum: London Transport October 25th 04, 10:46 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,152
Posted By Dan Gravell
My other car is a bus

Steve wrote:

Hmmm. Well, I live on the opposite side of London, and often use buses
to get to restaurants, the pub and to switch stations when one or other
line has problems.

I've never...
Forum: London Transport October 21st 04, 03:29 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,028
Posted By Dan Gravell
Livingstone's latest wheeze

John Rowland wrote:

Incidentally, the new directional rank at Cranbourn Street should make it a
lot easier to get a taxi to the furthest reaches of the suburbs, at least
late at...
Forum: London Transport October 21st 04, 10:36 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,028
Posted By Dan Gravell
Livingstone's latest wheeze

My thoughts...

1) Taxis will become significantly slower than minicabs, and so will become
a distress purchase for people who can't get a minicab. People will prefer
any minicab, even an...
Forum: London Transport October 6th 04, 12:22 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 931
Posted By Dan Gravell
Half-Life Tube map

Tom Anderson wrote:

I've long thought many tube stations would make good levels for an FPS -
Counterstrike especially, since you could have some vaguely realistic
scenarios. Maybe with Aldwych...
Forum: London Transport September 29th 04, 07:37 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,126
Posted By Dan Gravell
Bus Stop Displays

Neil Williams wrote:
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:06:11 GMT, "Peter Lawrence"
wrote:


Am I just unlucky or is the real time information displayed atbus
stops always...
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