Public Transport

  • London transport is a growing nightmare for all

    The city of London is a global leader. It means it draws in large numbers of people.

    It’s not all foot traffic that’s attracted but it’s determined by the types of business activities there are.

    The London authorities that look over all of this need to be aware – and have to strategise years in advance.

    Sir Tony Blair speaking in 1996 on the issue of transportation in London and its effects on other people (Credit: thekinolibrary/YouTube).

    The point is not to share the feelings of commuters. It’s to look at the data and to provide appropriate workarounds.

    This enables life to continue.

    It means no breakdowns in service. It means no temporary suspension of normal traffic controls. It means no interruption to itineraries based upon where everything is.

    The Politicians that represent us need to have clear plans in their minds to help Public Service workers to do this work properly.

    The end comes as we start on it.

  • New Paddington station

  • The mood on public transport

  • The ins and outs of public transport

    These days, travel is an extremely hot topic.

    I was travelling in on a train today, and I questioned if a construction site I saw was anything to do with HS2, perhaps Britain’s most feted construction project to date.

    It wasn’t clear if it was, but anyhow, it made me question it, and I guess that means HS2 is indeed a major topic, and it’s worth questioning it myself, in light of larger concerns about transport across the UK.

    It’s something I use, after all.

    It’s important to me because I use it so often, and for so many different reasons, that it’s also important to me that it’s there, and keeps running well, on time, and when I need it (that’s the purpose of public transport, after all).

    It isn’t clear, though, that everyone has these thoughts in mind.

    It seems like travel isn’t seen as so important as it is, to all of us, such as the annual ‘horror’ over passport delays, flight cancellations, and resultant ruined holidays.

    It’s just a mess, if you ask me, but not if you use it. In my view, public transport works well, if you’re headed in the right direction.

    It’s what public transport is for, also, in so much as getting us to the right places in a convenient, and acceptable, way.

    Those places are the places that require us, need investment, and make this country tick, such as London, for example – our capital.

    It’s the heart and soul of the nation, and it’s a centre of most of what keeps us here.

    The transport links are good – even excellent – but the complaints center around the experience while you’re here.

    Take for example the controversy over Ulez, a new system for penalising drivers because of ‘climate change’.

    It hasn’t gone down well, at all, which is a reason why so many have taken to the streets – and YouTube – to spread their complaints over the mayoralty of Sadiq Khan, and his program of reform of London’s roads.

    It isn’t a bad thing to tackle climate change, or air pollution for that matter, but it’s another pain in the bum for people who just want to get on, or just get to work, or whatever.

    It isn’t necessary to get another bill, surely?

    The complaints don’t stop there, but they extend to buses, underground services, and even taxi’s (which Khan seems to have a problem with, anyway).

    This is all a bit of a mess, but then that’s public transport for you.