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25-06-2008, 08:41
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Beacon of light
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
No, Willow...which really means that they don't care a jot about the global warming that they are forever going on about, and preserving non-renewable resources.
If they were really committed to these high ideals, then don't you think that someone would have some up with an ecologically friendly fuel to run machines?
What do you think gets in the way.....the vast muscle of the oil and petrochemical companies who would stand to lose by this.
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25-06-2008, 08:45
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
What a lovely utopian impression you have of our lords and masters. Reduce car use and therefore reduce taxes raised on fuel, reduce income from congestion charges and then add outgoings for subsidies for cheaper public transport? Can you really see our leaders doing that in the name of ecology?
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'Our leaders' will eventually have no other option. We will eventually exhaust all this planet has by way of carbon fuels.
Then public transport powered by natural energy sources will be the only option.
Taxes to fund public services will change - loss of reveue from one source will be replaced with others - that is what government budgets do
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25-06-2008, 08:51
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
Although I passed my driving test at seventeen, and drove my parent's cars when I was up here visiting, I didn't own my own car until I was thirty nine.
In London car ownership wasn't an option. Public transport was quicker and cheaper.
After the deregulation of the transport system, when profit was seen as more important than service, outside of London I found public transport expensive and unreliable.
I lost count of the amount of times I've been stood at Accrington station (the first train never stopped at Church/Oswaldtwistle,) and the train never arrived.
No tannoy announced explanation, and certainly never any staff to ask why the train hadn't appeared, and if the next one might make an appearance.
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25-06-2008, 09:12
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Coffin Dodger.
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
i use it once or twice a week, rest of the time its not n option,thank god.
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25-06-2008, 09:53
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Resident Waffler
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
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Originally Posted by garinda
when profit was seen as more important than service
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Unfortunately I think you'll find that there are bus routes in Accy which run at a loss and have to be subsidised or they wouldn't be there at all.
There is something very topsy turvey about life.
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25-06-2008, 10:04
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
Until they sort out prices and service level I'll stick to my car.
As on a previous post, I think its disgraceful that a taxi can be just as cheap as a bus.
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25-06-2008, 10:09
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Resting in Peace
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
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Originally Posted by onlyme
Until they sort out prices and service level I'll stick to my car.
As on a previous post, I think its disgraceful that a taxi can be just as cheap as a bus.
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Thats why I always use taxies onlyme, and they drop you door to door, well Ginger usually does
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25-06-2008, 10:18
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
I've been to catch a bus once in about 20 years. It didn't even bother waiting for me to get to the bus stop so I ended up walking. They seem to think they can set off when they want, what happened to the customer comes first
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25-06-2008, 10:27
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
One thing I don't get about buses:
When you are on the bus there's a notice which says for your own safety you must remain seated. When you want to get off you must ding the bell and remain seated until the bus comes to a halt. Try that and they'd sail right past your stop anyway! BUT if it is so important for your own safety that you don't stand up until the bus stops why the flippin nora do they set off as soon as you've got your ticket and before you get a chance to sit down? I've stopped trying to put my change back in my purse since one time the driver set off like a bat out of hell and propelled me to the rear of the vehicle where fortunately I was caught by Emzie!
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25-06-2008, 10:29
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Resting in Peace
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
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Originally Posted by lancsdave
I've been to catch a bus once in about 20 years. It didn't even bother waiting for me to get to the bus stop so I ended up walking. They seem to think they can set off when they want, what happened to the customer comes first
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Possible thats why people don't bother with public transport dave, and keep to their cars
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25-06-2008, 10:36
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
People who don't have cars don't have a choice, so drivers should be made to consider the customers!!
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25-06-2008, 11:07
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
Iv noticed more pensioners on the bus now, since they get free travel!
Well why not, leave the car at home...its cheaper.
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25-06-2008, 11:49
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Resident Waffler
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
I've noticed that too. I feel quite young when I'm on the FG bus!
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25-06-2008, 18:22
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
people use cars when they dont need to .a total waste of money people need to learn to walk again i say,most of the time cars are parked in a car park dont see the point what a waste of money just for a status symbol that they probably cant really afford.what did people do before cars became more affordable oohh i forgot they used the intergrated transport system the tories desteoyed for freedom of choice..
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25-06-2008, 18:27
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Re: How Many Members Use Public Transport???
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ooh i was just getting into that,,,,,brilliant
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