Despite trams being de facto value-destroying, advocates roll out the language of capacity and modal shift to justify for spending billions on what are little more than municipal virility symbols
I think it was your good self who once pointed out that Leeds was the largest conurbation in Europe without an underground, metro or tram system. I'm not convinced based on net migration that it's some schithole outlier because of that. After all if buses work, taxis are easily available, and cycling of all types old and modern are tolerated then people can get about.
But I'm wondering if you've seen any evidence that congestion charging, or workplace parking levies correlates with niceness, and also if you've seen any interesting suggestions on how to deal with the congestion from the school run. Have a good weekend guv'
Hello Simon, very interested in your article here. Any chance we could catch up please? roger.shelley@tramway.co.uk
I think it was your good self who once pointed out that Leeds was the largest conurbation in Europe without an underground, metro or tram system. I'm not convinced based on net migration that it's some schithole outlier because of that. After all if buses work, taxis are easily available, and cycling of all types old and modern are tolerated then people can get about.
But I'm wondering if you've seen any evidence that congestion charging, or workplace parking levies correlates with niceness, and also if you've seen any interesting suggestions on how to deal with the congestion from the school run. Have a good weekend guv'