We need significant investment in public transport. New tubes, more bus lanes, more segregated cycle networks
This is fundamentally showing central government failure over the past 10+ years
Why not create dual carriage ways for bikes/electric bicycles that run direct lines in and out of the city?
Remove car parking spaces to do this. Make it extraordinary – first of its kind.
We’re number 1 baby!
As someone who’s had to drive in Paris and Rome this is surprising.
Bus lanes have been replaced by cycle lanes, it’s definitely not helped especially in central London
Still don’t actually understand why there are so many cars in central London.
When driving in because trains are fucked, I go to Westfield White City, 20 mins on central line to Chancery Lane.
The difference in time from driving there to chambers on Chancery Lane… Well over 1.5hrs at the best of times. Plus £40 a day to park..
It’s £10 for 12hrs at Westfield, and less time overall.
London and Manchester are two places in particular, where the car is not cheaper or quicker.
Someone at my old firm still drives in from Barnes, every single day and pays £45 a day to park and it takes 2hrs each way. Cannot imagine such logic. You must really hate other humans to put yourself through 4hrs of crawling in traffic everyday and suffering the sheer cost.
Also, other cities are far better at deterring drivers by simply having fuck all in the way of parking. If you have nowhere to put it, people won’t drive.
The cost of a parking ticket in London if paid for within 14 days, isn’t far off the cost of a city car park. London is missing a trick here.
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We need significant investment in public transport. New tubes, more bus lanes, more segregated cycle networks
This is fundamentally showing central government failure over the past 10+ years
Why not create dual carriage ways for bikes/electric bicycles that run direct lines in and out of the city?
Remove car parking spaces to do this. Make it extraordinary – first of its kind.
We’re number 1 baby!
As someone who’s had to drive in Paris and Rome this is surprising.
Bus lanes have been replaced by cycle lanes, it’s definitely not helped especially in central London
Still don’t actually understand why there are so many cars in central London.
When driving in because trains are fucked, I go to Westfield White City, 20 mins on central line to Chancery Lane.
The difference in time from driving there to chambers on Chancery Lane… Well over 1.5hrs at the best of times. Plus £40 a day to park..
It’s £10 for 12hrs at Westfield, and less time overall.
London and Manchester are two places in particular, where the car is not cheaper or quicker.
Someone at my old firm still drives in from Barnes, every single day and pays £45 a day to park and it takes 2hrs each way. Cannot imagine such logic. You must really hate other humans to put yourself through 4hrs of crawling in traffic everyday and suffering the sheer cost.
Also, other cities are far better at deterring drivers by simply having fuck all in the way of parking. If you have nowhere to put it, people won’t drive.
The cost of a parking ticket in London if paid for within 14 days, isn’t far off the cost of a city car park. London is missing a trick here.
At first I thought this was the annual update about London being the [world’s slowest city](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67916773) but turns out that is another report.
Slow clap for Kahn.
Woo, ~~World~~ European Beating!
Outside of Russia and Turkey, it’s also by a massive proportion Europe’s largest city.
Too many cyclists
Moved out of London a couple months ago. It took my Dad and I nearly two hours to drive from Elephant & Castle to the M25 to head north.