Having sat in traffic in Pune and London, I’d suggest they are the wrong way round. There is no time of day or night when the traffic is light in Pune. Mumbai is worse.
London is dog slow though. The whole 20 thing – I get it on residential streets, but imposing it on main roads is bonkers.
London is a city not designed for cars. We abandoned the plans for things like 8 Lane motorways cutting through the suburbs in the late 1970s.
This leaves us with weird compromises, such as the difference between the North circular and the assortment of rat runs masquerading as the equivalent South circular.
With London’s extensive public transport system it can be argued that you don’t need to drive in London, a fact bourne out by the pedestrian and cycle-friendly LTNs which pepper our great city.
If you do need to drive, you just have to suck it up and face slow speeds, the ulez, the congestion charge and excessive parking charges.
As someone who has to drive from time to time, I have to accept that my freedom to do that is tempered by the freedom of others to enjoy the city as they want to, free of cars.
Now let’s do “Average travel time per 10km for a person without a car”.
Or “Average travel time per 10km journey by any mode”.
Cars in London are largely useless for fast private journeys for reasons of speed, cost and parking. That’s fine, because there are usually alternatives that are quicker anyway. A huge number of adult Londoners haven’t owned a car in years and get by fine.
What’s important is that taxis, trades and essential car journeys can still go about their day. London rarely gets properly gridlocked, so an extra 8 minutes on your journey is a small price to pay if it means the majority leave their cars at home and make space on the streets.
Considering the density and total population I’d say London is a brilliant city to travel around.
This is a selective chart, London is bad but there is much much worse out there.
I knew the congestion charge would work, or was it just to make money? Well we knew the answer then and we know now.
Where’s Paris on that chart
2 wheels good
The usual distance between underground stations in London is approximately 0.8 to 1.2 miles. No one that lives there is driving.
Try putting Jakarta in there.
Wow I’ve lived in all 3 of the worst cities.
Lima was fucking scary when I was there. 2 lanes of traffic formed on the pavement
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Having sat in traffic in Pune and London, I’d suggest they are the wrong way round. There is no time of day or night when the traffic is light in Pune. Mumbai is worse.
London is dog slow though. The whole 20 thing – I get it on residential streets, but imposing it on main roads is bonkers.
London is a city not designed for cars. We abandoned the plans for things like 8 Lane motorways cutting through the suburbs in the late 1970s.
This leaves us with weird compromises, such as the difference between the North circular and the assortment of rat runs masquerading as the equivalent South circular.
With London’s extensive public transport system it can be argued that you don’t need to drive in London, a fact bourne out by the pedestrian and cycle-friendly LTNs which pepper our great city.
If you do need to drive, you just have to suck it up and face slow speeds, the ulez, the congestion charge and excessive parking charges.
As someone who has to drive from time to time, I have to accept that my freedom to do that is tempered by the freedom of others to enjoy the city as they want to, free of cars.
Now let’s do “Average travel time per 10km for a person without a car”.
Or “Average travel time per 10km journey by any mode”.
Cars in London are largely useless for fast private journeys for reasons of speed, cost and parking. That’s fine, because there are usually alternatives that are quicker anyway. A huge number of adult Londoners haven’t owned a car in years and get by fine.
What’s important is that taxis, trades and essential car journeys can still go about their day. London rarely gets properly gridlocked, so an extra 8 minutes on your journey is a small price to pay if it means the majority leave their cars at home and make space on the streets.
Considering the density and total population I’d say London is a brilliant city to travel around.
This is a selective chart, London is bad but there is much much worse out there.
I knew the congestion charge would work, or was it just to make money? Well we knew the answer then and we know now.
Where’s Paris on that chart
2 wheels good
The usual distance between underground stations in London is approximately 0.8 to 1.2 miles. No one that lives there is driving.
Try putting Jakarta in there.
Wow I’ve lived in all 3 of the worst cities.
Lima was fucking scary when I was there. 2 lanes of traffic formed on the pavement