I feel that HS2 is the railway equivalent of flying and is as expensive and as glitzy and glamorous but as shallow as Concorde;
Metro trams are simply the "bus on rails" equivalent of, and a pathetic replacement for, trains. And, second in expense after HS2 in construction; and,
Sprint is the bus equivalent of Metro trams. It is called Metro's little sister, in fact. Never mind that "all that glisters is not gold". We must have the flash and the gross - HS2, Metro and Sprint while bus travel flat lines or declines outside London, urban train lines get wasted, unused or even destroyed - like the present plans continue for the 120 Kms Black Country Railway.
We never seem to be satisfied with getting our bus and train travel as good as - just the average - on the mainland of Europe. We want to impress and have something prestigious for other nations to gloat over. Or is it about keeping up with the Jones's?
Do you agree with Bob Whitehead's Fare-Free Public Transport?
What has happened to the Road Traffic Reduction Act? What was the point of it when the growth of everything and everyone has always been all the rage? Living infinitely on a finite planet and unnaturally on a natural planet.
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