Thanks, Tony. On the fraudulent claims for High Scam 2:
- N edge of London to Manchester with some trains only diverting off into Curzon St and Crewe.
- Otherwise, stops at Brum and Manchester airports, only. No other stations, so all the intercity trains will have to remain!
- Capacity, therefore is improved but mainly for plane passengers giving them more choice between flying through the air on a plane or on a train. Why can't they stick to the plane?
- What a colossal cost in price and in weight of greenhouse gas emissions to give high speed to climate disaster and shortages of all resources!
- Nature gets yet more of a battering. Not a good idea.
I have two points about your latest tirade.1 Haven't you heard that we live in a democracy and not a police state or autocracy.2 I notice that you never have a go at the biggest culprits and they are the school runners.Usually two people in a car for a journey of usually approx half a mile.If you really want space created on our congested roads then they are the ones you should be tackling.Plus I also notice that you never make a comment on the power used to drive trams.Is it because it is clean power I.e. electricity and not dirty power I,e petrol or diesel?The trams are a viable form of public transport and their expansion is here to stay.So get over it.Why don't you have a go at HS2 instead? Then you would get my support.On Thu, 28 Sep 2023, 08:36 Tim Weller, <timweller1@gmail.com> wrote:
WILL PENSIONERS BACK THIS - from one old crock?For your feedback/criticism, please - something from me, Tim Weller with thanks, here:
STOP Metro expansion to 2040 for 150 miles of tramways for 8 lines and 380 tram stops. Instead:
Tim WellerUse the £15 BILLION (Jan 2020 figure) for Fare-Free Public Transport (FFPT) for all and all day and to finish the electrification of existing buses and trains.
Bus/business lanes to reward car commuters who will be enthused and not enraged to free up road space for essential vehicle users.
MORE DETAIL:
I'm suggesting a virtuous circle by more reward than penalty to educate and appeal to car commuters that they must free up the limited road space for essential business vehicle users, like buses, HGV drivers, district nurses, midwives etc who have to use their vehicles.
These drivers must register to have the right to drive in daytime, Mon to Fri, because of their work.
The car commuters who do not register are then picked up by CCTV and pay a charge.
The money goes to Fare-Free Public Transport for all and the phasing out of diesel buses for electric.
Essential vehicles use the nearside and overtaking lane with traffic light priority for them.
Car commuters who pay the penalty every day are only allowed to use the overtaking lane.
This encourages more people to leave their cars at home and jump on a free bus, train, tram throughout the region.
Thus healthier, safer communities that are doing more to slow the climate crisis/breakdown and resource depletion.
Protect our future and improve our prospects by …
No more duplication and replacement of buses and trains with trams
This saves finite reserves of oil and gas and slows climate breakdown
Saves 1,000 trees, shrubs and front gardens on the south side of Hagley Road, Edgbaston if tram expansion was stopped and bus use boosted instead.
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