Social conscience? PS. The nightbuses in and around London are absolutely fantastic ... I was amazed, I think it costs £1 to go anywhere.
Anywhere? I'd like to find one that goes to Glasgow then Also with buses we now have a £1.20 flat fare, that means that each journey costs the same, whether you go one stop or 20. Not a clever system when trying to reduce people using a car for short journeys. Nope, no social conscience for me in that department. I pay enough tax to keep my vehicle on the road so I'm damned if I'm not going to make full use of it. If they want the people to use public transport then they have to make it worth using. Even Ken Livingstone spends £400 a week on taxis, which in my eyes makes him just as sold out like the rest of the labour party
Fair enough! There are some selfish comforts people just aren't prepared to give up for a better world. I think car driving in urban areas should be made prohibitively expensive ... if people want to put their own convenience first by doing something so damaging they should have to pay through the nose for it - and the money raised could be put towards improving public transport.
Says the man without a full time job Try having to get around a county each and every day to site visits etc.... just to earn your living .... on a fucking bus Forget 41 hours a week.... it'd be at least double that. Alternative fuel options are a big way forward... not just condemning people.
I don't smoke, drink, do drugs, eat meat or loads of other unhealthy things, I refuse to wear sweatshop branded products unless they are second hand, I'm also training to be a social worker. My conscience is totally clear ... This is one thing where the main people who suffer are the one's using their vehicles, pollution from cars is nowhere as bad as that caused by industry. I'm not letting go of it until there is a viable alternative. It's a fucking city, it'd still be congested if we used pogo sticks to get around. Ken Livingstone can kiss my arse, the newt fucking gimp
We were talking about driving in a city ... more specifically London, which has one of the largest and best public transport systems in the world... it isn't perfect, but it's viable.
Partly we were, yes. Counties have cities too. Possibly, True, I find it ample for recreational purposes... apart from the night buses that is... Hmm, theres not a chance in hell I would go on a city link night bus on my own... there's very little security. Talking from my experiences in Leeds (not London, but London isn't the only city ), the night buses are not a safe place for people (women especially) to be on their own. For example: Click here
It's probably been said, but at least when they're pedestrians they (mostly) bother to surpress that natural cuntishness. I think it's something to do with the absence of a massive protective cage around them.
There's an ideological point behind it though: people are always in such a rush to go places, and half the time when they get there they spend the whole time clockwatching and scratching their arses.
Yeah, I absolutely agree. Let's save some time so we can sit in front of Eastenders five nights a fucking week. What joy. What fulfilment.
I'd rather walk home barefoot across molten lava and get some fresh air than have to come home to that. God it must suck being working class
I'd spend the other 40 minutes doing stuff that I want to do of course, or relaxing, or whatever I felt like. I could walk, but that would take me the same amount of time as it would on public transport, if not longer. It would also use energy that i might want to save for other things, I might get tired, wouldn't enjoy the destination so much and it might rain. Arriving somewhere soaking wet, tired and cold is no fun and that's without having to think about the return trip.
No elbows in your face though. And a damn sight cheaper. And better for you. And probably a whole bunch of other stuff as well. Actually, when I've walked home from somewhere and it's pissed it down and I'm soaking wet and cold and tired, getting home like that at least is one of the nicest feelings in the world; just being able to feel the shite of your day falling off you when you get into the shower. Whereas if I've been in a car I tend to get home and not really know what to do, I just want to go and have a walk and get a bit of fresh air really. But I digress. It's one post later, and I still don't have a clue what you need all that time and energy for.
