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My mate says I am polluting
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It far better to just sit at home in front of a nice hot coal fire and get it delivered
That is my plan.
Far more interesting than the OP. Could you?
London public transport is among the best in the world. Sure, the tube is not “new” but generally it works very well and is prompt. You can wander to a bus stop and wait less than 10mins for the next one, you try doing that out in suburbia. Walk into a tube station in zone 1 and you’d be annoyed if it’s more than 3mins for a train. The prices for local buses will shock you too.
Isn’t the definition of local, something that is walkable? At least in London it should be. Sounds like you live in a naff area
I believe all London boroughs all got money to introduce traffic easing measures. Most, including ours, went for LTNs which I presume is what you’re in about? I agree, they were ridiculous. We had a trial around here where they blocked off seemingly random through roads and forced all traffic down some poor souls small residential street. Utter nonsense, but we banded together as a community and got them removed.
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London public transport is among the best in the world. Sure, the tube is not “new” but generally it works very well and is prompt. You can wander to a bus stop and wait less than 10mins for the next one, you try doing that out in suburbia. Walk into a tube station in zone 1 and you’d be annoyed if it’s more than 3mins for a train. The prices for local buses will shock you too.
Isn’t the definition of local, something that is walkable? At least in London it should be. Sounds like you live in a naff area
I believe all London boroughs all got money to introduce traffic easing measures. Most, including ours, went for LTNs which I presume is what you’re in about? I agree, they were ridiculous. We had a trial around here where they blocked off seemingly random through roads and forced all traffic down some poor souls small residential street. Utter nonsense, but we banded together as a community and got them removed.
TfL is not among the best in the world.
London public transport is nasty, over populated, expensive, dirty and always signal failures.
Well our council it’s extending it, these are money generation schemes nothing else.
Try do large shops using tfl, it does not work.
I want number plates on cycles I want those that cycle to have insurance and pay towards a road tax.
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your buses are cheaper than up north...
Most cyclists have insurance via their homes. Road tax (VED) is based on emissions, which cyclists emit none. And for number plates, have you considered living in North Korea? I think you'll like it there.
For large shops, have you thought about picking up a few items by hand every couple of days? You can eat fresh and get a little exercise. I plan to pick up some veg for dinner during my lunch break walk.
Here a couple of videos to attempt to widen your world view.
It used to be road tax, emissions part was an additional way to rank and increase road tax prices.
Once they feel the loss of tax they will rebrand it again, hold on isn’t that what they have planned for 2027.
So then reg of bikes should be introduced to track down those that hurts pedestrians. Also to fine cyclists that jump red lights which is are 90/100 speeding etc.
Most of the cyclists deaths come from cyclists disregard from road safety and the lack of using brakes.
Assuming it's not a zero emissions vehicle your friend is correct that you are polluting but that doesn't mean what you are doing is wrong.
Also, it could be that the more central areas have worse air quality so you creating more pollution may be less impactful in the sense of keeping a lid on the worst areas. That's kind of the point of these low emission zones etc, they are in the big urban areas where they don't want people driving, so it will naturally encourage people to drive elsewhere, perhaps doing more miles in the process.
Also, it could be that the more central areas have worse air quality so you creating more pollution may be less impactful in the sense of keeping a lid on the worst areas. That's kind of the point of these low emission zones etc, they are in the big urban areas where they don't want people driving, so it will naturally encourage people to drive elsewhere, perhaps doing more miles in the process.
What happens when local shops cant make a profit. There is a clear link in cars and the high street.
Travailing at 20 mph is less efficient than 30mph this has to do with gears and distance among a few other things.
The whole 20 mph is just a scam, and just increase pollution, it is more political than environmental.
Electric cars even worse polluters, battery pollution child forced labour used. Reducion in distance over time and increase in energy useage as batteries hold less but require longer charges.
Then forcing up energy prices for homeowners, cost of energy, dangerous nuclear power stations, reduce space and increase cost of nuclear waste.
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Not really sure on the relevance here, I thought we were talking about pollution not shops making a profit. But to address your question, if local shops can't make a profit, they close or become fronts for nefarious organisations.
I've been working back in the office roughly 3 days a week since everything opened up after COVID and can't honestly remember the last time I was stuck on a tube due to delays. Compare that to my colleagues who commute in from Brighton for example, it's a weekly occurrence in which they easily lose 1-2hrs of their life each time. Compare TFL to some other first-world public transport options (e.g. NY) and it's really not that shabby. And again, it's really not expensive at all especially when you compare it to suburban options in smaller towns. I remember getting a bus from Shoreham to Brighton I think and I swear it was something insane like £5.90 one way. It's £1.65 for a single bus ride on TFL.
I agree, but that's exactly why most people get online deliveries or do shopping in little bits. Again, that's the whole point of living in a big city where things are on your doorstop. I could get away without doing a big shop every week but I'd rather do that and meal plan etc. rather than picking up something on the way home every day. It's much better for budgeting too.
As others said, it sounds like your lifestyle just doesn't suit London so you probably are better off moving away if that's what you want. Nobody's going to force you to stay!
I am moving away from London, just takes time to organise. In fact moving abroad and I can’t wait. However, it takes time to move, I don’t see a move till this time next year.
Want to go out for a coffee at 2 am everything is closed. Want to have dinner at 10:30pm only junk food places.
I am moving to a place where it it is a 24hour city, with good weather.
Realistically, I can work from any where on this planet, these days,
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I'd consider voting for your policies, possibly even for you yourself if you had political ambitions.
Where are you looking to emigrate to?