Now into the third week of carlessness and on reading my previous closing comments I am reminded of the introductory jingle of the old TV series, Dad`s Army" :" Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler" -- just substitute Owd Bert.
Going up the car park ramps was no real problem and more often than not on reaching Level Five you would have the floor to yourself. Was probably just trying to convince myself that bussing it was a good substitute for having a car.
I kid you not -- it isn`t, and just for the record I reckon that everyone is aware of it. Now this paragraph has resulted from a Lancashire County Council advertisement in today`s ( Friday 25th Jan ) local newspaper and headed "Let`s Talk Transport" and it goes on to ask if you would like to get to work faster rather than sitting in your car in traffic jams.
The inference of course is to get "US" ( I don`t know about "THEM" ) out of our cars and onto Pubic Transport. Tell us what you think they then ask. Allow me to make a suggestion. As the eventual decision will no doubt be nade by a committee, may I suggest that the members of that committeee leave their cars at home and use current public transport as a preliminary step in their investigations.
I would hope that an immediate effect would be to provide bus shelters that afford adequate protection from the elements. I had it in mind to keep, for want of a better word, a balance sheet showing on one side the cost of Road Tax, Insurance, Breakdown Cover, Maintenance and Depreciation ( have I missed anything ? ) and on the other side list the cost for Taxis and any other means of transport requiring the handing over of Coins of the Realm. However, surely there is another factor to take into cosideration and I find it very difficult to put a cost to it. Suggestions would be welcome -- the factor of course is Convenience.
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