Shelving the shoulder problem

[SLCZ3]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessio...

So additional lanes will be built, but only for the M25, typical, 20 years ago it took me only 2.5 hours to get to London from Barnsley, now it takes up to 4 hours on a good day.
Relating the amount of motorways 20 years ago to the number of vehicles on the road then, and the same today, will reveal there is such a large increase in vehicles on the road that at a guess we should have at least double the motorway capacity available.
Unfortunately it is the same old British government affliction, make do with what we have and damn the public!!!!!

[herewego]

SLCZ3 said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessio...

So additional lanes will be built, but only for the M25, typical, 20 years ago it took me only 2.5 hours to get to London from Barnsley, now it takes up to 4 hours on a good day.
Relating the amount of motorways 20 years ago to the number of vehicles on the road then, and the same today, will reveal there is such a large increase in vehicles on the road that at a guess we should have at least double the motorway capacity available.
Unfortunately it is the same old British government affliction, make do with what we have and damn the public!!!!!

Personally I think the first step should be to get the freight onto the railways.

[Mike_Mac]

herewego said:

Personally I think the first step should be to get the freight onto the railways.

Yes because the railway system is so reliable, well-maintained and punctual with much spare capacity.

Once we've rebuilt Marshalling Yards (lots of room and rail access in our cities for those) we just need to persuade businesses to purchase large fleets of 'small' lorries to take the freight to its final destination, which would pretty much equal the volume currently taken up by bigger lorries anyway.

Our Railways are struggling with what they've got already.

Edited by Mike_Mac on Tuesday 1st January 17:12

[SLCZ3]

Mike_Mac said:

herewego said:

Personally I think the first step should be to get the freight onto the railways.

Yes because the railway system is so reliable, well-maintained and punctual with much spare capacity.

Once we've rebuilt Marshalling Yards (lots of room and rail access in our cities for those) we just need to persuade businesses to purchase large fleets of 'small' lorries to take the freight to its final destination, which would pretty much equal the volume currently taken up by bigger lorries anyway.

Our Railways are struggling with what they've got already.

Edited by Mike_Mac on Tuesday 1st January 17:12

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