Friday 18th January 2002

Public Transport Sorted!

Radical new plan to get people to work

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[s2ooz]

I must say this walk to wok seem sounds a great idea!
the 21 miles each way I currently do, with no pavements for the first ten passing 8 industrial estates churning out rows of massive trucks sounds like fun, If I leave at 11pm I should make it on time., as for being on callout.... if I jog...

[CarZee]

What planet are these morons on???

The only places I could work were I restricted to walking would be the local supermarket and the local community hall.. I don't believe either is reliant on the scale or mode of IT infrastructure which is my professional concern...

The whole nature of the economy of the South-East of England is based on the notion of the commuter.

Perhaps when half the companies inside the M25 are persuaded to decamp to the sticks, then we'll be getting somewhere.. I'd apply for a job at the huge insurance underwriters Lloyds of Fleet, or even at the UK headquarters of Chase Manhattan Bank which will inevitably leave London in favour of leafy Basingstoke.

In the meantime, my 78 mile daily round trip seems insignificant compared to some of my colleagues' who travel twice that distance each day..

[kevinday]

Let's see, if I leave at 8 I should get there just in time to leave for home in the evening

[DIGGA]

Utter drivel!

Yet another PC, Labour backed, jobs-for-the-boys, money waster.

We all know how to walk, it's just that - as CarZee & s200z point out - it's not possible for most of us. Love to know what dubious method of calculation they used to churn out that set of statistics.

Marcus
& Ocean Haze Griff 500

[cockers]

If a brisk walk is around 4mph, it should take me 6 1/4 hours to walk to work. And, of course, 6 1/4 to get back.

I don't see why I should need to get up any earlier than I do now or why I should get home any later, so by my calculations, that would leave me with an average working day of minus 2 1/2 hours or so.

I'll run this past my boss to gauge his reaction.

[stig]

Great! At last the opportunity to walk 90 miles round trip a day.

Man I feel so stupid that I didn't think of it before.

PS. Farkin Caaarrrnts!!!!!

www.locost-racing.com

Car No. 13

[hertsbiker]

Hmmm. Employees can look forward to lung disease from traffic, and knackered knee cartilidge from too much walking.

OH, and employers won't mind me getting in an hour later, or leaving 3 hours early? yeah. Right.

[SMiles]

I live 114 miles from work.....do the sums Tony (Blair) not all of us live at the office!

[thub]

I walked to work when I was with my last company and it was very pleasant as it was just out of town, surrounded by green fields. However, I wouldn't want to live within walking distance of my current company, even if I ignore the house price differences.

I wonder how many people actually do drive to work when they could walk? (Just walk, not via public transport)

[DIGGA]

I think them wot's at Westminster tend to forget that just because some of us work away from our homes, we can't get cheap loans (a.k.a. backhanders) to finance a 'small place in the city'.

Marcus
& Ocean Haze Griff 500

[Fatboy]

Bear in mind that this was probably aimed at John Prescott who still gets a car to work from his house in Downing st to No 11

[JMorgan]

I already walk to work, 4 steps to the van on my drive

[jondokic]

Hmm, offices or representatives in the UK, Italy, South America, Africa and the US. Walking to work's going to be fairly tricky.
Oops, I forgot, Tony's cronies can walk on water.

Yours, Jon Dokic

[DIGGA]

quote:
Bear in mind that this was probably aimed at John Prescott who still gets a car to work from his house in Downing st to No 11

Politicians generally, remember the scandal with Peter Mandlesons house. I just think MPs, wherever they're from, seem to instantly loose touch with reality, the minute they hit Westminster. They forget we're not all 5 mins walk from a tube station.

But yes, I do have a particularly dark and sinister, place in my heart for Fatty Bus Lane.

Marcus
& Ocean Haze Griff 500

[Jason F]

quote:
I just think MPs, wherever they're from, seem to instantly loose touch with reality, the minute they hit Westminster. They forget we're not all 5 mins walk from a tube station.

Actually The Sun did a story a few days ago of those ministers who are promoting use of Bus/Train etc.. and all of whom live 5mins and less to work/Tube, yet all get a Limo...hmmm. Welcome to the Prescott world of One Rule for Them and One for Us

[Markus_Warren]

is this a wind up?

my current UK office is a 15 min drive from my home, there's no railway near it, there's no bus stop near it, so the only way I can get there is by car, bike or walking.

If I ride a bike I'll get knocked off by motor vehicles, plus I'd get wet. If I walk, well, I'd get knocked over by motor vehicles, plus I'd get wet.

So the only other option is to drive.

these guys are mad. who on earth wants to walk to work, let alone who can walk to work.

madness