In message
4ax.com> of Sun, 7 Sep
2008 23:26:12 in uk.transport.london, Colum Mylod
bigfoot.comREMOVE> writes>On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:11:10 +0100, Walter Briscoe
>
nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>In message <8hg2c411icj62jpbf3k64hflr07nb54c3h@
4ax.com> of Fri, 5 Sep
>>2008 16:35:12 in uk.transport.london, Colum Mylod
>>
bigfoot.comREMOVE> writes
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>>>None of the current plans work as you hope. Taxis are expensive in
>>
>>There is experimental work in Southwark (gantries in Tooley Street)
>>which may yet bear fruit.
>Interesting. I still think taxis, black cabs, are akin to private
>transport owing to the numbers on accounts and the high prices. The
>minicab biz has been heavily loaded by Ken with costs as the non-black
>cab lot were tarred and feathered by him as a bad lot. Bus trip 90p,
>taxi trip - what is it? - GBP8. Contrast with e.g. Barcelona.
>..
I rarely take a taxi and never use minicabs, but, when I do, it rarely
costs less than 12UKP. I think CC gives great benefits to public
transport and it should pay for them. I would prefer cabs to be
encouraged to rank rather than cruise empty. OTOH, we need better ranks.
Liverpool Street, in particular, is a joke since station modernisation.
>>>of fiscal gouging with a lash of green paint.
>>
>>I am not yet as cynical as Colum. ;)
>
>Not yet! The current cabinet, in its rush to race to and over the
>cliff end, seem to be in love with add-on taxation in Manchester and
>Bristol. Boris might row back the WEZ but the stake's in the ground
>for additional taxation, and excessive costs for it: Capita might be
>on the way out but IBM don't promise much return on the high income.
>
What is proposed for Bristol?
Where does IBM intend to put their call centre? I was interested to hear
Mr Livingstone say that Croydon would have been better than Coventry.
--
Walter Briscoe
