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11-27-2007, 04:24 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #121 | | Registered User
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Or cycling. Or getting a taxi. Or moving.
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11-27-2007, 04:26 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #122 | | Newb
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Originally posted by Red_Hector:
Or cycling. Or getting a taxi. Or moving.
| or sailing on a river of geordie tears
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11-27-2007, 04:29 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #123 | | Newb
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They can't because there is no alternative.
| There’s no alternative because people aren’t trying to find one. If enough people want buses they’ll put the buses on. Problem is too many people think go straight to their cars without even looking into ways they could improve the bus service.
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11-27-2007, 04:32 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #124 | | Newb
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Guess what, we only have few buses and they are expensive. All the bus drivers moved out the countryside and there's no **** left to drive them. :thup:
Low pay and distance to travel to work even affects the bus drivers. Not even the poles want to do it.
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11-27-2007, 04:37 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #125 | | Newb
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public transit here is subsidised, you can buy monthly or yearly passes to drive down costs and some employers even subsidise the cost of the passes to push it down even further. a pass that's good on all buses, lightrail, tram and streetcar in the city costs me about $273/year iirc, taken out bi-weekly pre-tax.
| We have the same here.
A yearly metro pass costs £400 which works out at roughly £1.50 per day if working a 5-day week.
Most people in here complaining about the prices of the public transport are doing it based on single tickets. If I were to buy single tickets every day to travel to work I’d probably pay about £1,040 per year on travel, which is far more than the £400 I actually pay.
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11-27-2007, 04:38 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #126 | | Joe Blow
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Canals. Lots of canals. :thup:
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11-27-2007, 05:54 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #127 | | Newb
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Originally posted by Rocky Rockstar:
If four of you travel by public transport your costs are quadrupled. If four of you travel by car your costs are quartered.
I live 10 miles from work, which means i do 100 miles a week going to & from work. Cost of that is about £10 a week (i.e. 10p a mile). If a were to catch a train to work it would cost me £7 a day. There are no buses.
Is public transport really cheaper than driving?
| start factoring depreciation into that to get a more realistic cost.
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11-27-2007, 07:23 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #128 | | Joe Blow
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Originally posted by Neil Purvis:
I don’t drive, but if I did I’d like to think I’d accept the prices as it would be more of a convenience and there are enough alternatives available for cheaper.
| tbf that's exactly the view I take. I rarely use public transport, and will admit to making quite a lot of unnecessary journies in the car, but I don't complain about fuel prices or car tax or whatever Quote:
Originally posted by Rocky Rockstar:
If four of you travel by public transport your costs are quadrupled. If four of you travel by car your costs are quartered.
I live 10 miles from work, which means i do 100 miles a week going to & from work. Cost of that is about £10 a week (i.e. 10p a mile). If a were to catch a train to work it would cost me £7 a day. There are no buses.
Is public transport really cheaper than driving?
| yes but how many people actually car-share in reality? that's the whole problem.
also unless you have a super-economical car then even cost of fuel will be more than £10 per week
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11-27-2007, 07:24 PM
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #129 | | Newb
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Originally posted by Oz:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Andy Jordan:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by No Longer Bling:
the complete dickheads that insist on filling their volvos to the brim are far far far more annoying than me having to pay a pound a litre. pray to god this doesnt go ahead because the moronic british public adore a good queue.
| what are they supposed to do, fill it up halfway? :/ </BLOCKQUOTE>
out of interest, does your dad have a volvo, andy? </BLOCKQUOTE>no.
I do.
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UK fuel protests set to resume in the next few days Post #130 | | Newb
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