> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Charlie Bell > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:25 AM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Car free London? > > > On 30/09/2007, at 8:50 PM, Gary Nunn wrote: > > > > > > > Holy Cow!! > > > > I make a post and step away for a few weeks and find this topic ran > > rampant > > - and I missed it! > > > Yep. I'm still wondering what bits of London are 20 mins apart by car > and hours apart by public transport (apart from at 3am, at which time > most of London is 20 mins by car and unreachable at all by public > transport...).
I thought it would be obvious...trips that require several transfers. Let me give you a specific example from the western part of London. I'll use street corners because I don't have addresses....I took a while in answering because I knew that I'd have to prove it with a specific example...and it wasn't trivial for me to do the bus routes, schedules, etc...and be sure I stay within London proper with my example. Anyways, the example is Exmouth Rd. and Appledore Ave to Balmoral and Waverly and back on a Sunday afternoon....about 4 miles each way. It takes several changes of bus on each end, plus about a half mile walk each side. I am not _that_ familiar with London traffic, but my memory is that it's not terrible on the weekends, except for special occasions. So, 20 minutes for the 8 mile round trip by car sounds reasonable by me....but it might take 30. As far as I can see, several busses would have to be taken each way. Adding the time it takes to wait, along with the added time to take the bus routes (with stops) instead of the direct routes, that would be 40-60 minutes each way...nearest bus stop to nearest bus stop. Including the time it takes to walk a total of two miles, for someone who is not walking briskly...say 20 minute miles), and that gives us 2 hours to 2 hours 40 minutes for the trip. FWIW, the frequency of the outlying busses was a bit more than I would have guessed. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
