On 03/10/2007, at 11:07 AM, Dan Minettte wrote: u >> >> 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.
Maybe, but I'm having trouble thinking of real-world examples within inner or outer London, and certainly had no trouble getting from Hammersmith to Acton or whatever (which is radial...). Took an hour on the bus instead of 40 mins in the car. > > Anyways, the example is Exmouth Rd. and Appledore Ave to Balmoral and > Waverly and back on a Sunday afternoon.... I like the way you sneak the "and back" in there, as I was figuring on two places 20 mins apart, not two place 20 mins there and back, which obviously changes things drastically by adding extra waiting time for the turnaround, along with specifying Sunday when traffic is at its best and public transport on its worst day (and people would be making different sorts of journey to a weekday). Also, not giving the proper road names - "Balmoral and Waverly" means *nothing* to a Brit - and no suburbs makes it way harder than it needed to for me to look. There are over 30 streets called Balmoral something inside the M25 London Orbital. There are none called Waverly something. There are 40-ish called "Waverley" something. In fact, I can't find where there are two roads intersecting called those things, and I've looked. I found the junction of "Exmouth and Appledore" at http://tinyurl.com/3xoy4y but the other one eludes me. You're also talking "Greater London", which is out beyond "outer London" as referred to in the original article. Places like Harrow, Kingston and Ruislip aren't considered London proper (they don't have London postcodes). This is called "stacking the deck"... > > FWIW, the frequency of the outlying busses was a bit more than I > would have > guessed. It's pretty good in the UK. And, as I pointed out, any limitation on private transport would lead to an increase in routes and frequency of public transport. If you actually point out where you were talking about (try a google maps pointer) and I'll check your work against the public transport route finder... Charlie. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
