Why not a cycle-free day?

On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:00:12 +0000, Judith wrote:


>
> Porky Chapman

Both the vengeance stalker and terrorist stalker (the latter sometimes
called the political stalker) do not, in contrast with some of the
aforementioned types of stalkers, seek a personal relationship with their
victims but rather force them to emit a certain response favourable to
the stalker.

--
An oft-repeated lie is still a lie.

On 06/03/2012 23:14, Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:36:54 +0000, Bertie Wooster
> > wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:42:08 +0000, >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/03/2012 19:31, Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 19:13:05 -0000, "Mr. > wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I can't work out why Tom complains about not being able to cycle through the
>>>>> Blackwall tunnel when London has one of the best integrated transport
>>>>> systems in the country. Maybe he's too tight to pay for an Oyster card.
>>>
>>>> Spoken like a man who has never used TfL at peak hours.
>>>
>>> So why would anyone want to sentence more car-drivers to use TfL (or British
>>> Rail) at rush hour?
>>
>> To demonstrate that 15 minutes of pure hell on the Grove Park to
>> London Bridge train is slightly more tolerable than the 60 minutes of
>> even purer hell on the South Circular, A21 and Lower Road during the
>> morning rush hour?
>
> Precisely.
>
> Door to door times to the City by train& bike 1:00; by train& tube:
> 1:15; by car: 2:00.

And of course, no-one ever needs to go anywhere except Central London, do they?

On 07/03/2012 19:16, Bertie Wooster wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:56:50 +0000, >
> wrote:
>
>> On 06/03/2012 20:36, Bertie Wooster wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:42:08 +0000, >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 06/03/2012 19:31, Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 19:13:05 -0000, "Mr. > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> I can't work out why Tom complains about not being able to cycle through the
>>>>>> Blackwall tunnel when London has one of the best integrated transport
>>>>>> systems in the country. Maybe he's too tight to pay for an Oyster card.
>>>>
>>>>> Spoken like a man who has never used TfL at peak hours.
>>>>
>>>> So why would anyone want to sentence more car-drivers to use TfL (or British
>>>> Rail) at rush hour?
>>>
>>> To demonstrate that 15 minutes of pure hell on the Grove Park to
>>> London Bridge train is slightly more tolerable than the 60 minutes of
>>> even purer hell on the South Circular, A21 and Lower Road during the
>>> morning rush hour?
>>
>> But "why"?
>
> To leave London's streets freer for cyclists to enjoy?

But *why*?