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Stonehenge and its Environs

A303 to go into a tunnel eventually?

thesweetcheat T
thesweetcheat Sep 30, 2013 22:14:25
Replying to Mustard

Mustard wrote:
tjj wrote:
... To work towards reinstating a viable (not necessarily high speed) rail network to transport goods and food. To work towards a viable public transport system accessible to all...
Good luck with that.
Do you believe such things couldn't be readily achieved?

I think they are entirely within practical reach, prevented only by a lack of willingness on the part of most people, who will not be prepared to fund something they don't want to use themselves, as long as alternatives remain available (i.e. cars).

H harestonesdown
harestonesdown Oct 1, 2013 00:24:04
Replying to thesweetcheat

If i wanted to get to Avebury by coach i have to go to London first.

For the price of a return train ticket (to Swindon) i could drive there and back twice.

For me public transport is too costly and inconvenient.

M Mustard
Mustard Oct 1, 2013 09:09:54
Replying to thesweetcheat

thesweetcheat wrote:
Do you believe such things couldn't be readily achieved?

I think they are entirely within practical reach, prevented only by a lack of willingness on the part of most people, who will not be prepared to fund something they don't want to use themselves, as long as alternatives remain available (i.e. cars).

I think you answered your own question. Although I'd dispute the degree to which they're within practical reach anyway, since the whole of western society is now structured around private personal transport. Not even a properly funded public transport system (of which I'm a huge fan) could possibly plug that gap.

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