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Sanctuary wrote: Mustard wrote: 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. Public transport is geared up to take the public to the main centres for work and shopping. Many of the private companies are backed by the big supermarkets to deliver those in the countryside to their door and then back to the customers. Public transport I doubt would ever consider megalithic sites outside of the likes of SH or Avebury as essential to our daily life unless they were passing the place. We have to accept that our hobby is really a minority one and only our own transport is going to get us there whether it be by car, bike or shanks' pony. I wasn't referring to our hobby in that post. I was referring to the world of work and shopping. Public transport is fine for that if you live in a big city (although even there it only really functions if you lie on a route between hubs), but outside of that... not so possible. We'd need to roll back social changes from the last 50 years to make life without (or with reduced use of) the car viable. I can't travel between home and work on public transport, and I find it hard to envision how that could change. Buses can't possibly take in every place of residence in a semi-rural area - especially if trying to accommodate modern shift work. The reality for most people I know these days is that they live in one town or village and commute to wherever the work is. Reply | with quote | Posted by Mustard 1st October 2013ce 11:35 In reply to: Re: A303 to go into a tunnel eventually? (Sanctuary) |
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