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There was another one there this morning! Yellow canopied thing that looks like a big flower.
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...it's what assumptions and how they come to that figure that is important.
Follow the link and you'll find their assumptions. Yes, I think there is some financing details involved.
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Figures from a friend who was the senior stastitician at the Dft, who was asked to look into it about 3 years ago. His report got shelved because government and the GLA didn't like the conclusions.
Wow, that's really suprising. (The stat, that is, not your friend or the shelving of the report)
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Double the number of people using public transport in London (which is impossible at peak times) = a 10% reduction in cars on London's roads. The solution needs to be radical.
Really? How do you figure? Seems like most cars are single occupancy, surely the % reduction would be a lot higher...
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Everyone's not fucked. Even if we are past or approaching peak - which is still very much moot - there's a lot of oil left in the ground, enough to keep us going while we switch to alternatives. And the fact the price keeps going up means those alternatives get more and more attractive all the time - if the oil ran out with no warning at all, then we might be fucked. But it won't.
The peak oil debate is amusing because most people agree that oil is finite and that when it runs out we'll need to have switched to something different. It's just none of us know when that'll happen, or if it has already started. But in any case, the market is working quite effectively to persuade people to consume less and use alternatives through the price signal, so there's not so much to worry about really.
+1
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^^^ You can't just increase the figures by 40% as they aren't just petrol costs.
I didn't. I increased the fuel costs by 40%.
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I also strongly question the £15 per day figure, I'd like to see the assumptions placed to get there.
2005 RAC cost of ownership puts the cost of running a Vauxhall Corsa 1.2l at £9.36/day. and a 1.6l Ford Focus at £13.04/day. Since fuel prices have increased some 40% since 2005, that puts it up to some £10.61 for the Corsa and £14.11 for the Focus.
Once you add in other factors (inflation, extra cost of driving in London (higher insurance, paying for a parking space, congestion charge, higher fuel costs than national average)), £15 a day sounds like a reasonable figure for a family size car.
RAC source: http://www.rac.co.uk/web/know-how/owning-a-car/running-costs/motor-index-results-q3-05.htm
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You can change your privacy settings to only accept IMs and calls from people on your contact list.
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oh grow up, you babies.
Never! Petty one-upmanship forever! ;)
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What does ASL stand for?
'Advanced Stop Line' - the green box for cyclists at the front of some/most(?) junctions
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My latest technique for shaming drivers into not pulling into the ASL at junctions is to veer sharply in front of those who do, then pull away really really slowly.
Today it didn't work so well; my veering was all off, my weight was all wrong, and down I went. Only injury was a grazed knee and some wounded pride.
Anyway, I thought that the driver might at least ask if was ok...? He had 2 little kids in the car (who looked pretty shaken by seeing me take a tumble), so I suppose he wouldn't have wanted to engage a likely angry cyclist. I wonder if he went on to explain to his kids that cycling in London was clearly very dangerous and that they should never do it...
Moreover, maybe the whole scheme of stopping in front of these drivers and pulling away at a snail's pace is misguided. Perhaps the driver will just get more infuriated at cyclists in general and behave even shittier towards them. All I know is that it's damn satisfying to do...
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Anyone else here use streetcar (or similar)? It's a PAYG car club with VW Golfs for £5/hr inc. fuel, insurance, etc..
Only times I've really used it were to drive 300 mile round trip to suprise my mum on mothers' day and go to ATP (had to leave late Sunday night -- no more trains).
It's a pretty good service, IMO; I bet there's loads of people who only use their cars a couple of times a week. If anyone wants to join, BTW, you can get free driving credit if you say I told you about it! PM me... ;)
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feeling the pain Mattty, its not so good. Only 2 hours sleep last night and im sleepy. I hate end of quarter. Roll on sunday and getting out.
Thankfully I don't have to deal with quarter-end. Unfortunately, I do have to deal with colleagues letting me down and not getting shit done that they promised. Boo hoo :-/
I have to MTFU and get this done. Maybe I will still have 30mins of daylight to spend on my bike...?
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Fucking sucks. Especially when the weather is this nice. :( :(
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Gibralter is fun too - tiny little runway that stretches out into the sea at either end. The only road to & from Gibralter crosses the runway mid-length!
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Fun for the pilot though :)
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i am up for this in a couple of weeks time
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no it isn't!!!
don't you know ted shred?Holy shit that guy is nuts!
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he does make nice suits + shoes
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good god, what a c*nt! get well soon and sue the b*stard for all he's worth!
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Dunno what's more worrying - Gola's, pony fixed gear images or the fact you were looking for shoes at Urban Outfitters!? :-$
heheh! sometimes they have cheap kicks in their sale.
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Saw this whilst browsing for trainers (don't judge me!), made me laugh...
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Heheh thx snowy_again!
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Anything by the Knife for me. Great for night rides.