environMentalist eco-nomical-with-the-truth-logist said:
When I look at the map in my pocket diary the M1 is so wide it stretches from Derby to Nottingham wasting all the land between them.
Actually, I made that up.
It could never have been said by him:
It makes too much sense.
What he actually said was
:
Between 1985 and 2002 20,000 hectares of land
Out of 24,475,500 hectares in total
IE 0.08 per cent!
has changed to transport use
Airports, ports, railways, tramways, cyclepaths, pavements.
Oh, and probably some roads.
But almost none that increased the length of the nation's road infrastructure.
Almost all of the roads being access roads.
Britain has a fraction of the motorways and national trunk roads.
Per head, per car (despite having low per capita car ownership), per acre.
Compared to our competitiors.
from previously undeveloped land
What a waste then?!
roughly equivalent to an area three times the size of the urban area of the city of Nottingham.
So?
An area the size of Leicestershire
So?
is now taken up by roads
Is that roads?
Or transport?
And even if it is roads, which are you objecting to?
Do you think that businesses should not be accessible for deliveries and collections of goods?
Houses should not be accessible to ambulances and refuse trucks?
with a fifth as much land again given over to parking
Again, your point is?
That buses should run empty 24/7/365 instead of 14/6-7/356?
That park-and-ride should be banned?
That ambulances should be parked in recreational parks instead of vehicle parks?
Ditto fire engines?
And police cars?
And what should 2 Jags do with the other one?
Thank you for that demonstration of the intellectual powers of the anti-car lobby!