Go, Boris!
Finally, somebody with some sense!
Boris Johnson, the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London, has said he will reduce the amount of time that traffic lights are red, by reducing the time for pedestrians crossing. A brilliant idea. Of course, the greenies are condemning it, because of course every person who takes a bit longer to cross is therefore considered fair game and is eligible to be run over. Sorry, whats that? People won't run them over? And will wait for them to finish crossing? Nah, don't believe you.
Ken Livingstone has for years now made the car driver his main enemy. He has ground London to a halt by ensuring that cars are fourth-rate on the capital's roads, behind buses, cyclists and pedestrians. This, despite the fact that they are the most numerous. He has then taxed us for driving into the capital. And when that didn't actually reduce the traffic, he has re-branded it an environmental tax and increased it.
Boris has said the £25 charge will be scrapped, along with the pointless western extension.
This is the first politician in years who has done something for the car driver, rather than taxing us to death, and making it difficult and more congested to drive by introducing bus lanes and more and more traffic lights. This is the first politician to realise (or at least publicly acknowledge) that using 50% of the road for 5% of the vehicles, and stopping the traffic every 100 yards is actually not a good way to make traffic flow more freely.
Please, let's get rid of Ken.
Interestingly a couple of weeks ago I drove into London in the evening, the first time in several years that I've done so. It took slightly longer than the bus and tube, but only because I took a wrong turning. Coming out again took less than the bus and tube. And I got to see the sights, listen to the radio, didn't feel threatened and nothing smelt of wee. It far more pleasant experience. Whilst I was there I even managed to find on-street parking for free. I'll certainly do it again.
Boris Johnson, the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London, has said he will reduce the amount of time that traffic lights are red, by reducing the time for pedestrians crossing. A brilliant idea. Of course, the greenies are condemning it, because of course every person who takes a bit longer to cross is therefore considered fair game and is eligible to be run over. Sorry, whats that? People won't run them over? And will wait for them to finish crossing? Nah, don't believe you.
Ken Livingstone has for years now made the car driver his main enemy. He has ground London to a halt by ensuring that cars are fourth-rate on the capital's roads, behind buses, cyclists and pedestrians. This, despite the fact that they are the most numerous. He has then taxed us for driving into the capital. And when that didn't actually reduce the traffic, he has re-branded it an environmental tax and increased it.
Boris has said the £25 charge will be scrapped, along with the pointless western extension.
This is the first politician in years who has done something for the car driver, rather than taxing us to death, and making it difficult and more congested to drive by introducing bus lanes and more and more traffic lights. This is the first politician to realise (or at least publicly acknowledge) that using 50% of the road for 5% of the vehicles, and stopping the traffic every 100 yards is actually not a good way to make traffic flow more freely.
Please, let's get rid of Ken.
Interestingly a couple of weeks ago I drove into London in the evening, the first time in several years that I've done so. It took slightly longer than the bus and tube, but only because I took a wrong turning. Coming out again took less than the bus and tube. And I got to see the sights, listen to the radio, didn't feel threatened and nothing smelt of wee. It far more pleasant experience. Whilst I was there I even managed to find on-street parking for free. I'll certainly do it again.
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