Hello again,
I get the overwhelming feeling that in any new transport plans, cost and
inconvenience will be a big factor in old (and expensive) cities like
London, which in my humble opinion even to this day, are trying to arrange
21st century transport systems (& demography) in Roman and Victorian city
plans. Sadly, I can neither fully appreciate the Roman or Victorian
architecture nor the modern day transport systems completely as the streets
are crowded with people and traffic. I think that the amount of people on
the narrow Oxford Street (London) pedestrian paths and entrance/exits at
underground tube stations on a weekend during a holiday season is a health
and safety risk.
Some years ago, in another old city Delhi (India), on certain days
(weekend?) the main city centre (Connaught Place - inner circle) was
off-limits to vehicles. It was such a delight to be able to walk freely and
enjoy Lutyens Greek/Roman architectural styles. People either used to take
the public buses that dropped them off just outside the city centre or leave
the car in the car park.
At a certain level, transport networks planning especially if it affects the
vehicle usage seems a rather devious issue as potentially it also influences
the earnings of many other important players e.g. automobile industry, road
construction industry, government revenues, travel industry and so on.
S.
S.
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