On 2 Oct 2007, at 22:38, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > At 09:25 AM Tuesday 10/2/2007, Charlie Bell wrote: > >> On 30/09/2007, at 8:50 PM, Gary Nunn wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Holy Cow!! >>> >>> I make a post and step away for a few weeks and find this topic ran >>> rampant >>> - and I missed it! >> >> >> Yep. I'm still wondering what bits of London are 20 mins apart by car >> and hours apart by public transport > > > > I don't know about London, but most cities I have lived in in the > U.S. are like that if the two points are both on the edge of the city > proper, as the only bus routes or other public transportation > available tends to run more or less radially from the downtown > terminal, so to get from one point on the edge of the city (e.g., > your house) to another relatively nearby on the edge of the city > (e.g., your place of employment or in some cases the nearest shopping > center), rather than going directly there which would be a 20-minute > drive you must board the bus which comes closest to your house, ride > all the way to the terminal downtown (taking the better part of an > hour),
<snip> Sounds like your public transport is designed by people who want to discredit public transport. Works here Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance" - Steve Ballmer _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
