Its much faster for me to ride my bike than it is to take the bus - the bus goes downtown and then out to work while i can take a more direct route by bike than I can in my car on the bike trails.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Greenwood, Erin E. [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 7:25 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: *** Snoopy Dance *** > > I live about 15 minutes from where I work (in non-rush hour!), I'm not > sure > how many miles(6, 7?). It takes about 45 minutes by bus now. It used to > take > about 2 and 1/2 hours by public transit before they started the direct > bus. > Certainly not a great commute. > > e with a car > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John McCosker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:54 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: *** Snoopy Dance *** > > > I used to work in Halifax, > one of my work colleagues car broke down one morning so he decided to get > public transport. > > Took him over three hours to get to work, and he only lived 18 miles away > in > Leeds. > > That reminds me, Dan say hi to Paul for me. > > Think about it, think how many routes there are to get to work if you have > a > car. > > You take the quickest. > > Public transport doesn't that's why its secretly called anti-public > transport. > > jmc > > . > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Lancelot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 3:42 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: *** Snoopy Dance *** > > > What part of England? > > Round London - yeah its great - but if you want to see the best bits of > Yorkshire, public transport will leave you sadly lacking... > > Some parts of the country - esp cities do have reasonable, even good > public > transport, but if you want to see the countryside etc - > you nedd a car. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greenwood, Erin E. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 21 November 2001 15:22 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: *** Snoopy Dance *** > > > I found the public transportation system there to be great. Easy and > affordable. I took trains and buses all over the place. The only drawback > was lugging all of the stuff around with me (I bought hardback books and a > platter to add to the load!). Nothing like running for a train when you're > carrying 5 tons of luggage. > > Erin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Lancelot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 9:30 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: *** Snoopy Dance *** > > > Traffic is terrible for coming up here from London - and it seems to be > getting worse > > There was a crash on the M62 (~180ish miles North of M25) - and this was > affecting traffic all the way down the M1 to london > > Had a friend trying to get from west London to Mansfield - normal journey > time 2hours - took him 7 1/2 hours... > > I'd always use the train for London to Yorkshire... unless you were coming > for a few days, then a car becomes essential - as public > transport is very poor... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Arnold - ASP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 21 November 2001 14:10 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: *** Snoopy Dance *** > > > > If your a driving sort of girl, I'd take the car. > > > > Journey by car from Birmingham to Leeds is identical, > > and your more comfortable in your car most of the time. > > > > I eventually bought a diesel car and did the journey by car, > > found it cheaper as well. > > The problem with this is that we're south London, so if we want to travel > north, we either fight our way through the city, or hit the M25 and sit in > those queues... > > Then again, Croydon is fantastic for train travel as we're 15 mins from > the > center of London... > > Philip Arnold > Director > Certified ColdFusion Developer > ASP Multimedia Limited > T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 > > "Websites for the real world" > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > ********************************************************************** > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
