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From: Doug on 15 Mar 2010 02:47
But please no more roadbuilding as an open invitation to those
suffering from incurable wanderlust.

"There needs to be a "radical overhaul" of road travel in the UK to
avoid future gridlock, the CBI business organisation has warned.

It said measures that need to be explored include staggered work
commutes, increased car sharing, and more working from home.

The CBI estimates road congestion now costs the UK economy up to £8bn
a year.

It warned this could more than double by 2025 unless more action is
taken to tackle the problem..."

More:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8566989.stm

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From: ashley filmer on 16 Mar 2010 16:59
On 15 Mar, 06:47, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote:
> But please no more roadbuilding as an open invitation to those
> suffering from incurable wanderlust.
>
> "There needs to be a "radical overhaul" of road travel in the UK to
> avoid future gridlock, the CBI business organisation has warned.
>
> It said measures that need to be explored include staggered work
> commutes, increased car sharing, and more working from home.
>
> The CBI estimates road congestion now costs the UK economy up to £8bn
> a year.
>
> It warned this could more than double by 2025 unless more action is
> taken to tackle the problem..."
>
> More:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8566989.stm
>
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> UK Radical Campaignswww.zing.icom43.net
> Travel broadens the damage.

There has been a huge proliferation of traffic lights appearing at
junctions previously operated on a 'give way' basis. This is also the
case for many roundabouts. Unless you were aware, they are programmed
to stop the traffic from flowing, not allow free movement of it. With
light sequences on multiple sets of lights close together, the
authorities have managed to conjure congestion from a volume of
traffic which would never normally create a flow problem by its own
weight.

I think they have been watching the original 'Italian Job' to get the
idea for gridlock.

I wouldn't worry though as the majority of cyclists don't take any
notice of traffic lights any way so perhaps cycling is the way to
solve this faux problem Doug !
From: Jethro on 17 Mar 2010 05:57
On 15 Mar, 06:47, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote:
> But please no more roadbuilding as an open invitation to those
> suffering from incurable wanderlust.
>
> "There needs to be a "radical overhaul" of road travel in the UK to
> avoid future gridlock, the CBI business organisation has warned.
>
> It said measures that need to be explored include staggered work
> commutes, increased car sharing, and more working from home.
>
> The CBI estimates road congestion now costs the UK economy up to £8bn
> a year.
>
> It warned this could more than double by 2025 unless more action is
> taken to tackle the problem..."
>
> More:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8566989.stm
>
> --
> UK Radical Campaignswww.zing.icom43.net
> Travel broadens the damage.

The simplest answer, if you want to avoid more road building (on the
basis we can't seem to manage the roads we do have) is to "do
something" to break the 9-5 culture which dominates the business
mindset.

Yes, flexible hours are not practical for some roles. But that's not
the point. If you can just shift 5% of the road traffic away from the
7-9 and 4-6 slots, you will halve congestion overnight. Think of how
much quieter the roads are in half-term.

Over the years, I have worked for a few companies, and had interviews
with many more. In my role (IT development) I could easily work from
home, and/or in a flextime pattern. Not one of 50 companies I have
asked allows (or in some cases knows about) flexible working. I scream
with rage when I read about these wonderful home-based flextime roles,
because they are rare as hens teeth in the real world.

So, given that we look to governments to "do something" then how about
a subtle tweak to the tax system to reward companies that provide a
clear flextime/home working policy for a given proportion of their
staff. This would kick a few plcs into touch (as they would have to
explain to shareholders why they weren't minimizing their tax burden)
and also stimulate a few smaller companies.

Every time I have floated this idea, no one has come up with any
showstopper reasons why it wouldn't work (oh, "we don't do things that
way" is not an arguement, just a statement). And yet nothing. I have
used this to develop my "if it mattered" test for politicians of any
stripe.
From: boltar2003 on 17 Mar 2010 06:14
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:57:10 -0700 (PDT)
Jethro <krazykara0(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
>The simplest answer, if you want to avoid more road building (on the
>basis we can't seem to manage the roads we do have) is to "do
>something" to break the 9-5 culture which dominates the business
>mindset.

If school and working hours were 8-4 so there was equal working time before
and after midday we could dispense with the idiotic daylight saving nonsense
that we have to suffer every year and just stick to GMT.

B2003

From: Brimstone on 17 Mar 2010 06:26


<boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message
news:hnqa1e$80r$1(a)speranza.aioe.org...
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:57:10 -0700 (PDT)
> Jethro <krazykara0(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
>>The simplest answer, if you want to avoid more road building (on the
>>basis we can't seem to manage the roads we do have) is to "do
>>something" to break the 9-5 culture which dominates the business
>>mindset.
>
> If school and working hours were 8-4 so there was equal working time
> before
> and after midday we could dispense with the idiotic daylight saving
> nonsense
> that we have to suffer every year and just stick to GMT.
>
What's that got to do with road congestion?


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