Comments on: Congestion is not the only issue http://tehmina.org/2007/06/17/congestion-is-not-the-only-issue/ Life, history, beauty, oranges and banjos! Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:59:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tehmina http://tehmina.org/2007/06/17/congestion-is-not-the-only-issue/#comment-48 Tehmina Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:51:58 +0000 http://tehmina.org/2007/06/17/congestion-is-not-the-only-issue/#comment-48 This is another thing that will need a cultural shift. If at least some large finance centres moved away from London, it would make a very big difference. Transport links would have to be improved so foreign businessmen and women could come to the UK and do their business as easily in Swindon, say, as London. This is another thing that will need a cultural shift. If at least some large finance centres moved away from London, it would make a very big difference. Transport links would have to be improved so foreign businessmen and women could come to the UK and do their business as easily in Swindon, say, as London.

]]> By: Billyo http://tehmina.org/2007/06/17/congestion-is-not-the-only-issue/#comment-47 Billyo Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:45:13 +0000 http://tehmina.org/2007/06/17/congestion-is-not-the-only-issue/#comment-47 Quite right. This government is horribly London-centric. The DfT allowed FGW to increase supossedly government regulated fares in the SW by 13%, whilst those in London were capped at 4%. All the money on train refurbishment is spend on the London lines. Why in this age of computer-communication does every business have to be in London. Increasing the quality of transport links elsewhere in the country would be a big step in encouraging employers to move their businesses to other parts of the country. Quite right.

This government is horribly London-centric. The DfT allowed FGW to increase supossedly government regulated fares in the SW by 13%, whilst those in London were capped at 4%. All the money on train refurbishment is spend on the London lines. Why in this age of computer-communication does every business have to be in London. Increasing the quality of transport links elsewhere in the country would be a big step in encouraging employers to move their businesses to other parts of the country.

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