tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236386.post1214790692854285565..comments2023-11-14T09:15:59.661+00:00Comments on City Hall: Mayor's Question TimeRoger Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04839182217428381247noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236386.post-23087485141356434432008-10-22T17:32:00.000+01:002008-10-22T17:32:00.000+01:00Some of my anonymous contributors are not technica...Some of my anonymous contributors are not technically capable of putting a name to their posts. I humour them.Roger Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04839182217428381247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236386.post-87560259018965146722008-10-22T00:35:00.000+01:002008-10-22T00:35:00.000+01:00Other than reasons of courtesy, why even grace wit...Other than reasons of courtesy, why even grace with a reply somebody who throws insults from behind a cloak of anonymity?<BR/><BR/>Bring back the trolleybus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236386.post-17304961873358490962008-10-16T21:25:00.000+01:002008-10-16T21:25:00.000+01:00Don't have a 4x4, don't have a car at all actually...Don't have a 4x4, don't have a car at all actually. I got rid of my old Saab last year when I found I was paying more for tax and insurance than I was for petrol, basically because I wasn't using it much.<BR/><BR/>I do use the bus to commute, every weekday, except when I walk. And I prefer double deckers to bendys if I have the choice, because I'm more likely to get a seat - probably because I can be bothered to climb the stairs. The top deck of a bus is a great place to enjoy London, indeed I'm considering writing a guidebook based on that principle.<BR/><BR/>So take your prejudices elsewhere please 'anonymous'.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and double deckers have two doors, not one. Are you sure you use them?Roger Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04839182217428381247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236386.post-66571762896283529882008-10-16T16:07:00.000+01:002008-10-16T16:07:00.000+01:00As ususal for a Tory, you fail to see things from ...As ususal for a Tory, you fail to see things from the point of view of a public transport user, prefering to make your gut judgements from the windows of your 4x4.<BR/><BR/>Those of us - millions - who take buses to work do so in the knowledge that double-deckers are useless for the task - they have one door, a pointless top deck that no-one uses (reducing capacity still further) and take a long time to load and unload. <BR/><BR/>Bendies, on the other hand, are like trams (the other form of transport despised by Tories), in that they have a high capacity, plenty of doors and are efficient. <BR/><BR/>Not that Conservatives really (in their hearts) give a fig about efficiency and practicality when it comes down to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236386.post-83066726662857944202008-10-16T14:34:00.000+01:002008-10-16T14:34:00.000+01:00So we won't be keeping the number 25 as a 'bendy h...So we won't be keeping the number 25 as a 'bendy heritage route'...Roger Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04839182217428381247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236386.post-15090883280303181082008-10-16T14:11:00.000+01:002008-10-16T14:11:00.000+01:00Mr Hill: about as tricky as the manoeuvring of ben...Mr Hill: about as tricky as the manoeuvring of bendy buses round (or rather across) some of the turnings in my part of East London.<BR/><BR/>You certainly don't want to be standing with 8' of the kerb on those occasions. And let's forget all about the chap who was killed by one down our way, because the driver couldn't see him.<BR/><BR/>Articulated buses were designed for the wide boulevards of Continental cities, where they are no doubt ideal, not for negotiating ancient road routes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236386.post-5549818689013726282008-10-16T12:40:00.000+01:002008-10-16T12:40:00.000+01:00Is that a bid Dave? I'm sure we can find you a ben...Is that a bid Dave? I'm sure we can find you a bendy for display in your garden - at a reasonable price...Roger Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04839182217428381247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236386.post-6111187561726520812008-10-16T09:46:00.000+01:002008-10-16T09:46:00.000+01:00You have to admit, though, Roger that purging the ...You have to admit, though, Roger that purging the bendies is likely to prove a bit trickier than Boris seems to have thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236386.post-9996602549964182952008-10-15T22:42:00.000+01:002008-10-15T22:42:00.000+01:00Long may he remain there!Long may he remain there!weggishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651722712995395981noreply@blogger.com