Cars: To ban or not to ban?

[Revolutionary Masses]

How good is the public transport in france DS, for all our moaning (UKers) we have quite a good one, we should probably be more greatful.
I agree that a reasonable public transportation system should be nothing less than standard for a devolped state.

How will you support the railway if it is totally free ?

Public transportation should be free to the tax paying worker, much like power, water, health, defense, telecommunications should be....well everything should be nationalised but well thats going off the point.

[EuroSoviets]

Nationalised is the wrong word. It should be socialised. If food doesn't cost anything, nothing else would either.

[D.S. of Soviet Sexy Girls]

Well, it depends of the area of course but just to talk about Ile de France, it is pretty good. I don't know British system so don't ask me to compare...

But we have an extensive public railway that allow you to reach a great number of destination. For an example the city of Versailles (where I live) and that is not particularly big have five rail-stations ! The only problem with the railway (also valid on country scale) is that it is too much Paris-centered.

Public bus system in all the suburbs and in Paris is very good and covers the area well enough.
In Paris and close suburbs, metro is wonderful, going just everywhere it's possible to go. Just take a look to the following map: www.ratp.info/picts/plans/gif/reseaux/metro.gif

[EuroSoviets]

You live on the IoW....it's barely the size of Belfast...

[EuroSoviets]

LOL.

Hey, it's not like I'm not totally agreeing with you about the shitness of the political parties on public transport all across the UK - and we've talked about the state of the Isle of Wight before.

I'm just saying that the use of bicycles in a majorly increased way is not impractical even now.

[Revolutionary Masses]

OMG I love the IoW, so close to portsmouth for one and i love the military docks at portsmouth!!! Went about a month ago. Stayed aroud freshwater but before ive been around the campsite at fort albert?? I belive its called.Some brilliant fishing spots, save for those darn gawfish of the pier grrr!
Also got food poisoning from that famous pub that does real good sea food, word of advice dont have the swordfish steak me and the rents went down with terrible problems the next day LOL.
If id have known you lived on the IoW i would have popped over for a visit and maby some tiffen on the lawn ;.) LOL!

[Revolutionary Masses]

I believe we like the IoW because its totally different to land locked birmingham, the place is greener and near the sea (big plus as I like all that navy stuff, also you get the tall ships and regattas which are a novelty for us brummies ;D).

As said there is much opertunity for fishing, my dad is quite fanantic about that and the island is really good for walking, we are one of those families that likes to wander aimlessly with an O/S map over others land LOL.

I guess its just nice to be away from the industrialised center of england, where the roads are less than 4 lanes wide and there are more olf fashioned pubs serving goof food than bars selling crap food.

LOL ok il pour a bucket of sewer crud over the local UKIP guy and shout kilroys a crack addict over and over again if you start a campaign to get a certain farm overs evil dogs removed who gave us a nasty fright as we followed a footpath over his land LOL

[Paranoidm]

Living in rural England, with its infamously inadequate public transport and excessive taxi fares (which are themselves woefully few in number - and which you would apparently ban as well), I am now effectively stranded in the middle of nowhere.

I hear you about the taxis man. It cost me £20 to get home once. I would've walked if I wasn't so scared of the area I live in.

[Revolutionary Masses]

Used to cost me 18 to get back from bham! I sympathise, now im in my flat its only 6 quid!