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On Sep 26, 5:20 pm, "Jack May" <jack....@> wrote:
> "1506" <adrian_auerhud...m> wrote in message
>
> news:8fe97e80-04f9-4cc7-a7ab-6ac3f7f88006@p31g2000prf..com...
> On Sep 24, 9:13 am, allan tracy <thunderbird57...@m> wrote:
>
> > According to Private Eye, the ‘it's all gone quiet’ surrounding the
> > Crossrail project is due to the treasury having not yet signed off on
> > it.
>
> > Rumour is they won’t either and that the DfT is working furiously on a
> > cut down cheaper version involving tube size tunnels.
>
> > Perhaps with the current financial crisis, it’s not anticipated that
> > quite so many will be commuting to the City in future years.
>
> ?This, if true, is very bad news.  The day will come when Londonners
> ?will regret it.
>
> Regret what?  The jobs have been moving out of central cities at a rapid
> rate for a long time.  The need for transit will continue to shrink as the
> jobs move away from the city to the better jobs elsewhere.

The Merchant Banker, May, speaks again.

Jack, how often have you commuted in Greater London?