Crossrail Update

On Sep 27, 1:20 am, "Jack May" <jack....@> wrote:
>
> 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.

Which of course is one reason why we need projects like this, to boost
city centres and sustainable employment patterns - working in the
suburbs will be car-based, with all the congestion/pollution/carbon
emissions problems associated. And note that we're talking about
Britain here, where there hasn't been the same flight to the suburbs
as in North America.
Tim

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?

In message
<deb11233-8bd2-4cdf-8bfc-2aecfc27b4c3@34g2000hsh..com>, at
03:50:23 on Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Alex <atereshchenko@>
remarked:
>The "much loved" Astoria is in really bad state and shadow of the
>former self - not much regret here (from a regular visitor).

Is it suffering from planning blight though?
--
Roland Perry