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Originally Posted by katex
So Manchester said 'No' .. how shortsighted is this !!
Manchester economy is growing and will continue to grow. At the same time, the population of Greater Manchester is on the increase .. this means the demand for trips into central Manchester will inevitably grow with the economy !
Currently movement into the centre is constrained by limited available road space meaning that more efficient ways of managing travel demand and moving people into the centre are required. The duel approach of charging people for inefficient use of this road space (congestion charging) whilst vastly improving more efficient options (public transport) will secure the means necessary to support this growing ecomony.
Potentially, the money that was available to GM will be now diverted into alternative schemes i.e. to shore up the massive deficit in the budget for the Oympic Games !!!!
What an opportunity they have missed .. these will be the grumpy gits who will be complaining in 10 years time about taking an hour to get from the M60 to the centre, and carrying around their oxygen cylinder, through asthma contracted through carbon monoxide emissions, trying to find a decent transport route into the centre.
Money will have to be found now if their transport system has to be improved, so will have to watch out for heavier parking charges and other means.
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shortsighted yeh were in a recession, people don't even know if they will have a job at the moment, you honestly expect people to vote to PAY. its you who are shortsighted in this climate.
