tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post1870565584177582476..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Boris the Ripper?Pantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-80747928012154562132008-11-09T03:55:00.000-08:002008-11-09T03:55:00.000-08:00The Problem is all these cancelled projects did no...The Problem is all these cancelled projects did not have any budgeted funds. Central government controls the purse strings here. The previous 5 year budget is going seriously adrift. <BR/><BR/>The collapse of the Metronet public private partnership has left a £2 billion shortfall in the tube modernisation project. Cost over runs on the other partnership are also starting to mount. <BR/><BR/>To keep the tube modernisation on track the Mayor has to get them increase funding.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08255709757074026969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-64633638768758446562008-11-07T18:38:00.000-08:002008-11-07T18:38:00.000-08:00Man! That sounds like Mary Peters thinking not eno...Man! That sounds like Mary Peters thinking not enough money is being spent on highways, and highways are being strapped of cash!<BR/><BR/>Oh, and <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossrail" REL="nofollow">Crossrail</A> is a rail tunnel which is to be used by electric commuter trains, like the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_City_Commuter_Connection" REL="nofollow">tunnel in Philadelphia</A>, the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Bahn" REL="nofollow">S-Bahn</A> tunnels in certain places across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RER" REL="nofollow">RER</A> in Paris.<BR/><BR/>I'm pissed Boris Johnson, who was born in New York City, by the way, has axed certain tram projects. I thought they'd make good sense in London.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-83230402091661780042008-11-07T14:59:00.000-08:002008-11-07T14:59:00.000-08:00To be fair, he axed a major road bridge which was ...To be fair, he axed a major road bridge which was probably a bad idea. And a bunch of the expansions he axed were rather questionable service for "developing" areas.<BR/><BR/>But some of the cuts are disgraceful: the Tramlink expansion to Crystal Palace was already designed and would have been very successful. <BR/><BR/>The other tram schemes, also, although expensive and of questionable popularity, were pretty much the only affordable way of adding extra passenger capacity into Central London; cancelling them will stifle the area's economic growth. The advertised alternative of increased Underground capacity is simply technically impossible. This shows what happens when you let a know-nothing take charge; you get dumb ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com