Recent content by paulnorthyorks

Agreed, the tube can at times be unpleasant method of transport. The car can sometimes be too, if you are caught up in a slow-as-treacle traffic snarl up with petrol and diesel fumes getting sucked into your car, cars competing aggressively to get into that space where a parked car has forced...

Agreed, although there may be other renewable technologies that will become more prominent, such as Geo-thermal and Bio-mass. I take your point. By this analysis, it will be the overcrowded trains that are the most 'efficient' - the ones in India, where passengers even ride on the roofs of the...

I meant reducing the number of cars on the road at any one time, not that people would give up their cars - sorry about the confusion. Having rail networks in place is a pre-requisite part of the solution, but there are other factors that are important too, most noticeably price, and conditions...

Maybe I don't understand how the world works, but nevertheless I have a few comments here: 1. I wasn't suggesting that people give their cars up - not sure where you got that from! 2. I disagree that an underground network is JUST designed to move large amounts of people around a small, densely...

In answer to your questions: Where? Primarily, towns and cities that do not currently have tube/underground systems. By "underground" I do not necessarily mean pure underground, much as the London Underground is not pure (a lot of the network is actually overground). Why? Part of the...

I have recently registered a petition calling for massive expansion of (underground) railways in the UK. You can find it here: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/massiverailplan/ What do you think of this petition? If you agree with it, would you consider signing it? Thank you!