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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    And what about all those out there who can't afford a top of the line Tesla? Is there a a slick fast charging network out there for all the Leaf or MG ZS owners?
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    A potential pay per mile fee to replace road tax.

    The local authorities spent about £2bn on roads maintenance this is dwarfed by taxes raised from motorists. Here are the transport spending figures for the last five years. 4.5 Transport 32,701 34,420 49,387 44,685 43,578 of which: national roads 4,820 5,574 6,153 5,438 5,660 of which...
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    A potential pay per mile fee to replace road tax.

    Do you mean the Galileo system? Which the UK Gov doesn't have access to the encrypted high accuracy signal since Brexit.
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    First Class meal cost to produce

    No the main aim of TOCs today is to do exactly what the DfT tell them to do nothing more. If they behave the DfT may give them an extra bonus on top of the fixed management fee.
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    Taxi ranks at Elizabeth Line stations.

    Lifts and ramp down to Hopton Street. Just short of 500m from Blackfriars Southern entrance to Hilton front door.
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    The relationships between the OEMs and their Chinese joint ventures is complicated. In SAICs case their own brand (MG\Roewe) cars have gone through three generations, MG Rover copies, Self designed but MG Rover inspired with use of UK technical centre of ex MG Rover and Riccardo staff, Self...
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    A potential pay per mile fee to replace road tax.

    How are they successfully controlling the gross volume of emissions if 90% vehicles already comply with the requirements and vehicles are continuing to get cleaner whether there is a LEZ or not anyway?
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    GM and SAIC are very much affiliated. SAIC make all GMs cars in China. The current MG and Roewe petrol models are powered by GM\Opel engines instead of SAICs own NSE 1.5 engine.
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    The current MG ZS is basically an old generation Vauxhall\Opel Mokka.
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    Would an absolute back to basics car sell well today?

    The 'EU' rules now mandating various safety features, lane guidance, speed assistance, collision avoidance etc have meant that Dacia have switched to the newer Renault\Nissan platforms rather then spend the extra money to reverse engineering these required features into the older generation...
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    No Gate Lines

    Also note the red line across the pavement at the foot of the stairs which you aren't meant to cross without a ticket.
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    What happens if HS2 Euston proves to be unbuildable?

    Moor Street and Curzon St won't be across the road from each other, they will be adjacent to each other, divided by the existing lines into New Street.
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    Yes there is you can park anywhere on the highway as long as there are no parking restrictions and it doesn't cause an obstruction. Or do you mean a specific location? Despite the infrastructure and general different attitudes in the Netherlands leading to a high use of bikes for transport they...
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    UK switching to electric vehicles discussion

    Yes about a third of homes don't have a dedicated parking space but it varies a lot with more rural areas being about 16% but upto 66% in some urban city areas.
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    Future of Ticket Office Consultations launched

    You can't calculate an evasion rate - it is purely the number of excess fares sold the two are completely different things. Excess fares are upgrading from standard to first class, changing from off peak to peak ticket, changing the routing on a restricted ticket.
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    Could a modern version of slam door/compartment stock be workable?

    The new R211 subway cars for New York have four sets of doors per car and are 63 inches wide meaning a third of each carriage is made up of doors. Some of the new stock for the Singapore MRT have five sets of doors per car.
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    Future of Ticket Office Consultations launched

    The data does include excess fares. Leeds issued 4,959 out of the 700,000 tickets issued at the ticket office. Leeds being a NR station has three information points and they run the assistance service and suggest users report to the information desk. Overall excess fares look like a very niche...
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    Future of Ticket Office Consultations launched

    Well 94% of people don't use it according to Northern's data.
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    More Delay for HS2, and how should we proceed?

    There is no building work going on at Euston to the new station the current works on the station footprint are all preparatory, demolition\site prep etc they are all required however many platforms are built. The change in number of platforms is down to attempts to reduce the budget. The revised...
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    ULEZ - Plans (and would you have to pay?)

    In the real world it very much is a possibility in any activity unless you basically don't exist. There is risk of and actual impact to heath of both ourselves and other in everything we do. 1691805867 That old chestnut the 'oil industry'. Everything is covered up or suppressed due to the...

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