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Post by riverside on Apr 7, 2016 10:28:16 GMT
Zac Goldsmith, the Conservative London Mayoral candidate was interviewed the other day on Radio 2 on the Jeremy Vine Show. The issue of transport dominated the discussion, during which all forms of transport(including cycling and walking) were mentioned but not a word was said about the form of transport that dare not speak its name! The humble bus was not mentioned by either Zac or Jeremy. Very depressing but not surprising.
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Post by snoggle on Apr 7, 2016 15:06:29 GMT
Zac Goldsmith, the Conservative London Mayoral candidate was interviewed the other day on Radio 2 on the Jeremy Vine Show. The issue of transport dominated the discussion, during which all forms of transport(including cycling and walking) were mentioned but not a word was said about the form of transport that dare not speak its name! The humble bus was not mentioned by either Zac or Jeremy. Very depressing but not surprising. Your last sentence sums it up really. And this is the candidate who is going to "urgently review bus services in Outer London" if he wins. Does he know what a bus looks like? Can he name two bus routes in his constituency and say where they start and end? What competence does he have to review bus routes anywhere in London never mind Outer London which is far more problematic than inner / central London. I'm equally sceptical about Mr Khan although he probably knows about the number 44 (given how many times he mentions his dad driving it ).
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Post by sid on Apr 7, 2016 16:19:34 GMT
Zac Goldsmith, the Conservative London Mayoral candidate was interviewed the other day on Radio 2 on the Jeremy Vine Show. The issue of transport dominated the discussion, during which all forms of transport(including cycling and walking) were mentioned but not a word was said about the form of transport that dare not speak its name! The humble bus was not mentioned by either Zac or Jeremy. Very depressing but not surprising. I didn't listen to the show so I'm only guessing but often on radio interviews they avoid going into the finer details of changes to bus routes as they are unlikely to be of much interest to most listeners.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2016 16:32:14 GMT
Not slating Goldsmith but there was an interview with him on Victoria Derbyshire show where they ask him questions and one of them is to name the Central part of the Central Line from Bond Street to Tottenham Court Road and the quiz was to name the next station which was Holborn which he couldn't name despite the fact he said that he uses it so it's not just buses. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qzGVIG2ndQKhan on the other hand I don't know however though the amount of time he says that he's dad drove the 44 maybe the case however though it is ironic that the 44 is one of the main trunk routes in Tooting area which is where his constiuency is based.
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Post by riverside on Apr 7, 2016 19:17:16 GMT
Zac Goldsmith, the Conservative London Mayoral candidate was interviewed the other day on Radio 2 on the Jeremy Vine Show. The issue of transport dominated the discussion, during which all forms of transport(including cycling and walking) were mentioned but not a word was said about the form of transport that dare not speak its name! The humble bus was not mentioned by either Zac or Jeremy. Very depressing but not surprising. I didn't listen to the show so I'm only guessing but often on radio interviews they avoid going into the finer details of changes to bus routes as they are unlikely to be of much interest to most listeners. I would not expect them to go into finer details about bus route changes. What amazed me was that the word bus was never mentioned once. Not only did Zac Goldsmith appear to not think buses were worth mentioning, but equally, Jeremy Vine did not think that buses merited a question. I think I am right in saying that buses in London carry more people a day then other forms of transport but obviously not the right kind of people!
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Post by sid on Apr 7, 2016 19:37:58 GMT
Not slating Goldsmith but there was an interview with him on Victoria Derbyshire show where they ask him questions and one of them is to name the Central part of the Central Line from Bond Street to Tottenham Court Road and the quiz was to name the next station which was Holborn which he couldn't name despite the fact he said that he uses it so it's not just buses. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qzGVIG2ndQKhan on the other hand I don't know however though the amount of time he says that he's dad drove the 44 maybe the case however though it is ironic that the 44 is one of the main trunk routes in Tooting area which is where his constiuency is based. Oh dear, how embarrassing! And presumably Mr Khan's father must have driven other routes too?
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Post by snoggle on Apr 7, 2016 19:42:58 GMT
What amazed me was that the word bus was never mentioned once. Not only did Zac Goldsmith appear to not think buses were worth mentioning, but equally, Jeremy Vine did not think that buses merited a question. I think I am right in saying that buses in London carry more people a day then other forms of transport but obviously not the right kind of people! You are right about the statistic in terms of pass jnys on public transport. I suspect walking is actually the "largest" mode given it's a component of most trips. If only the media spent a bit of time learning about the bus industry and what's happening to it they could make some politicians' lives an utter (and deserved) nightmare. Unfortunately the media don't use buses very much even in London where the socio economic spread of bus usage is far, far wider. Of course with the set up in London TfL would not be commenting about anything at the moment regardless of what the media were saying. It's all a bit sad but also understandable given how low transport figures in the priorities of voters. It's way down in the priority list for this Mayoral Election - down about 20 percentage points compared to 2012's election (mentioned on the telly the other night although different polls give different numbers). The other problem is that improving bus services really needs a lot of consistent effort to make it happen. There are scant few politicians who understand them and not that many people in TfL. I'm certainly not convinced Mike Brown does. Obviously given his background Peter Hendy really did understand buses and I suspect he lobbied hard and juggled the numbers to avoid much worse damage to the network than could have happened given Boris's palpable lack of interest in detail.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2016 19:58:33 GMT
Not slating Goldsmith but there was an interview with him on Victoria Derbyshire show where they ask him questions and one of them is to name the Central part of the Central Line from Bond Street to Tottenham Court Road and the quiz was to name the next station which was Holborn which he couldn't name despite the fact he said that he uses it so it's not just buses. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qzGVIG2ndQKhan on the other hand I don't know however though the amount of time he says that he's dad drove the 44 maybe the case however though it is ironic that the 44 is one of the main trunk routes in Tooting area which is where his constiuency is based. Oh dear, how embarrassing! And presumably Mr Khan's father must have driven other routes too? True but if he did he would probably named the other routes by now, said the operator and the garage he was at.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 17:17:48 GMT
The humble bus is the back bone to London's public transport system with out it London would quickly grind to a halt wherever you live in Greater London. The bus network should be a major part in all mayoral candidates transport policies for London.
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