Cutting the need to travel at all

grahame

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Cutting the need to travel at all

« on: July 07, 2016, 20:44:30 »

It's been suggested that one of the most effective ways to cut car travel /queues / greenhouse gases is (sorry) not the train or the bus - but cutting the need to travel at all. After all, there's a certain silliness in lots of people who live in 'alifax travelling to 'uddersfield to work, while at the same time the people with 'omes in 'uddersfield travel to 'alifax.

It's been suggested this applies for things other than work ... there was a suggestion that medical services coming to your door might be a way to go rather than central doctors and hospitals, thus cutting out the need for supported buses (yes, that was an idea floated with a degree of seriousness).

I was interested in Swindon today (a trip to BBC^» Wiltshire for a studio rather than telephone interview) to see Amazon Prime as one of the adverts in the sequence on an electronic street sign ... in amongst a row of small town centre traders with a sprinkling of "to let" signs.

Struck me as almost provocative ...


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LiskeardRich

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Re: Cutting the need to travel at all

« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2016, 21:04:55 »

I did all my Christmas shopping 2015 online, mostly Amazon because I would rather not waste my time in crowded shops etc.

As of tomorrow I'll have no reason to travel as I become unemployed through redundancy.

(Although I have reason next week to travel to Greece via Bristol airport)


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Re: Cutting the need to travel at all

« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2016, 21:14:46 »

Quote from: richwarwicker on July 07, 2016, 21:04:55

As of tomorrow I'll have no reason to travel as I become unemployed through redundancy.

Sorry to hear / read that Undecided

. Been there - utterly awful at the time. Enjoy Greece.


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Re: Cutting the need to travel at all

« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2016, 21:41:50 »

Seconded there richwarwicker. Only been redundant once, and then voluntarily but in the end it was the best thing which happened to me.

As to grahame's photo - which is a stone's throw from where I live - interesting to note there are three To Let signs, one of the effect of on line shopping I guess (although I'll admit an on line cafÃƒÂ© probably wouldn't work!)


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Re: Cutting the need to travel at all

« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2016, 22:08:11 »

Redundancy is a blessing in disguise and the timing couldn't of been better.
I'm probably getting the only chance ever to have the full summer holiday with my girls.
I'm well prepared, having known I would happen at some point since April 2015, all I didn't know was when it would happen until a month or so back.

I may even squeeze in a ALR^▸ or as a minimum a 3 day freedom of the south west, might even stretch to the longer period version


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Western Pathfinder

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Re: Cutting the need to travel at all

« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2016, 23:15:12 »

Best of luck my friend enjoy your summer with your girls.


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« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2016, 13:17:34 »

Hope you have a brilliant summer with your girls.


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