Paris to ‘get rid of 70k parking spaces’

Re:Paris to ‘get rid of 70k parking spaces’ by avianlyric on Friday December 04, 2020 @11:09AM (#25303893)

I think maybe you need to leave your American cities and come visit a modern city like London or Paris that has excellent public transport.

Living in London I travel on my schedule everywhere on public transport. That because a bus or a train turns up at every station or stop every 4 mins. Very little need to wait, never any need to plan.

I live in flat with a parking space (and paid a hefty premium for it) but still don’t have a car. Not because I can’t afford one, but because it just doesn’t make sense. It quicker, easier and cheaper to take public transport everywhere than it is to drive. Trains don’t get stuck in traffic, and there’s more train crossings over the river than there is car crossings, making most trips more direct by public transport.

You view cars as personal freedom. I see them as noisy pollution machines that try kill me when I walk and cycle. Why the hell should i give up my personal freedoms to walk and cycle, just so you can drive?

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Re:Paris to ‘get rid of 70k parking spaces’ by corty on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:02PM (#25307017)

Very well then, try to get to and from Heathrow airport by public transport, I dare you...

That there is some public transport rather than none doesn't make it 'excellent'.

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Re:Paris to ‘get rid of 70k parking spaces’ by avianlyric on Saturday December 05, 2020 @07:41AM (#25314111)

I have, several times. The trains great, what’s wrong with it?

Soon it’s gonna be even better with Crossrail.

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Re:Paris to ‘get rid of 70k parking spaces’ by quotemstr on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:15PM (#25307187)

In all fairness, Heathrow Express seems to work very well

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Re:Paris to ‘get rid of 70k parking spaces’ by candiodari on Friday December 04, 2020 @05:39PM (#25309245)

Compared to a car or taxi it doesn't.

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Re:Paris to ‘get rid of 70k parking spaces’ by cranekam on Saturday December 05, 2020 @01:50AM (#25312422)

I guess we all have different definitions of best. Personally I'd much rather take a 15 minute train (leaving every 15 minutes) to the centre of London then a connecting tube (total £25ish, 30 mins) than sit in a taxi for at best half an hour, and often much longer, at a cost of £50-£100.

Of course, depending on timetables/connections the train could be a bit slower, and if one has a lot of luggage door-to-door by taxi might be better. But for me it would be hard to argue that fighting through London traffic in a car or taxi is superior to public transport.

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Re:Paris to ‘get rid of 70k parking spaces’ by quotemstr on Friday December 04, 2020 @05:46PM (#25309338)

I've traveled between core London and Heathrow many times, and every time I've taken the train, I've had a faster, more pleasant experience that I would have had in a taxi. Maybe it's different if you're heading to Heathrow from outside Zone 1.

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