Sunday 6 December 2009

London - you've had all the Country's transport investment so shut up moaning

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It seems hardly a day passes by without some London-dweller whining on about the city's transport systems. Whether is the bloody obvious about crowding (as reported by Al Jahom here) or endless phone ins, news reports and workplace grumbling.

Speaking from West Yorkshire....can you all SHUT UP. I mean it...

London has the most extensive, comprehensive, reliable and accessible transport system of any major city anywhere in the world - between the underground, the bus network and the 'overground' anywhere within 30 miles of the City has easy, effective connections.

Why? Because you've had all the transport investment - £614 per head compared to a measly £215 per head here in Yorkshire. And with Crossrail, the Olympics, the new termini for the Channel Tunnel, billions poured into the tube system and double the road investment, London and the South East continues to get the transport investment it needs. Almost entirely at the expense of the remainder of England.

So, as I said....shut up about your transport system - it's very good and very well funded.

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