In the past few months I have stopped commuting by car and take the tram.

I haven't had the need to do this for some 5 years.

I didn't realise how horrible commuting in the car was. On the odd occasion that I have had to drive in rush hour traffic over the past few months you really do realise how aggressive driving has become in the rush hour.

OK you have to put up with stiggies who don't wash, and some rude people on the tram, but on the whole people are fairly polite, I can read the paper (if I get a seat, which I do 80% of the time).

 

this was discuused in o/t not long ago

I think most people had a worse view of public transport than you Nige

I know I do!

 

it completely varies depending on the route. There are 2 main bus routes I can get to the city center from my house. One is usually full of people like me, and the other you can guarantee scrotes smoking upstairs at the back.

 

All good if its easy to get to, but for me i'd have to walk at least 1 ile to the nearest bus, and i dont like being crammed in tin boxes with strangers.

 

It really depends on the route to be honest.

When I was working in Romford (and I've always lived in Reading), taking the train into London, the Circle Line and then train out the other side, was infinitely preferable to driving it in rushhour on the M25. Despite the horrors that one encounters on public transport.

However, my current "commute" is 7 miles away, takes 15 mins max by car but 45 by train (15 walk, 15 train, 15 walk). No brainer really

 

probably.

I had to go by bus on one occasion.

I live approx 6 miles from the city centre.

time by tram = 20 mins

time by bus = 1 hr. 25 mins of that was getting out of the centre.

Tram appears to be generally reliable, and is a completely different travelling experience to travelling by tube in London which I detest. (ie most people are polite).

 

the ONLY benefit in travelling by tube that I can thinjk of is the occasional presence of totty

plus I'm sure the suicide bombers will do the tube again in the near future

taxis for me in London

with the added advantage that I get to meet fellow far right wingers

although I have to pass on taxis if they are being driven by people who look like they might be related to Captain Hook

 

I refuse to travel by bus.

 

another good idea - esp in London

 

I guess it works for some people and not for others.

I've commuted by train for the vast majority of my working life - from Walsall and then from Solihull into Birmingham, and latterly from south Cheshire into Manchester. I've never really had a problem with it (other than when the trains don't turn up and there's no indication from the station staff why or when to expect them but that's not frequent).

It would take me a lot longer (and cost me more) to drive into central Manchester than to walk 10 minutes to the local station and then get on the Virgin intercity service to Manchester - 30 mins or so.

I tend to switch off when travelling - put the ipod on and read a book - I couldn't do that if I drove.