On Monday 19 Sep 2011 19:43, allantracy wrote:

> I'm guessing that city isn't Birmingham then, where far too many have
> to rely on buses.
> 
> Some routes operate every four minutes, a worst nightmare addition to
> what is already chronic traffic congestion.
> 
> In the peak, a journey of six or seven miles into the city can easily
> last an hour, on schedule, let alone with the inevitable delays.
> 

Funny, isn't it, that in the 1950s, when almost nobody had cars, we all 
managed to get to work/school/the shops by tram, and no-one thought 
anything of it. From Selly Park, near what is now the Nature Centre, it 
used to take 20 minutes into the city centre, 30 in rush hour. It takes 
much longer than that now.

-- 
Alex