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"Many" is an understatement. People do not drive cars in to their jobs in Central London. It's just not done. Not even CEOs. The vast, vast, vast majority of p
by esotericn 8y ago
"Many" is an understatement.
People do not drive cars in to their jobs in Central London. It's just not done. Not even CEOs. The vast, vast, vast majority of people take public transport in because it's completely impractical to drive and not for cost reasons.
I would be completely unsurprised if there were less than 1 parking spot per _building_ inside the inner ring road.
Wander about, find a big, multimillion suburban house in Zone 3. You may well see a fancy car.
That fancy car barely ever sees the inside of London. It's for the country jaunt, the holiday, the supermarket run.
- TheCoelacanth 8y agoThat's demonstrably false if you look at the sheer volume of cars driving through Central London. This[1] suggests that about 25% of commuters arrive by car. [1] https://londontransportdata.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/weekday-morning-peak-travel-into-central-london-road-traffic-only.png https://londontransportdata.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/week...
- Brakenshire 8y agoNo, that is non rail. Rail is 80% (it is the chart above this one where you cut it out of the article) so car is 25% of 20%, i.e. 5%.
- esotericn 8y agoEr, that shows that 25% of road users are cars. I haven't seen trains on roads much. Perhaps in Croydon.