Car Free Day

What a load of crap! Why choose to hold a car free day at this time of year - why not summertime when it is more likely to be a nice day and the schools are off? Management in Dublin bus neet lobotomies if they think that a good incentive to get people out of their cars would be to give free travel between 10am & 4pm. (apparently they are giving away 20,000 1-way tickets but not really announcing where to get them!).

Why on earth would I give up my car with all its comforts to sit beside some stranger on the bus (after waiting an eternity in this rain) or get the sub-3rd-world train (after waiting an eternity in this rain)?
Jebus, I didn't even know about it until I heard the news in my car this morning!

Apparently there is a (minimal) website for this rubbish (somehow I don't think the photo of the kids playing at the launch of car free day today was taken in todays weather!).

The Universal answer to ALL the road problems.This Solution is never suggested by the persons who live 20+ miles out of town, and not needing to criss cross an area,  to earn a crust.City centre travel , with Bus/Train every 15 Mins ok, I would give a go.

Let those Great minds who live out in the sticks, set the example by going carless, and maybe others working at a fixed location may consider it,,BUT--Show us how easy it is.

318is-joe wrote: Derek M5 wrote: Surely the more miles you do the better value you're extortionate road tax is?? Now your talking my Lingo

I disagree - our road tax system will never offer value!

I have had the pleasure of four years living and working in Singapore, most likely the most expensive place to own a car in the world.

Due to their size and wealth they have fixed the number of cars on their tiny island and that number is only ever increased to reflect an increase in the road space available.

I was lucky enough to have access to a company car but rarely used it because the buses, trains & taxis were clean, cheap and always on schedule. Here you need a mortgage to take a cab, the buses are not sufficiently reliable to plan a trip by and apparently the train company are getting there....

When you have a viable relaible affordable transport network, people (even me) will use it, until such time leave us alone.

If you have a viable transport system

Nigel wrote: want us to pay 10p per mile on top of what we already pay

For what? tree hugging courses?