- 'for many people'
Osbourne scraps January 3p petrol increase.
"families will save £144 by end of next year"
CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Debate!
"not a luxury, a necessity"
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Posted 13 years ago #
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They'll save even more if they don't use their car as much.
Posted 13 years ago # -
Oh great. Look forward to more school run/newsagents for ciggies/nipping to the off licence/driving around for the sake of it wallies clogging up the roads next year...
Posted 13 years ago # -
in a recession everything must become cheaper...
Lessening the cost of running a car is no exception.
Edinburgh though does use a large pool of labour who cannot afford to stay in the city and find running a car makes sense outside the city limits.Normal European cities solve this with fast mass transit divided into zones.
We're still waiting...!PS- Other odd thing about our '24/7' economy is that on a Sunday public transport is poor with fewer buses and cars parked on the bike and bus lanes. So even if you are a bus season ticket holder don't expect to do too much.
Posted 13 years ago # -
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TRANSPORT COSTSThe average rise in regulated rail fares to be capped at 6% - 1% above inflation - in January, rather than the 8% cap expected
Planned 3p fuel duty rise in January to be scrapped. But duty will go up by 3p in August.
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