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They are keeping open the option of extending the "No access to the trains" period, if anything like a queue shows a sign of building up. I have to say, as someone who worked as a public transport planner for most of my working life, that I would be ashamed if I was responsible for this...

Don't be ridiculous. That third goal by Manchester City was high quality, by any standard.

10/10. I feel my pedantry is validated.

The stadium car park is, of course, mostly in Lewes District.

I'm certain that if the Big Lemon thought it would be affordable for them to provide a low-cost park and ride service, they would do so. Councillor Tom Druitt, the proprietor of Big Lemon, is quite well placed to understand what the City Council might like to see. I'm aware of the fact that an...

I used to manage the Withdean park and ride scheme on behalf of East Sussex County Council (who were the transport authority when the scheme was set up). We set the fare (at £1 a passenger / free for children) and paid the bus company the difference between their costs and the fares income...

Manchester City v Leicester City had both teams playing in blue earlier today. There was no problem following what was going on.

What about the 2020s? A publicly accountable rail industry and free higher education. And lots more. Bring it on.

Theoretically ... the correct answer. But a Jack Russell like ours is such a lazy git that he would be unlikely to catch or kill any rats. Rats are, however, reasonably intelligent and they might well disappear somewhere else, once they realise there is a dog around the place.

... and the state of the road edges (as I've already said). Cyclists would be crazy to keep to the extreme left of the road I live in (which is the only available route for cyclists riding between the end of the Lewes - Firle cycle lane and Polegate, other than the incredibly dangerous section...

Among the things that are dangerous out our way are:- 1) the fact that the edges of our narrow rural roads are full of potholes, thanks to heavy tractors damaging the verges; and 2) the failure of the Highways Agency to complete the cycle lane that runs alongside the A27. That said, I do...

Speak with Martin Harris at the bus company. Or, if he's not available, try the Customer Service Team on 01273 886200. They currently have a pending list for new names to be added. They normally expect a year to pass after the death of a nominee.

Maybe because, like me, Superphil lives in a rural community and supporting your local Post Office helps keep the village shop open? That way, you can cycle to somewhere nearby to purchase a bottle of milk and a newspaper, rather than jump into a car and drive five miles to the nearest Tesco.

When I was a Transport Manager (up until December last year), we always called it "renewing the tax disc". This took into account the fact that some of the fleet were exempt from paying the tax (because of the facilities that they provided for disabled people). And then they abolished the...

From general taxation, obviously. It's a political decision, but there are options. Higher income tax would load the costs on to workers. Higher VAT would hit family budgets. Higher corporation taxes would have an effect on businesses. You might even contemplate cutting defence spending...

The van driver in the video that started this thread off didn't pay the tax on his van. It was paid by his employer, who has decided that the driver is no longer entitled to drive the company's vehicles. Seems fair enough to me.

SOME (not all) cycle lanes are very badly designed. Just painting a line at the edge of a busy road to "create" a so-called cycle lane that shares space with car parking space, and only allowing one metre of width to be allocated to the cyclist, is NOT providing a safe space for cyclists.

My criticism is directed towards people who incorrectly try to associate paying the tax with an entitlement to use the roads that is greater than the entitlement that non-payers of the tax have.

Motorists don't pay a duty to be on the road. SOME motorists pay Vehicle Excise Duty because they drive high polluting vehicles. Some motorists are exempt from paying VED because they use electric cars or other low emission vehicles. Bicycles are low emission vehicles and therefore they are...

And I don't any longer pay the duty on cigarettes. Should I stop using the NHS? My use of the word "ridiculous" to describe the counter-arguments that are flying around in this thread is looking more and more accurate. And it's STILL not a road fund licence. It's Vehicle Excise Duty, which...