so tube strikes today, went out half an hour earlier to get to school, roads leading towards central london packed, going out from central london not so bad, buses going out looked ok not full, rather a lot of them.
buses heading into central packed, absolutely packed, 4 buses went past packed, walked all the way to school in the end (1 and a half hours) and bare in mind the buses are meant to be every 10 mins and we saw a total of 4 in the packed traffic.
and when I say heading to central, I dont mean we were going in to central I mean all the buses heading that way, this is still outer london, none of the buses actually go into zone 1 (I.e further then hammersmith) but it was everything heading that way screwed.
now it wasnt this bad at the last tube strike, I think it goes to show how many people were working from home, today was absolute chaos.
why does everything have to be in, towards central london, why does everyone in the morning have to commute in, why isnt there a equal amount of businesses and schools etc in the other direction so you get a equilibrium of vehicles in and out.
one thing not working (the tube) and everything is fucked.
might as well do the vote
YABU its a good idea to have work and schools etc in the centre and homes outside so rush hour is everyone trying to head in the same direction twice a day.
YANBU homes, schools and work places should be evenly spaced out around the city so people go in all directions at rush hour thus equilibrium across the roads and public transport network at all times (pretty much).