My 60-mile a day round trip commute costs me about £50 a week on the train and bus.
It would cost me a lot more to drive, what with congestion charge of £8 per day, petrol, increased insurance to cover the extra miles, and wear and tear - even though I could have free parking.
There is no public transport alternative, so I have to drive - 18 mile round trip - if there is no petrol I close the school as only 4 of my 70 staff live on the town where we work..
we have an emergency plan where staff can car-share, then have a reduced school plan where key classes are accomodated in priortity, and we can run reduced srevices on skeleton staff...
I trut all other institutions have a plan as well.
Otherwise you could try going to: Swansea (lots of beach) Bangor (little town) Lampeter (ditto) Lancaster (campus middle of no-where) & lots of other universities that are not surrounded by city.
Now, this is what I don't understand - perhaps a city type person can help out -
The price of Oil per barrel is going up. But oil is priced in dollars is it not? And the exchange rate at the moment for dollars to stirling is pretty great, so surely this high exchange rate will mean that we should get a better deal on petrol, not worse?
I'm afraid I disagree very strongly with any group of people holding society at large to ransom, even when the dispute is legitimate and the strike has been decided upon after negotiations have broken down, and the decision to act has been arrived at democraticaly.
This lot are faceless, unelected, and dont appear to have negotiated with anyone. and I doubt that after a couple of weeks whether they'll be terribly popular.
Last time round they tried to cast themselves as latter day Jarrow Crusaders. Whish in terms of condescending arrogance just about summed them up.
In the end its always the weaker people who end up suffering the most. For a lot of people it represents more than just the prospect of a couple of days off work.
In any case - the whole thing clouds the underlying issue. Crude oil is more expensive than it was, and thats the driver for the price rises. Forcing the government of the day to cut duty will just mean that they either increase taxes elsewhere to cover the shortfall, or cut spending.
There's a site that works out how much you're adding to your carbon footprint by taking your journey to work. It calculates how much the difference is between a car and public transport, both in emissions and time.
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My 60-mile a day round trip commute costs me about £50 a week on the train and bus.
It would cost me a lot more to drive, what with congestion charge of £8 per day, petrol, increased insurance to cover the extra miles, and wear and tear - even though I could have free parking.
It would also take longer, so no contest.
but that won't happen..
we have an emergency plan where staff can car-share, then have a reduced school plan where key classes are accomodated in priortity, and we can run reduced srevices on skeleton staff...
I trut all other institutions have a plan as well.
Otherwise you could try going to:
Swansea (lots of beach)
Bangor (little town)
Lampeter (ditto)
Lancaster (campus middle of no-where)
& lots of other universities that are not surrounded by city.
According to the burser they're 'non-resident ducks in transition' DG
Now, this is what I don't understand - perhaps a city type person can help out -
The price of Oil per barrel is going up. But oil is priced in dollars is it not? And the exchange rate at the moment for dollars to stirling is pretty great, so surely this high exchange rate will mean that we should get a better deal on petrol, not worse?
Am I missing something?
yes mate
tax
You ahvent got this worked out at all have you.?
Ok.. here's how it works
Interest rate hike.. prices of petrol goes up
Interest rate fall .. price of petrol goes up
Arab Sheikh has a headache or deosn't pull.. price of petrol goes up
America has a wild winter .. price ot pertol goes up
Euro falls against the yen.. price of petrol goes up
Barkles has a ten quid a month payr ise.. price of petrol goes up
jeremy clarkson fills up a buggatti.. price of petrol goes up.
Of course. Now I get it. It all makes sense.
Well done on the pay rise btw....
I'm assuming before tax of course.
Ooh the last time this happened we were put up in a nice hotel near work
I haven't seen anything on the news though.
I'm afraid I disagree very strongly with any group of people holding society at large to ransom, even when the dispute is legitimate and the strike has been decided upon after negotiations have broken down, and the decision to act has been arrived at democraticaly.
This lot are faceless, unelected, and dont appear to have negotiated with anyone. and I doubt that after a couple of weeks whether they'll be terribly popular.
Last time round they tried to cast themselves as latter day Jarrow Crusaders. Whish in terms of condescending arrogance just about summed them up.
In the end its always the weaker people who end up suffering the most. For a lot of people it represents more than just the prospect of a couple of days off work.
In any case - the whole thing clouds the underlying issue. Crude oil is more expensive than it was, and thats the driver for the price rises. Forcing the government of the day to cut duty will just mean that they either increase taxes elsewhere to cover the shortfall, or cut spending.
There's a site that works out how much you're adding to your carbon footprint by taking your journey to work. It calculates how much the difference is between a car and public transport, both in emissions and time.
It's http://www.transportdirect.info/TransportDirect/en/?abandon=true but it doesn't seem to work for me. Plus if I got PT to work, that would involve a bus, two trains and two trams. So I'll stick with sitting in traffic in my toasty-warm car thanks
Car for me too - an hour by car, or almost 3 hours by public transport
Public transport N/A
walk 5 mins
bike 2 mins
car 90 seconds
carbon footprint ....................... pah
car 58 mins - takes me 40!!
PT - 2 hrs involves, bus, walk, train and tram. FFS
I will use the car thanks
45mins to an hour in the car every day on the journey to work - same home if the A1 is clear.
Public transport = 2hrs each way... bus - metro - bus = £14 per day...
I doubt if this lot will achieve the same effect as the last blockade - there just doesn't seem to be any momentum to it.