Miles Platting
@milesplatting.bsky.social
Professional train wrangler oop North. Can still run up hills (just). Probably knows where the nearest decent pub/chippy is.
So 600km for 80 quid is about 13p per km. How cheap do you think city centre to city centre travel at 125mph should be?
March 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So 600km for 80 quid is about 13p per km. How cheap do you think city centre to city centre travel at 125mph should be?
Only anecdotally, no actual hard evidence for them being the most "expensive" on any measure
March 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Only anecdotally, no actual hard evidence for them being the most "expensive" on any measure
It's making improvements to the rail network which are justified using quantified tiny user journey time savings - it's absolutely the same as justifying a highways scheme based on reducing delay by a matter of seconds for a large number of road users. Or did you have a different comparison in mind?
February 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's making improvements to the rail network which are justified using quantified tiny user journey time savings - it's absolutely the same as justifying a highways scheme based on reducing delay by a matter of seconds for a large number of road users. Or did you have a different comparison in mind?
* relevant business cases that I'm aware of!
February 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
* relevant business cases that I'm aware of!
How do they manage at Goodison and Anfield now? I'd imagine/hope that they would just port the 917/919/Soccerbus arrangement to Bramley Dock once opened. Still, drives much needed clicks to the Echo :-D
February 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
How do they manage at Goodison and Anfield now? I'd imagine/hope that they would just port the 917/919/Soccerbus arrangement to Bramley Dock once opened. Still, drives much needed clicks to the Echo :-D
Not wholly correct. The user VoT savings achieved by moving from machines, ticket offices, etc. to contactless pay as you go has been included in the relevant business cases.
February 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Not wholly correct. The user VoT savings achieved by moving from machines, ticket offices, etc. to contactless pay as you go has been included in the relevant business cases.
Wow, hadn't seen a picture of the 1900s Dawes façade under construction before! Clearly had been tidied up for the event
February 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Wow, hadn't seen a picture of the 1900s Dawes façade under construction before! Clearly had been tidied up for the event
Also - where's the need for Chapel Street to be a through road anyway? Isn't that what Trinity Way is for?
February 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Also - where's the need for Chapel Street to be a through road anyway? Isn't that what Trinity Way is for?
Zero point in having such a narrow and short loading bay there anyway. Drivers will just abandon their vehicles where the cycle lane is flush with the rest of the carriageway at the bottom of the picture - just as they do now up by Spectrum.
February 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Zero point in having such a narrow and short loading bay there anyway. Drivers will just abandon their vehicles where the cycle lane is flush with the rest of the carriageway at the bottom of the picture - just as they do now up by Spectrum.
I'd happily pay more for a delivery firm that isn't absolute knobs to their drivers. Seems mad there's no option other than this mad race to the bottom for a few pence per drop
February 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I'd happily pay more for a delivery firm that isn't absolute knobs to their drivers. Seems mad there's no option other than this mad race to the bottom for a few pence per drop
Also "implied" not "implicated". Gawd....
February 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Also "implied" not "implicated". Gawd....
.... which of course it isn't 🤣
BBC getting over-excited by shoddy data here. Land Registry data shows there were 82 property sales in Gwynedd in the whole of 2023-24, so you can't really say anything about house prices from changes from just one quarter's data.
Gwynedd house prices plunge as council acts on second homes
February 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
.... which of course it isn't 🤣
(2/2) Would be interesting to see what the quantified case is for such a policy driven rail/bus network across Wales could be. Or indeed, whether full network effects could be quantified and form part of the framework for intervention assessment (such as with the North-South coach)
February 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
(2/2) Would be interesting to see what the quantified case is for such a policy driven rail/bus network across Wales could be. Or indeed, whether full network effects could be quantified and form part of the framework for intervention assessment (such as with the North-South coach)
(1/2) Which is fine & probably the best that can be achieved within the current legislative framework. However we need more detail on how GBR will direct planning and allocation of network capacity to allow for policy driven interventions, such as multimodal timetable integration, to occur.
February 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
(1/2) Which is fine & probably the best that can be achieved within the current legislative framework. However we need more detail on how GBR will direct planning and allocation of network capacity to allow for policy driven interventions, such as multimodal timetable integration, to occur.
Cheers for response. Bus is in hand, it's rail that concerns me. Nothing at GBR/GBR Cymru level -yet- that defines a standard hour integrated timetable as policy/planning objective. As such delivering a workable multi-modal proposition will be "challenging". Table 4.3 in slides alludes to this.
February 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Cheers for response. Bus is in hand, it's rail that concerns me. Nothing at GBR/GBR Cymru level -yet- that defines a standard hour integrated timetable as policy/planning objective. As such delivering a workable multi-modal proposition will be "challenging". Table 4.3 in slides alludes to this.
Still concerned about the lack of consistent timetabling across bus and rail - need a "Cymru Takt" otherwise any network benefits will be significantly diminished.
February 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Still concerned about the lack of consistent timetabling across bus and rail - need a "Cymru Takt" otherwise any network benefits will be significantly diminished.
Less about end to end than overlapping intermediate journeys.
Section 3 touches on why only Carmarthen, namely congestion and to avoid duplication between existing bus/rail
networks.
Section 3 touches on why only Carmarthen, namely congestion and to avoid duplication between existing bus/rail
networks.
February 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Less about end to end than overlapping intermediate journeys.
Section 3 touches on why only Carmarthen, namely congestion and to avoid duplication between existing bus/rail
networks.
Section 3 touches on why only Carmarthen, namely congestion and to avoid duplication between existing bus/rail
networks.
Correct solution. Market alongside the rail network with through ticketing, integrated timetabling, consistency of offer ("stations" rather than bus stops) - could be a game changer
February 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Correct solution. Market alongside the rail network with through ticketing, integrated timetabling, consistency of offer ("stations" rather than bus stops) - could be a game changer
(3/3) Despite Trailblazer, single settlements, etc., HMT still hold purse strings & want a Green Book compliant approach. Even in a future where devolved bodies "mark their own homework", it's unlikely that gov would sign off on any appraisal framework that wasn't fundamentally similar to currently
February 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
(3/3) Despite Trailblazer, single settlements, etc., HMT still hold purse strings & want a Green Book compliant approach. Even in a future where devolved bodies "mark their own homework", it's unlikely that gov would sign off on any appraisal framework that wasn't fundamentally similar to currently
(2/3) It's a major bit of backside covering and often flushes out some major disbenefit that the promoters missed (or were choosing to ignore). In the context of Sandhills, one of these will be the journey time disbenefit of slowing everyone on the Rochdale and Bury lines down by 30-45 seconds.
February 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
(2/3) It's a major bit of backside covering and often flushes out some major disbenefit that the promoters missed (or were choosing to ignore). In the context of Sandhills, one of these will be the journey time disbenefit of slowing everyone on the Rochdale and Bury lines down by 30-45 seconds.
(1/3) £1.5m is about ball park given it's quite a long drawn out process. Will be externals doing most of the work as internal resource is tied up with the day to day. Plus HMT allegedly prefer a bit of distance between scheme promoters and appraisal teams.
Worth doing business case for two reasons:
Worth doing business case for two reasons:
February 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
(1/3) £1.5m is about ball park given it's quite a long drawn out process. Will be externals doing most of the work as internal resource is tied up with the day to day. Plus HMT allegedly prefer a bit of distance between scheme promoters and appraisal teams.
Worth doing business case for two reasons:
Worth doing business case for two reasons: