djc wrote:
On 22/12/11 00:06, Tim Watts wrote:

The real problem is getting over the mindset that a majority of big
employers like being in London, when they could operate just as well from
many random sites.

Which, really, is the way to solve this whole rediculous problem of millions
of people sitting on trains and in cars every day - get as many people whose
jobs permit working out of their houses - or in small satellite offices
dotted around. It's the way forward. Then the people whose presence is
actually required will have an easier time of it too.

This is the sort of thing that will not happen by itself - it needs some
incentive, such as taxing the hell out of city premises or something. But
that won't happen...

Removing subsidy from commuter services would do it.



they are the services that are NOT subsidised, in the main.