On 18/04/2017 10:29, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 11:37:40 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

One proposal from the Mayor of London is within the boundaries of the
North and South circular roads. And an awful lot of people live within
those.

So? All that area has very good public transport. The vast majority
of people in that area have no real need to own a car. Taxi for the
weekly shop (or shock horror just walk more often) for groceries,
hire for the occasional longer journey. With a car costing around
40p/mile to run (fuel, insurance, maintenace, depreciation, etc) the
£2000 that 5,000 miles/year costs buys quite a few taxi trips and
hires...

Public transport and walking more just don't work for those of us that
have difficulty walking due to painful arthritis or that need to carry
bulky or heavy things or that simply may be on-call for children, sick
relatives, etc. where they may need to leave immediately and travel to
one of a number of destinations without having to link up with various
timetables.

SteveW