i should point out
that i dont give much of a shit about roads, and these days I walk more than I drive, but as an engineer of sorts, I cannot abide a flawed, and inefficient system - ie the UK's traffic 'management'. I wont rest until these 'traffic planners' are exterminated. They exist simply to justify their own existance. Its a self fulfilling prophecy, and the fix problems that dont exist. There are a few believers, (see kensington high st) and if I had my way, that particular scenario should be rolled out country wide.

oh god I've started.

Look at J1 on the M60, in stockport. Count the traffic lights. From my house (about half a mile away, I go through 12 sets of traffic lights to get on the motorway. It can take 20 minutes. They keep them on 24 hours a day, its fucking ridiculous.

I'm thinking of starting a proper site about this, start some real pressure on councils. I think the congestion charge in london AND manchester would be totally unecessary if we just fixed the system.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:57, Reply)