"j-p.s" <
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> On 17 Feb 2003 09:50:04 -0000, Geraint Jones scrawled: ) Traffic congestion is much reduced in
> Oxford today too. Well done, Ken
lad.
> ) Or it might just be half-term.
>
> Would that not actually act to increase congestion in the designated areas in London, while
> reducing suburbian congestion?
>
No, there's always less traffic in London generally when it's half-term. Hard to say why really, I
presume it's not only not taking the kids to school and back, maybe some people go away or otherwise
take time off work to look after kids, and others don't drive to other places following on from the
school run as well.
However, it was even quieter than a usual half-term on my route into work today, so I guess some
people were scared off car journeys by fear about first-day problems. Be great if it were like that
all the time though. If I were a driver I wouldn't even mind paying the £5 to get such a clear run
through - trouble is they'll all cotton on that, and then it will be back to the same as it ever
was, just costing them more than it did before.
Rich