Live tube map

[Dave B]

Prompted by Mark's Facebook map of the worldthread, I thought I too would post a cool map. Live London Underground map - staggering to see how many little yellow pins are working their way round the network at any one time:

http://traintimes.org.uk/map/tube/

There's a link to a National Rail version on the site, which also appeals to my inner geek.

[Mark]

That is pretty cool indeed!

[Eki]

U-tube

[Mark]

U-bahn?

[schmenke]

Pretty cool

I've always thought that the London tube is an example of how a municipal transit system should be established (although I've only ever used it once, briefly).
The system in our cowtown city of ~1 million inhabitants is woefully inadequate and our city administrators still plan with the assumption that the passenger vehicle is the primary means of transport . The link shows the two meagre LRT lines in our city, both of which are completely above ground. During non-peak hours I've waited up to 1/2 hour for a train to arrive, and it's been known to freeze up, literally, during extreme cold

http://www.calgarytransit.com/route_maps/lrt_stop.html

[Mark]

That's the advantage I've found with the London Underground, unlike pretty much every other public transport I've ever used, there is very little waiting time. I don't think I've ever waited more than a couple of minutes for a tube train. So you can plan journeys using several different lines without having to worry that changing trains is going to cost you half an hour!

Even in Newcastle with the metro, they don't have enough trains so it's often nearly a 15 minute wait sometimes.

[Mark in Oshawa]

That is just outstanding. Why would anyone drive in London if they didn't have to based on the density of the "Tube"....

[Dave B]

That is just outstanding. Why would anyone drive in London if they didn't have to based on the density of the "Tube"....

That's the argument against rolling out congestion charging based solely on it's (general) success in London: most other towns and cities in the UK simply don't have such good public transport as an alternative.

[Mark]

But the politicians don't seem to grasp this fact!

[Mark in Oshawa]

That's the argument against rolling out congestion charging based solely on it's (general) success in London: most other towns and cities in the UK simply don't have such good public transport as an alternative.

Lets face it, the reality is anyone driving into midtown London isn't doing it because he likes driving, he is doing it because he either lives there or has something he has to do that wont allow him to take the Tube. Which is why a predatory and discriminatory tax on "congestion" is just a tax grab by a Mayor who obviously has an anti-car and anti freedom of choice agenda.