Cyclists Cable Car

A new cable car, capable of taking cyclists and their steeds, is to
open by the Summer of 2012 linking the Millennium Dome to ExCel.

This mass transit system will broadly follow the line of the free
Blackwall Tunnel which is closed to pedestrians and cyclists, however,
it appears that the cable car will not be free. Perhaps it is not time
that a toll is introduced for cars and other vehicles using the
Blackwall Tunnel.

http://www.greenwich.co.uk/news/0461...able-car-plan/

"Tom Crispin" wrote in message
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A new cable car, capable of taking cyclists and their steeds, is to
open by the Summer of 2012 linking the Millennium Dome to ExCel.

This mass transit system will broadly follow the line of the free
Blackwall Tunnel which is closed to pedestrians and cyclists, however,
it appears that the cable car will not be free. Perhaps it is not time
that a toll is introduced for cars and other vehicles using the
Blackwall Tunnel.

http://www.greenwich.co.uk/news/0461...able-car-plan/


you are correct, it is not time to start charging tolls for the blackwall
tunnel

On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:13:15 +0000, Tom Crispin
wrote:

A new cable car, capable of taking cyclists and their steeds, is to
open by the Summer of 2012 linking the Millennium Dome to ExCel.

This mass transit system will broadly follow the line of the free
Blackwall Tunnel which is closed to pedestrians and cyclists, however,
it appears that the cable car will not be free. Perhaps it is not time
that a toll is introduced for cars and other vehicles using the
Blackwall Tunnel.

http://www.greenwich.co.uk/news/0461...able-car-plan/

Hmmm... Never was a typo more contrary to what I meant: "perhaps it is
*now* time". Sorry.

Tom Crispin wrote:

Yes. The Blackwall Tunnel is currently being refurbished by Transport
for London at a cost of £70m. It seems reasonable that those licensed
users who have exclusive use of the facility pay for it, not London
Council Tax Payers.

Are you alleging that the drivers don't pay their taxes?

That's a bizarrely inappropriate claim for a tax-dodging cyclist to
make.

On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 14:17:32 +0000, (Steve Firth)
wrote:

Tom Crispin wrote:

Yes. The Blackwall Tunnel is currently being refurbished by Transport
for London at a cost of £70m. It seems reasonable that those licensed
users who have exclusive use of the facility pay for it, not London
Council Tax Payers.

Are you alleging that the drivers don't pay their taxes?

That's a bizarrely inappropriate claim for a tax-dodging cyclist to
make.

What tax have I dodged?

On 05/02/11 15:24, Tom Crispin wrote:

In that case, make the cable car free.
Indeed. Seems sensible to me.

On 05/02/2011 15:36, Chris Bartram wrote:

On 05/02/11 15:24, Tom Crispin wrote:

In that case, make the cable car free.
Indeed. Seems sensible to me.

So who would be expected to pay for its building and its (no doubt very
labour-intensive and thus very expensive) operation?

I don't want to subscribe, for a start.

"Tom Crispin" wrote in message
...
A new cable car, capable of taking cyclists and their steeds, is to
open by the Summer of 2012 linking the Millennium Dome to ExCel.

This mass transit system will broadly follow the line of the free
Blackwall Tunnel which is closed to pedestrians and cyclists, however,
it appears that the cable car will not be free. Perhaps it is not time
that a toll is introduced for cars and other vehicles using the
Blackwall Tunnel.

http://www.greenwich.co.uk/news/0461...able-car-plan/

it won't go ahead, unless of course you close the nearby airport

On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:39:43 +0000, JNugent
wrote:

On 05/02/2011 15:36, Chris Bartram wrote:

On 05/02/11 15:24, Tom Crispin wrote:

In that case, make the cable car free.
Indeed. Seems sensible to me.

So who would be expected to pay for its building and its (no doubt very
labour-intensive and thus very expensive) operation?

I don't want to subscribe, for a start.

I don't want to subscribe to the Blackwall Tunnel which only allows
motorised users.

On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 15:40:30 -0000, "Mrcheerful"
wrote:


"Tom Crispin" wrote in message
.. .
A new cable car, capable of taking cyclists and their steeds, is to
open by the Summer of 2012 linking the Millennium Dome to ExCel.

This mass transit system will broadly follow the line of the free
Blackwall Tunnel which is closed to pedestrians and cyclists, however,
it appears that the cable car will not be free. Perhaps it is not time
that a toll is introduced for cars and other vehicles using the
Blackwall Tunnel.

http://www.greenwich.co.uk/news/0461...able-car-plan/

it won't go ahead, unless of course you close the nearby airport

There is already a bridge over the Royal Victoria Dock. I can't see
why a cable car would be any different provided it is not
unnecessarily high over the dock.