[sclug] OT: convert rail tracks to tarmac for private coach network which saves billions and provides a better service!

[Matt Dainty]

* Tom Carbert-Allen <tom at randominter.net> [2009-09-10 10:33:45]:
> 
> I like your analogy but your argument miss's one important difference 
> between tracks and rubber wheels. They can drive around each other. So 
> if one service is delayed or breaks down, the rest just drive around it. 
> So a rubber wheel system has less chance of an incident causing systemic 
> problems.

You've clearly never been on the M25.

Matt
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