Emeritus Prof Christopher MayI'm a #driver (albeit low mileage & rural), but I don't want #RishiSunak to be on my side... what I want is some leadership to start to do something more about the #climatecrisis - I would have thought it would be the absolute priority for anyone who cared about their country..... oh, hold on
Jen@ChrisMayLA6 I'm a driver and the people actually on my side are those calling for infrastructure that would enable me to quit.
Axel Antoni@ChrisMayLA6 I am an occasional driver who would rather use public transport if it was available and more affordable.
Juggling With Eggs@ChrisMayLA6 I live in a city and walk to school and shops…but alas my place of work is about 4 miles away on the outskirts of the other side of the city. Public transport to get there takes too long and involves a long walk too. I have been running my petrol car into the ground, trying to put off the decision as to what to do. Three weeks ago it reached crunch point. Today I took the plunge and bought a used electric car. I came to conclusion it’s the least worst solution for my family.
Yes, without a clear & comprehensive commitment to #publicrtransport I'm sure your situation is common... hope the the e-car works out for you
Tigg aka Sandra Lindsey@ChrisMayLA6 I'm in a rural area & depend on driving to get pretty much anywhere (including work). I'd much prefer to use a bus or other public transport but I don't see that ever being implemented for us as there's so few people.
Very similar in the #LuneValley - we do have #publictransport but its too infrequent to be of much use for anyone who has any sort of time-pressure to deal with
@ChrisMayLA6 our village has 1 bus a week (goes into town on market day & comes back a couple hours later) & most folks are amazed we even have that!
@ChrisMayLA6 mind you, even when I lived in Oxfordshire with a fairly good bus service from our town to Oxford - it was only good in that direction. If you wanted to go the other way the timings were pretty awkward...
Natasha@ChrisMayLA6 Also a driver (rural too). However, having lived at the edge of the proposed ULEZ as a teenager, we never had a car and never needed one. We walked most places (better for health and environment) or used bus/train/tube, walked to the shops and carried the shopping home. Parking is a nightmare, driving often takes longer than walking, so makes no sense.
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE@nusher @ChrisMayLA6 I accidentally drove into London yesterday - I'd wanted to turn onto the M25 from the A3 but this turned out not to be possible. I saw all sorts of signs about various London-specific schemes that are unheard of elsewhere ... I wonder what fines I'm going to get through the post in due course.
James Evans@TimWardCam @nusher @ChrisMayLA6 After 29th Aug, when the ULEZ expands, you’d still have to drive a long way past the M25 on the A3 before you hit the charging zone, and you’d have to do it in an old, polluting vehicle.
TfL have a free auto-pay scheme to help drivers pay the charge and avoid being fined.
MarjorieR@TimWardCam @nusher @ChrisMayLA6 check out this site:
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/congestion-charge/congestion-charge-zone
Unless you have an old banger (pre 2005) the one I think you might have to worry about is the Congestion Charge Zone.
On Sunday only applies 12:00-18:00, so you might have avoided it.
The map is here:
https://lruc.content.tfl.gov.uk/congestion-charge-area-map.pdf
@marjolica @nusher @ChrisMayLA6 VW diesel 53 reg. It works fine, so "old" for sure, but not "banger". (I spent the extra to get a diesel because the government were telling us to because it was green.)
Yes, even before we left London, in 1995, parking was becoming such a disincentive to driving into town, we shifted increasingly to public transport (the Tube mainly) which was, of course, a good thing
Chris Gerhard 
@nusher @ChrisMayLA6 as a driver who lives on the edge of the new ulez zone I don't want anyone to help me do anything other than drive less. Something none of our politicians are really doing