It will keep happening until we recognise that public transport is public good that pays for itself by existing and not something that should self fund.
London is incredibly unusual in international cities where central funding is not the dominant source of funds.
My comment was tongue in cheek. Solar and AC are a good combo.
I'd argue there's still a energy+climate reckoning coming where energy won't be as abundant as it has been and high energy use activities (like AC) will be more challenging. the EROEI (Energy Return on Energy Invested) of renewables/low-carbon are much lower than peak fossil fuels.
Incidentally I'm the same as you I'm so socialised on sleeping under something I do it regardless of temperature
cries in climate crisis
Take the point about causality direction but it is about the broader impact of the fact that the policy of the last decades towards the railway has been somewhere between managed decline and life support. An industrial strategy that recognised rail for its primary role in decarbonisation and the future of transport (rather than false horizons and gadgets) would have reduced the cost of maintainance and storage as well as eased the capacity issues that make it logistically and economically hard for its use (which I believe has also been an issue).
Can't comment on support for monarchy and ERII death. I imagine that most people fail to see it as an issue that materially affects them with the governance issues being largely hidden from view.
To be replaced by helicopters. I despair
I was thinking more booting to a few from a usb and playing around.
I think the usual consensus is Linux Mint (and its a solid distro) but I think the best advice is not to be afraid of trying different ones and finding out what works best for you.
This one comes to mind https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/new-city-centre-cycle-scheme-24598715
Been a while since I looked but my understanding is that 1.5m max widths excludes best practice to allow cargo bikes and accessible bikes movement.
I'm not saying we shouldn't consider this in urban design but I've seen a number of cycling schemes be ruined because of the advice that no gap greater than 1.5m can be left to prevent this sort of attack.
I can't help but feel we shouldn't be accept living in a fortress in order to avoid universal access to machines that can cause such damage.
I agree and its strange its not been mentioned at all. It seems odd to me given how much capacity there is unused in the tunnel itself that the warehousing wasn't built to an equivalent spec. Its possible it was planned for depots to be on the onward HS routes that never happened (i.e. HS2 via the HS1-HS2 link).
It would be a small amount of money when compared to road building budgets but car brain dominates DfT (and Treasury) thinking.
Eurostar suddenly decides it does plan to expand after ruling outlining if they don't they will have to provide space in the depot for a rival.
They say in the 2030s - that could 14 years away compared with the rival consortium who said by 2029
These type of calculations do indeed account for that. They often rely on local average occupancies so areas with good well used buses can be lower or areas of low utilisation higher