Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Overcrowding and the Sky Shuttle Bus | |
Posted by: | Michael Robinson | |
Date/Time: | 29/04/15 09:42:00 |
As has been mentioned, a purely quantitative approach isn't just used in these matters given the examples of the cycle superhighways, new route masters and other schemes that have gone ahead despite poor cost benefit ratios ( Emirates cable car anyone...?) However in these cases there has been a compelling political and/or strategic reason to overrule the numbers (and in the case of the cycle superhighways, recognising that traditional modelling and appraisal methods didn't accommodate bikes so shouldn't be relied upon too much anyway) So despite what the politicians say, they won't or can't go to bat and overrule TfL's position on all day stopping at Turnham Green. There is also a question of priorities. I don't work for TfL but like any organisation, there will be finite resources and a limited number of projects that can be undertaken at any time. Given the very long lead times in the rail industry, these priorities can't be chopped and changed on a whim. A project like Piccadilly line stopping at Turnham Green, that benefits a comparatively tiny number of people must be so far down the list of priorities compared to say, getting the f***ing District line signalling sorted out as that will benefit almost half a billion journeys each year (including those from Turnham Green). |