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At last a government policy to tackle congestion that might
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work So it has been unveiled that hard-shoulder running will soon be rolled out across major routes in the UK. It's nice to see the government has for once given the go-ahead to a plan that could cut congestion. The scheme has been running on certain motorway routes in Germany, some around Munich, for quite some time now with success.
Some people have hit out atthe plans claiming that they are just a cheap form of road-widening so what if they are? At least it's something. With a nationwide scheme we may see delivery times fall: drivers' mood improve and pollution reduced as there won't be as many stationary cars with their engines running.
Whileevery man and his dog complains about the motorways in the UK in some cases rightfully so perhaps we should be thankful that we don't have the Cuban system.
Having once had the pleasure of travelling across the island in a petroldriven vehicle, I got to witness the world's most interesting motorway. The outside lane, as expected, is the fast lane: then there is the slightly slower lane: then the truck and bus lane. This one is interesting, because the bus actually stops along the motorway to pick up passengers.
That's right passengers from the 'horse and cart lane'. This is the inside lane, where people take their horses, their carts and belongings on foot to wherever they have to go. Whit this seems like a recipe for disaster it seems to work just fine.
So if you'd like to see what will happen when the lack of fossil fuels means we'll be back to using horses and carts, you might want to go to Cuba.