Comments on: Do cars cause snow chaos? http://greenchristian.co.uk/2010/01/do-cars-cause-snow-chaos/ Fri, 18 May 2012 00:26:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chris H http://greenchristian.co.uk/2010/01/do-cars-cause-snow-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Chris H Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:01:28 +0000 http://greenchristian.co.uk/?p=104#comment-50 I sold my car last year and have been using public transport to get to work and even when visiting customers for work. I've found it more than adequate and has never failed to get me home, even with the recent snow. Although I do have a 30 minute walk to the station from where I live it may not be an accessible option for people with disabilities. Buses would have been a problem where I work in Bracknell as it was one of those towns that were gridlocked. Some of my colleagues spent over 3 hours just getting out of the works car park one evening. And yes, our society is now built round the car. If I remember back over the decades we had the option to work close to home, shop close to home, have our family live close to home. Nowadays it's changed - work is where you can get it with the reduction of large site employers, local shops have been squashed by the supermarkets and as to living close to family, forget it. House prices and the reduction in council houses have seen to that. Chris I sold my car last year and have been using public transport to get to work and even when visiting customers for work. I’ve found it more than adequate and has never failed to get me home, even with the recent snow. Although I do have a 30 minute walk to the station from where I live it may not be an accessible option for people with disabilities.

Buses would have been a problem where I work in Bracknell as it was one of those towns that were gridlocked. Some of my colleagues spent over 3 hours just getting out of the works car park one evening.

And yes, our society is now built round the car. If I remember back over the decades we had the option to work close to home, shop close to home, have our family live close to home. Nowadays it’s changed – work is where you can get it with the reduction of large site employers, local shops have been squashed by the supermarkets and as to living close to family, forget it. House prices and the reduction in council houses have seen to that.

Chris

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