Despite every piece of common sense telling anyone who has half a brain that we need better, cheaper trains and we need to use technology so that fewer people are using the roads to get to and from work, the Tories are planning to increase our destruction of the environment.
Why not spend the money on something forward-thinking? Such as a scheme to get businesses to open small satellite offices in villages, small towns and suburbs. That's a simple idea, made possible with the technology that all companies have access to anyway and could have a number of benefits:
1) Less traffic; less pollution
2) Reduction in time lost in traffic jams
3) Financial boost for areas with empty premises, shops etc and the shops and so forth that workers would make use of
4) Improvement of villages and small towns; where there is work, there is money - we could become less reliant on large towns and cities and out-of-town retail parks
5) Could well be cost-effective for companies; smaller head offices in the areas where office space is most expensive; less time lost in traffic; less mileage allowance paid out
6) Health benefits - more people could walk or cycle to work; less stressful journeys.
Anyway, that's just my ramblings but is there any reason that wouldn't be a good idea? It wouldn't work for all businesses but now we have an electronic filing system, I could do almost all of my work from another location and I'm sure many people are the same. Bosses could use webcams to keep an eye on their staff if they wanted to!
Here's the guardian's article, which mentions nothing of my ideas. [shakes head in disgust]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/oct/10/controversial-zombie-roads-scheme-resuscitated
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