Recent content by brianthegiant

The no buses terminating thing has been one of many (false) myths surrounding the tram and associated developments, seemingly propagated by those against the tram or those who seek to score political points by 'exposing' flaws. There will be space for 8 buses at Beeston bus stn - 3 in each...

And? If you apply a 20mph speed ceiling then people aren't accelerating hard out of junctions so vehicles are using less energy therefore they consequently must burn less fuel & emit less fumes. kinetic energy = 0.5 x mass x velocity ^2

Do you seriously think the £20 penalty tickets are going to cover all the costs of employing the wardens in central London, bank charges, admin especially with the numerous appeals. It probably barely breaks even. One reason is that too many of our kids are growing up with asthma due to...

I'm not convinced, remember there is a different mindset in countries using the inquisitorial justice system (Knox trial being the extreme example). They seem to have jumped to conclusions very quickly based on only 1 of the black boxes in absence of any other evidence to confirm/contradict the...

I'm not talking about noise, I'm talking about viable farms being split in half so that the workload of checking & feeding livestock on a daily basis is increased with a real economic impact. I'm a daily rail user and I have relatives in farming so I can see both sides of the argument here...

If you go to Garmisch you obviously have to get a selfie by the wankbahn..! But for the Bavarian alps, I'd recommend Oberstdorf over Garmisch, equally good hiking/sightseeing but the town is more compact & picturesque and a bit more rural & authentic. Both have plenty of amazing mountain walking...

I can imagine private footage being successfully to convict binary offences (talking on phone, jumping reds, no seat belt). But for speed offences, wouldn't the defence barrister ask when was the speedometer of the filming vehicle last calibrated and what is the accuracy of the cheap plastic...

bogus straw man argument, obviously you have to optimise the speed limit between the various constraints incl traffic flow, safety. If someone hares along a quiet street at 32 in a 20mph limit and is involved in an accident or gets radared at least it is clear in the law that they are in the...

to play 'devils' advocate a little here, it's a very rural constituency and most small and medium sized farms operate on extremely tight margins due to monopoly on food retailing by supermarket chains. Any other business owner would reasonably be expected to lobby very heavily if their day to...

no ticket machines inserted into stands on line 3 yet & a lot of signalling to be finished.

will the xing closures enable any linespeed increase or is the railway benefit purely reliability?

prototypes are a dwindling approach, expensive way to test a concept and what if the fundamentals turn out to be flawed - build another prototype? From my understanding these days its all about 3D CAD and simulation, from electronics to aeronautical.

I think we might be talking about % availability or interruptions per hour. which is crudely measurable with LED indicators on PSUs or devices. either way the spec is somewhat looser than for the public supply.

this is all very helpful thanks folks!

If we're finding fault with the aesthetic detail of the area below the floor at carriage ends then there must be little to criticise about this stock. If only.