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Park and Ride
have read that there are proposals for Park and Ride stations in greenfield sites
for intermediate stations on the route instead of stations in towns. This has upset those who want city-centre stations. I hope the planners will
look at experiences elsewhere, especially in countries which are similar to the UK. For example, SNCF put stations - subsequently called garres betteraves (beetroot stations) - out in the country, planning or assuming that access would be mainly by car, supported by bus
links from nearby towns and cities. Thinking the classic
rail network would wither, they deliberately avoided interchange stations with the classic rail network. SNCF found the greenfield stations never developed anything like their expected potential. Now, links are being built to the classic network and stations sited much nearer to or in towns - witness the Rhône- Rhine and TGV-Est lines. One sometimes wonders if
planners in the UK ever look outside our shores - or even
just think up their ideas off the cuff...
Sincerely
Eric Stuart MIRO CMILT Isére, France
Are storm clouds gathering? T
he February edition has two articles - pg 31 and pg 53 - where Cloud computing will form a vital part of the operation. On pg 10 of the Independent’s daily newspaper ‘i’ of 30th January, there is an article titled Cloud data can be accessed by US authorities. The relevant paragraph
reads: ‘It has now emerged that all documents uploaded on to Cloud systems based in the US or falling under Washington’s jurisdiction can be accessed and analysed without a warrant by American security agencies.’ It was renewed - quietly -
over Christmas 2012 and only now are privacy campaigners and legal experts waking up to the extent of the intrusion as it allows them unwarranted and unaccountable mass surveillance. You have been warned. John Edser FCILT Alsager, Cheshire
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