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Travel Choices
Central Bedfordshire Council have launched a travel choices plan to try to get people out of their cars and use other modes of transport. Admirable, but when people are already forking out a fortune for car insurance, they might be thinking "Better get my money's worth". Meanwhile bus fares for the unemployed to travel from Dunstable and Houghton Regis into Luton to sign on, are not exactly cheap, so again it makes sense if they are car drivers, to carry on using their cars. If they want to make a difference, CBC ought to be talking to JobCentre about bringing their services over here.
There's some gems of advice on their web page like, "Walking and Cycling on a regular basis is good for your heart and lungs, burns calories and is a good way to a healthier active life" - but realistically I'd say that people wouldn't heed that advice unless a doctor told them to.
I've noticed that often you get two 38 buses, one behind the other; one would think they'd be able to resolve that by the last one hanging back a bit.
Anyhow, I'm not entirely adverse to the strategy; I do walk or cycle into our town centre when not intending to get a pile of groceries; and I've already asked the Town Clerk for something to lock the bike to - so let me know what improvements you'd like to see to make alternative transport to cars more feasible for you.
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Manhole Cover
It's probably 17 months since I filed a report about a missing manhole cover from Windsor Drive (opposite Parkside Close). More than likely stolen for cash, the manhole was quickly covered with a temporary cover and has remained that way all this time. I filed another report to Virgin Media a couple of weeks ago. So I was pleasantly pleased to see the other day that we now, at last, have a proper manhole cover in place.
