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Talking transport

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I absolutely agree with previous comments. The analogy to Concorde is a very relevant one - a very fast service which hardly anyone can afford between 2 points which you can only get to and from very slowly. There is also great truth in the comment regarding "antis" being accused of NIMBY-ism, when the business case for the project is founded on a time before video-conferencing, Skype, and e-mail when the only way for a group of people to simultaneously view and discuss original documents was for them all to be in the same room. I certainly spend a lot less time than I did 20 years ago trekking round the country to meetings - I let the technology - not the train - take the strain.

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9 Jan 2012

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6:07 pm

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