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And that's mostly taxpayer's money by the sound of it (without wanting to sound all "Daily Mail", urgh).
Read this last week and didn't have time to comment.
It appears that while EV owners and drivers compete (and fail) to compete with ICE vehicles for limited charging spaces, and despite MK being IDEAL for electric car commutes, plans are afoot to spend £65,000,000 on a fleet of 12mph "electric pods" to take people on short trips around the centre.
That's right £65,000,000 may be invested in one-person pods that could reach 12mph to travel between the train station and central Milton Keynes. Which are about 1 mile apart (if that).
And who's giving their full backing to thisharebrained amazing idea? Milton Keynes council, those same people who didn't have the foresight to paint EV only spaces clearly to match their own parking scheme, or can't clean their (genuinely) amazing cycle infrastructure of autumn leaves, making it impossible to use in places.
The article – and those behind the scheme – are hailing it as part of MK being ahead of the curve and meeting transport needs of the future. But really? Good grief...
Here's the article so you can judge for yourself: http://www.mkweb.co.uk/News/Driverl...eynes-in-65million-project-20131030070000.htm
/monday rant over.
Read this last week and didn't have time to comment.
It appears that while EV owners and drivers compete (and fail) to compete with ICE vehicles for limited charging spaces, and despite MK being IDEAL for electric car commutes, plans are afoot to spend £65,000,000 on a fleet of 12mph "electric pods" to take people on short trips around the centre.
That's right £65,000,000 may be invested in one-person pods that could reach 12mph to travel between the train station and central Milton Keynes. Which are about 1 mile apart (if that).
And who's giving their full backing to this
The article – and those behind the scheme – are hailing it as part of MK being ahead of the curve and meeting transport needs of the future. But really? Good grief...
Here's the article so you can judge for yourself: http://www.mkweb.co.uk/News/Driverl...eynes-in-65million-project-20131030070000.htm
/monday rant over.