Studying Abroad in London. Advice?

[nativeDallasite]

Originally Posted by Anarchy

Well with the gas/petrol at around $8 a gallon and still rising it might not be cheaper anymore lol but yeah it is much more convenient to have a car to get to places where public transport is not available or very limited.

We did the calculations when gas was around the 95p per liter mark up in Yorkshire.

First are a joke they have put up the fares again its crazy but luckily I never use the public transport. The tram service is much nicer than the buses but they run to nowhere if you don't live in the city or inner city then its a pointless system which will never be extended due to cost.

Another aspect I liked about the bus system I used in the US was that you don't actually deal with the bus driver as all you do is insert the dollars into the machine which I thought was cool.

First had buses like that in York; they were these big purple bendy buses. I can't remember the exact name they had for them, but they were a right pain. You had to put money into a machine to buy a ticket and if you didn't have the exact change you were stuffed; the machine didn't make change. Eventually First put human ticket sellers on the buses because people complained so much about the machines.

[Anarchy]

Originally Posted by nativeDallasite

We did the calculations when gas was around the 95p per liter mark up in Yorkshire.

First had buses like that in York; they were these big purple bendy buses. I can't remember the exact name they had for them, but they were a right pain. You had to put money into a machine to buy a ticket and if you didn't have the exact change you were stuffed; the machine didn't make change. Eventually First put human ticket sellers on the buses because people complained so much about the machines.

The cheapest gas where I live is £1.03.9 a litre now and this time next week it will have risen again .

Oh the bendy buses I know what you mean they dont even fit on the roads, some are used here but most are double deckers or singles.

[nativeDallasite]

Originally Posted by Anarchy

The cheapest gas where I live is £1.03.9 a litre now and this time next week it will have risen again .

Oh the bendy buses I know what you mean they dont even fit on the roads, some are used here but most are double deckers or singles.

FTR...that's what they're called, it just came to me.

1.03.9....really? I wonder how many stations have the proper number of spaces to display that price.

[ian6479]

Originally Posted by nativeDallasite

FTR...that's what they're called, it just came to me.

1.03.9....really? I wonder how many stations have the proper number of spaces to display that price.

Cost me £1.03 yesterday. Total of £54 for a three quarter tank.

[Lillietta]

I found the public transportation in the UK excellent. I have never driven in the UK and know that I probably missed some lovely areas. But I did extensive research before I went to North Yorkshire and was able to get to every town I wanted to see by bus using tiny Leyburn as a base. Buses came daily and very often. All I took were trains to the big cities, then buses (very scenic, very pleasant way to travel as the elderly locals do). The only instance in which I did not use public transportation was my stay at a farmhouse in the Dales. It was 15 minutes away from Leyburn, so I took a taxi - no problem and not expensive. It's common to use taxis (just a phone call) in the UK to get to the smaller, rural areas. You don't have to go a great distance in a taxi as the buses run to all the neighboring small towns.