today (and yesterday) world galaxy day(s) - 52nd anniversary of it being recorded in NY.
'transport costs are keeping five million people (8% of the UK population) below the poverty line...
... the social market foundation (SMF)... found that out of a total of 13 million individuals in poverty today, relieving them of these costs would lift five million (8% of the british population) above the poverty line...'
horsemouth has lived in a city so his transport options were way better than most. still it was a sizeable part of his work expense - here's how he gamed it. of course what people really need is cheap or near free rapid mass transit.
1) avoiding zone 1 (the expensive centre of town zone) - for zone 1 get the bus in or out of zone 1, for any other zone go round the outside, or get the train/ tube round to the closest zone 2 station and walk in. ('round the outside, round the outside').
2) walk nearly everywhere within about 1 hour of home. if it's for pleasure then walk. walk between bookings in the day if there's time. (horsemouth would have got a bicycle but he is scared of cycling in a city).
3) the train map and the AtoZ are your friends. the transport area journey planner (or google maps) will route you through the centre. it will show you buses for tube or train stations you can walk to. they are both are useful tools for planning walking trips though, mostly because they give you estimated walking times.
all this is back from when horsemouth had a job and had to get up early for. because he had a clever scheme to save himself money by avoiding zone 1 he ended up getting up at 5.45am to start work at 9am. he ended up on the overground to the end of the line (and then getting another train on to funky kingston).
back when boris was prime minister. back before covid.
this morning he has woken up late. he has his coffee. it is supposed to be rainy and shit weather today but clearing tomorrow.
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