17 Flashcards
Nimbyism
Not In My Back Yard
Congestion charge
Car drivers have to pay to enter the central area of the city
The lollipop lady
Adult wearing a bright waterproof coat and a black and white stick with a circle at the top which reads “STOP”
Car use and privacy
Being in a car is like taking your “castle” with you wherever you go
Double-decker buses
Bus with 2 floors, 3000 still operational in London
The Routemaster
Hop-on-hop-off buses
no doors, only a platform, conductor collected fares
London Underground/the Tube
One of the least efficient and dirtiest systems
Excellent connections with the main line train stations and suburbs surrounding the city
the black taxi
stereotype - driven by cabbies - friendly Cockneys who never stop talking
cannot hire by phone
familiarity of London - “the knowledge”
the Channel Tunnel
Tunnel under the sea connecting Calais and Folkestone
the M25
motorway which circles London,
frequent traffic jams
song called it “the road to hell”
Britain’s busy airports
Gatwick Airport
Stansted Airport
Manchester Airport
Heathrow Airport
London railways stations
Charing Cross,
Euston,
King’s Cross,
London Bridge
Water canals in the past and today
In the past large rivers were busy thoroughfares (profession of “watermen”) and vital to economy
Nowadays used as boating holidays
the Tube map
map free with the realities of geography
