Walk to Work Day in London

Today is London Walk to Work Day, part of the Walking Works campaign that’s run by the Living Streets charity and sponsored by the Mayor of London and Tranpsort for London.

Walking works, public tranport doesn’t, a cynic might say and while walking around London is great if you have time, I’m not so sure people are going to be as relaxed and stress free arriving at work after a long walk as the campaign suggests, a lot of the central London streets are as crowded as the Underground below.

Most people would love the time to be able to stroll leisurely to work each day but that’s just not reality. With families and trying to get kids to school, time is in short supply. What commuters in London want is a reliable and efficient public tranport system, they pay enough in fares to deserve one. Transport for London would love passengers to start walking especially those who’ve already bought season tickets.

Still its a nice sunny day for it and walking may be the only choice this summer if the predictions of the temperatures likely down on the Underground prove correct.