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	London commuter belt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The London commuter belt is the name given to the built-up area surrounding and running into Greater London, but not administered as part of it.
		As of the 2001 census, the London Metropolitan Area, which is the significant part of the commuter belt, was deemed to have a population of 13,945,000, making it 15th largest in the world.
		It was expected that had this policy not been adopted during the 1940s and 1950s the area now perceived as the commuter belt would have been fully urbanized by about 1980, and the administrative boundaries of Greater London might well have been more extensive.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-London_commuter_belt.html (681 words)

	Green Belt (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In UK city planning, the Green Belt is a concept for controlling metropolitan growth introduced around London, England by minister of housing Duncan Sandys via a Government Circular.
		As the outward growth of London was seen to be firmly repressed, residents owning properties further from the built-up area also campaigned for this policy of urban restraint, partly to safeguard their own investments but often invoking an idealised scenic/rustic argument which laid the blame for most social ills upon urban influences.
		The introduction of green belts was the culmination of over 50 years of environmentalist pressure with roots in the Garden Cities Movement and widespread academic interest in combating urban sprawl and ribbon development, as well as pressure from campaign groups such as the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Green_Belt_(UK) (422 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 - Commuter-belt Killer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		120 million years ago the London commuter belt was a muddy swamp grazed by herds of wandering dinosaurs.
		This was the first evidence of the commuter belt killer.
		When the giant claw of a previously unknown dinosaur was found in the lush Surrey commuter belt in 1983, it raised hopes among palaeontologists that here was the missing super-predator which had been feeding on herds of juicy plant-eating dinosaurs.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/science/commuter.shtml (331 words)

	London commuter belt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The London Commuter Belt or London Metropolitan Area is the name given to the built-up area surrounding and running into Greater London but not administered as part of it.
		The boundaries are not fixed and as travel speeds have increased it has become feasible to commute from a wider area.
		The commuter belt currently covers much of the South East England and East of England regions including the home counties of Kent, Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/London_Commuter_Belt (504 words)

	Timing belt in stead of chain
		The problems with belt systems -- even as a timing chain -- is the loss of efficiency, noting that even with a notched belt (ala Harley) you must still achieve a lot of tension between the pulleys to prevent slippage under loads and in all weather conditions.
		You may be assuming that the belt would transfer force by means of friction between the belt and pulley, in which case I would agree with your assertions of efficiency losses and potential BB damage due to excessive tension.
		While spline-drive belt and pulley systems require less tension and are more efficient, there still needs to be a lot more tension than what is required for a chain drive which despite it's shortcomings deals with all of the environmental rigors and current bicycle frame design constraints quite well.
	www.bikeforums.net /showthread.php?p=1031274 (2557 words)

	Dirt Rag Forums - belt drive?
		As for the complaints about belts-the main problem: they are not as efficent as a chain drive, at least a clean chain drive.
		Alot of cruisers are belt driven and a few tourers also run belts or shafts, and Buell runs belts on all their bikes.
		Belts don't make the best devices because at weight, the thing would be flimsy and at stiffness, that thing would probably weigh a ton.
	www.dirtragmag.com /forums/printthread.php?t=1513 (820 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Le commuter belt
		But the cross-Channel commute is a win-win situation in the long term, reckons Charles.
		So Eurotunnel is hatching plans to hype the daily commute in readiness for the high-speed rail link that is due to open in 2007.
		In a commute that many of us would find gruelling, Stone makes the most of his flexible working hours, choosing to leave home at 3.30am and take the 5am train to the UK, then travel back at about 3pm.
	www.guardian.co.uk /weekend/story/0,3605,1167142,00.html (1023 words)

	London commuter belt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The London commuter belt is the name given to the area surrounding and running into Greater London but not administered as part of The counties bordering London Kent Surrey Berkshire Buckinghamshire Hertfordshire and Essex all have built-up developments that directly into the London metropolitan area but the includes areas further away.
		As of the 2001 census the London Metropolitan Area which the significant part of the commuter belt deemed to have a population of 13 000 making it 15th largest in the world.
		It was expected that had this not been adopted during the 1940s and the area now perceived as the commuter would have been fully urbanized by about and the administrative boundaries of Greater London might well have been more extensive.
	www.freeglossary.com /London_Commuter_Belt (712 words)

	London commuter belt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As of the 2001 census, the London Metropolitan Area, which is the significant part of the commuter belt, wasdeemed to have a population of 13,945,000, making it 15th largest in the world.
		Much of the undeveloped part of this area lies within a designated Metropolitan Green Belt (UK) so further significant urban development is generally resisted by District Councils backedby the Planning Inspectorate.
		It was expected that had this policy not been adopted during the 1940s and 1950s the area nowperceived as the commuter belt would have been fully urbanized by about 1980, and the administrative boundaries of Greater London might well have been more extensive.
	www.therfcc.org /london-commuter-belt-9054.html (270 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| France could be on commuter belt
		Tens of thousands of commuters could be encouraged to move to France to help reduce demand for housing in south-east England.
		Kent County Council and Eurotunnel are working on plans to encourage at least 10,000 families to move to the Calais area, according to the Financial Times.
		They would commute to work in England through the Channel Tunnel.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2938297.stm (523 words)

	Inside Housing - NewsItem
		The government should concentrate on creating a series of commuter communities in the Thames Gateway to allow highly skilled workers to travel to London, a key government adviser has said.
		Commuter communities are extremely well liked by the people in them.
		If you look at the places that got the highest marks for liveability in the south east, they were in the main commuter places.
	www.insidehousing.co.uk /default.aspx?contentid=1cfe96e2-a785-455e-ae2a-5c130d5014c7&id=1446135 (235 words)

	ireland.com / Today / News in Focus / Commuter Counties
		Kathy Sheridan talks to the long-distance commuters whose days are dominated by hellish journeys to and from work but discovers this is counterbalanced by surprising gains in terms of quality of life.
		She finds out how the commuters are coping and gets the views of local residents on the dramatic population changes on their doorsteps.
		Few could doubt that much of this unplanned growth has been generated by Dubliners fleeing exorbitantly high prop- erty prices in the city and its immediate environs;the prospect of getting their hands on houses at relatively affordable prices,even in places they had barely heard of before,has turned them into a new class of refugees.
	www.ireland.com /focus/commuter/sheridan1.html (380 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| The plane takes the strain as commuter belt reaches the Med
		Fed up with the stress and urban chaos of London, David Copestake and his wife, Sian, decided it was time to join those moving away and find a new place for their two school-age children to grow up.
		The family are among the pioneers of a new form of weekly commuting which estate agents and consular officials say is beginning to take off in Spain as a combination of budget airlines, Britain's creaking transport system and the lure of sun and sea persuade adventurous families to migrate south.
		The new commuters, though still few in number, are part of a wider change in the trend for British people moving to Spain.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,1080417,00.html (846 words)

	London Commuter Belt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Now, thanks to a growing commuter belt and the need for planners to encourage high...
		"One of the problems I have is population density," said Mr Moller, 51, who lives in the London commuter belt.
		All the detached family houses in the commuter belt cost Â£1million or more.".
	www.wikiverse.org /london-commuter-belt (407 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 567 - 21 May, 2003 - Written Answers. - Public Transport.
		Durkan asked the Minister for Transport the proposed daily bus transport improvements throughout the commuter belt; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
		Brennan): Significant improvements have taken place in recent years in daily bus transport services in the commuter belt in the greater Dublin area and further improvements are planned.
		In addition, the number of private bus operators licensed to provide services in the commuter belt has increased in the past few years.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0567/D.0567.200305210102.html (302 words)

	Irish Examiner > Breaking News > Study reveals concerns of residents in Dublin commuter belt
		A study of life in Dublin's commuter belt has reportedly found that traffic congestion, anti-social behaviour and a lack of amenities and childcare facilities are the main issues of concern for local residents.
		Reports this morning said the study by academics at NUI Maynooth also found that residents of newer suburbs were less likely to be attached to their areas that those in more established estates.
		The study was based on a survey of 800 adults in Ratoath, Co Meath, Leixlip, Co Kildare, Mullingar, Co Westmeath and Lucan, Co Dublin and was conducted in the past two years.
	www.irishexaminer.com /breaking/story.asp?j=32053624&p=3zx53787&n=32053852&x= (158 words)

	Scotsman.com Property - News - Miller aims to build up sales in commuter belt
		MILLER Group, is to target homebuyers in London’s commuter belt now that conditions in the housing market in the south of England appear to be stabilising.
		To date, the Edinburgh-based firm has tended to avoid the overheated property market in London and the south-east, but a new operation based in Basingstoke, to the west of London, will be "built up to critical mass" over the next three years.
		He said the £50m turnover target could be achieved organically but added that a suitable acquisition would allow Miller to surpass that figure.
	property.scotsman.com /news.cfm?id=24322004 (677 words)

	Urban Rail Success Stories: London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The residents of London, take more than four million daily trips on the Underground and the commuter rail system (which is competitively tendered to private operators).
		Most of the ridership is within the seven million population portion of the area within the Green Belt.
		The commuter rail ridership is more than 1.5 million daily, with the large majority keyed on the central business district stations.
	www.publicpurpose.com /ut-rs-lon.htm (162 words)

	ireland.com / Today / News in Focus / Commuter Counties
		Yet its startling surge from village status to fastest-growing centre in the Leinster commuter belt (population is up 82.3 per cent in six years, and still growing), makes it impossible to ignore.
		But however she cuts it, commuting adds two and a half hours to her working day.
		What they value about Ratoath are the "vestiges" of the old rural community network, "the chat and the service", Ryan's legendary steaks, the traditional Chinese restaurant, the champion butcher, the top-class French chef a few miles up the road.
	www.ireland.com /focus/commuter/sheridan3.html (1098 words)

	IP-City \| World Centre for Advanced Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Norwich and Ipswich are also now part of Greater London because they lie within its immediate influence, says a Sheffield University report.
		With London's commuter belt spreading, the study identifies a growing north-south economic divide.
		The report says London's commuter belt now extends up to the end of the M3 and M11 to Chepstow on the M4 and increasingly those who can, move south.
	www.ip-city.com /ViewArticle.asp?NewsID=193&Category=3&print=true (323 words)

	Media Watch: 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		QUOTES: "Frustrated commuters from the East Bay to Silicon Valley showed that they were willing to pay to ease their pain by overwhelmingly approving $7.4 billion in two tax measures on Tuesday...
		That's what some city officials are telling the commuting public after the council on Wednesday decided to construct the light rail with existing transit tax money without a public vote.
		Commuter rail is necessary Deseret News editorial, 20 March 2000.
	www.azrail.org /news/media/2000.htm (9752 words)

	Rail service in works for Cotton Belt route
		FORT WORTH, Texas -- With the Trinity Railway Express commuter train up and running on the Rock Island line, regional transportation officials are looking at adding commuter rail service on the Cotton Belt line from the Fort Worth Stockyards through Northeast Tarrant County to Addison, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.
		An early idea for the Cotton Belt in Tarrant County would be an operation by DART and the T, similar to the Trinity Railway Express.
		Having a Cotton Belt station in North Richland Hills would go a long way toward advancing the new urbanism concepts of projects such as North Richland Hills Town Center, which would emphasize rail access to 5,000 homes, 5,000 jobs and a bevy of recreational opportunities.
	www.ble.org /pr/archive/headline111000e.html (1077 words)

	ChrisTrains NS Sprinter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The "stadsgewestelijk materieel" (SGM, translation : city-commuter rolling stock) was specially designed for travellers coming from the commuter belt into the big cities.
		With end-to-end journeys around 25-30km, and 2-2.5km between stations, the journey time needed to be kept as short as possible.
		Because of rapid city expansion and massive moves to the commuter belt, a city commuter train was needed desperately.
	www.christrains.com /nssprinter.html (220 words)

	London commuter belt - The Jiggies Reference Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Most of the undeveloped parts of this area lies within a designated Metropolitan green belt so that further significant development is generally resisted by District Councils backed by the Planning Inspectorate.
		It was expected that had this policy not been adopted during the 1940s and 1950s the area that the commuter belt covers would have been fully urbanized by about 1980, and the boundaries of Greater London might well have been more extensive.
		The approval of a second runway at Stansted Airport or the tendering of domestic train services along the international railway being built between Stratford and Ashford can be confidently expected to pull the area's limits outwards in north easterly and south easterly directions (respectively) bringing greater symmetry to the commuter belt as seen from above.
	www.jiggies.com /reference/London_commuter_belt (322 words)

	Trafford Publishing: The Tappan Zee Bridge Where Do We Go From Here? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The introduction of the I-287 Commuter Rail Corridor connecting Stewart International Airport to New York City is evaluated with options for the reconstruction of the I-287 Corridor to accommodate both vehicle and rail operations.
		The entire concept would be to provide a belt commuter and freight railroad system surrounding New York City with direct connections to other railroads.
		The major rail commuter service improvements would be in Bergen and Rockland Counties, with the conversion of the existing commuter rail service to a trolley service on all existing railroad rights of way.
	www.trafford.com /robots/02-0212.html (2417 words)

	Mirror.co.uk - money - TIGHTENING YOUR COMMUTER BELT
		Six per cent of those questioned said they had had an accident while commuting and a further one in 20 have suffered a near-miss.
		Our research is based on an average commuter who travels 21 miles, five times a week for 48 weeks a year.
		THE cost of running a car can be as much as £438 a month, according to the RAC, which is 25 per cent of the average Brit's household income.
	www.mirror.co.uk /money/tm_objectid=14423860&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=tightening-your-commuter-belt-name_page.html (828 words)

	Information about Surbiton
		It is a commuter town next to the river Thames, populated with a mixture of Art-Deco courts, spacious and grand late-19th century town houses blending into a sea of semi-detached 20th century housing estates.
		Ask people in other parts of the country what their image of Surbiton is and they may reply it is like "The Good Life", the BBC program made in the seventies.
		Located on the River Thames, Surbiton is roughly a mile south of Kingston-upon-Thames on the northern fringe of the Surrey commuter belt.
	linkspiders.com /surbiton/about_surbiton.htm (738 words)

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