2008/7/29 Cormac Lawler <cormaggio(a)gmail.com>om>:
I should point out here another of the criticisms of
this year which was the
transport to the venue - ie the lack of an international airport in
Alexandria, and the somewhat less than ideal shuttle arrangements from the
nearest international airport (Cairo). This will be a serious challenge to
Oxford, and would be something I would put a lot of thought and work into in
order to make Oxford a serious practical contender. I would suggest that
leaving people entirely to public transport will not be good enough.
For what it's worth, the direct (every-fifteen-minutes) buses from
London stop virtually outside the door of the Town Hall, as I believe
do the Heathrow and Gatwick buses. This end of transportation is
something we can reasonably leave to the free market ;-)
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk