Public Transport!

[mac_shinobi]

Public transport would work if it WAS public and not private...

There are many places in the world where public transport is subsidised by the government and does not make a profit so it is cheaper and also reliable. Buses/trams/trains etc all have timetables which interlink.

But of course our public transport was sold off..(but that's another discussion

 

I think FN-GM Can quote me on this ( will soon find out lol ) but I like how Australia has done there public transport - at least in Perth

 

Motorways and train lines are parallel to each other and at each train stop there are bus stops and taxi ranks and to get onto a train you have escalators to take you to the train platforms or from the train platforms to where all the bus stops / taxi ranks etc are.

 

Even have coin type machines to dispense train tickets and the buses have a device on them that punches a hole through your ticket which you can use so many times depending on which ticket was purchased.

[Sirbendy]

When my car blew the ECU and was out of action for 3 weeks...I bought another car. *cough*

 

(In my defence, it was a £200 runabout that also shared 90% parts commonality with the main car, so I'm going to save money in the long run in spares!)

[Oops_my_bad]

Thought provoking viewing if you're considering using the bus!

 

[SYNACK]

I think public transport is almost universally rubbish, I am certain that the government have actually lowered the speed limit on some of the arterial roads just to make the public transport remotely more compeditive even at the height of rush hour (more like 6-7 hours through the day).

[Guest Guest]

When comparing costs most people considerably underestimate the cost of using a car. The AA figure for a low cost car averaging 10,000 miles per year is around 45p per mile which makes my daily 12 mile round trip £5.40. For me there is no public transport alternative and cycling, for me, isn't a practical alternative.

 

lmao Well I have an old "sports" car and it doesn't even cost half of that to run each year. I've just forked out the most money I have ever spent on repairs in a single year, the princely sum of £350 including service and MOT (I've had the car for 5 years now). Maybe that figure is fair if you are stupid enough to think buying a brand new "low cost car" is economical but if you buy a car which has already depreciated that figure doesn't even come close.