ukdodger wrote:Land mass and population?
Or it could be every man/woman and teenager needs a car because public transport is too costly, unreliable and doesn't go where it should when it should,not to mention the lack of joined up connections between the various systems.I'll not go into the madness of rail fare structures
All this madness adds up to the need for a car.
We should by rights have decent public transport systems in place,as it is unless those systems don't make the desired profits for their shareholders there is no public transport,so much for the unbridled capitalist system of thinking .
Public transport (like public utilities)should be run for the good of the people not on how much profit can be made out of it.
It seems to me we,as a small but densely populated country are painting ourselves into an ever smaller corner with regard to transport.