and people like you are why it will never change
people describe public transport disparagingly and say it's rubbish but here's the scoop - it's rubbish because not enough people use it; if more people use it it will get better. simple as. and to be honest i dont think it's that bad as it is. especially not after seeing and experiencing public transport in other parts of the world.

my opinions on this are simple - within cities personally owned cars should be banned with exceptions for members of the emergency services, and public transport should be increased to cope with the new demand. or, failing that, at least ban a) petrol / diesel cars in cities (what's the point, you never need to go more than say 40mph, you can use an electric car for that or get on your bike damn it) and b) people using their car by themself when it's built for 5 ... what a waste!

sorry to bang on a bit, but comments like the one you made above incense me.

EDIT - that's directed at mrs livesinabin in case there's any confusion.
(zenmeban thinks the weather could be better, Tue 7 Apr 2009, 8:49, 1 reply)

The why the fuck does the cost of public transport increase each year by higher than the rate of inflation?
My rail ticket costs me £345 a month. Not only that but I'm about to get fisted big time as my train company wants to put in a fast service which will cost more and wants to incentivise people to fork out more money.

Four hour a day commute it is then.

Public transport sucks long time.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 7 Apr 2009, 12:59, closed)

One of the first things Ken Livingstone did
as Mayor of Lunnun was to halve London Transport fares - which very near doubled passengers carried. Anyone know another politician take a gamble like that?
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 7 Apr 2009, 13:24, closed)