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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Easier said than done. Not only do the railways need improving, but we also need a well thought out, comprehensive bus and coach route system, controlled by local authorities with tenders offered for the various routes with the frequency of services set by the relevant councils.
It would also require much lower fares, so the whole thing would cost a small fortune. I can't see any government doing what is required because all political parties seem to be hell bent on giving away the money that could be used for a project like this in foreign aid.
In the meantime, fumes and congestion continue to increase, requiring more roads and motorways to be improved or built....
We need a root and branch review of how we spend our money, in my opinion.
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Agreed. Any real improvement to the railways is going to take a lot of money and cause potentially decades of disruption. Governments tend not to think beyond the next general election. Railways also aren't practical everywhere, but where they are, they have the advantage that trains can carry a lot more people. I've not done any research into this, so don't know for sure, but I would have thought the cheapest way to improve public transport would be to have more bus and coach routes.
There also needs to be more integration between the various transport systems. They have started doing this in London, but get public transport elsewhere in the country, and it feels as though they don't want you to change to a different mode of transport.