[Margaret Pilkington]

This government has the cart before the horse. If they put the resources into improving public transport...and made the public transport a real 'service'...and reduced the cost, then I am sure that many people would use public transport rather than drive through congested town. However having said that, years ago there was a corner shop on every street...now you have to go miles to a big supermarket....how many politicians have tried to do a weekly shop with two children and a pushchair....and travel on public transport to do it???????? OK, so I know that you can shop online...but not everyone wants to do that. The monster of the car driving family has been created and will be hard(if not impossible) to destroy. Anyway most governments see the motorist as a cash cow.