"Capitol" wrote in message
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Capitol wrote:

Ok - but better public transport removes traffic from the roads, so
everyone wins.


IMO a large piece of wishful thinking. From day 1, passenger railways
have been insolvent.


Rather a sweeping statement?

But true!!

There is not one public transport unit in the world
which is economically viable.


********. It depends totally on cost. Unless you have a supply of free
cars and petrol.

Sadly you are wrong again!


The only way to get better public
transport is to increase taxation on the majority of the population who
don't use it and waste the money on a few people who do.


There are many more parameters to be taken into account - like the
'pollution' caused by commuters in cars. And the brackets round
pollution
are there for a reason.

If you want less pollution, people need first to travel less!

Or have town planning that elinminates shopping malls and megastores, and
gets people out of cars when shopping.