(17 Aug 2021, 3:48 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Transport for the North boss calls for debate on raising cost of driving
Obviously, as a car user, I should declare an interest in opposing such a measure, but I don't think the solution as to how you might encourage people to use public transport lies in pricing motorists off the road in an attempt to force them to switch. For me, the choice should remain with the user otherwise cars are destined to become the preserve of the rich and powerful. Obviously there is a ecological argument to be had against motor-vehicles powered by fossil fuels but what happens if (or when) the majority of motor-vehicles are powered by electricity or other means. Is it fair to penalise motorists if that ever becomes the case?
Thoughts?
Talk about race to the bottom... the only idea they have to improve the appeal of public transport is to make the alternative worse? What's the opposite of progress? Idiots.
Let's make car journeys more expensive, while at the same time slashing bus networks and referring to the North as anywhere south of Leeds and north of the M25.