Chris Bartram wrote:
Doki wrote:
I really can't see how my life
could carry on like it does now without a car and affordable fuel.
Visiting relatives would be very costly, going near enough anywhere
beyond a couple of miles is a bit of a gip (which is most places
these days - cinema? shops? any kind of facility in general?), I
wouldn't be able to pick and choose between supermarkets. IME
cycling is a lot faster than getting bus, even over relatively long
distances, but that's not saying much. I suspect we'd all be
thorougly miserable.

Lets not forget buses use diesel too. Also, so many cinemas and shops
are out-of-town and away from major bus termini now.

I live in Preston, Lancashire, *just less than 3 miles* from Europe's second
largest bus station http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Bus_Station but we
only get one bus per hour until 6.15pm and then the service stops for the
night, and no service at all on a Sunday.

Public transport is a pathetic joke in this country.

John