Public transportation is brilliant when it's properly organised. Where I live the bus stops practically outside my door. I've never used it! why? Because it uses the same roads as the cars so is stuck in the same jams. I considered using it once but walked and got to my destination before a bus appeared.
I might as well take the car, which is of course what everyone else does too. It doesn't help that the city council are a bunch of idiots and can't seem to get their act together and organise the road system better. They did manage to start charging for parking on a street well outside the centre where people parked and walked in. So what did people do? You guessed it. They carried on into the city in their cars and parked there. It costs the same anyway.
In Dublin, they have a brilliant tram system in parts of the city. But they charge you to park at the park and ride station. So you might as well drive in and park in town. It works out cheaper. Most people who use don't have a car anyway. So it took hardly any cars off the road. Madness.
