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- PhanLo15
- Exactly. Mass transit was supposed to be an affordable alternative. Bulllshit.monospaced
- trains are such a rip-off. great way to travel and I love them but so cost prohibitive._niko
- even if you were renting a car, it still comes out way cheaper to drive the entire family._niko
- What about before they were privatised? Apparently the market knows best, commies etc etc.MrT
- They were "affordable" in the 80's, long time ago.i_was
- Try being spontaneous with trains = empty out entire contents of your bank account.shapesalad
- Trains are only affordable is you travel alone and book in advance. Liverpool to London is only about £30Chimp
- < Plus parking costs which can be up to £50 for the day. You can get a Birmingham to London family ticket for 4 for £77 total.Morning_star
- Also, the congestion charge of £15 for the car.Morning_star
- Add car depreciation/mainten... etcdrgs
- Apparently making it harder for large groups of people to spontaneously travel was thought about. So it would be expensive to go protest for example.PhanLo
- I drove from Edinburgh to Hastings for around £60 on Petrol, it would have been easily more than double on the train.PhanLo
- But you need a car to put in gas also? Trains are expensive for the once in a year traveller but frequent travellers have their shit togethermekk
- something something about peasants.. i mean phesants - glorious 12th wibble wabbla x wheres my cigar_me_
- Also right now, trains are an enclosed space full of other people so there's a much bigger covid risk than in a carBaskerviIle
- Would be interesting to look at the data. Family of 4, 1 car for 1 year, all costs vs no car and train/bus for 1 year. And not prebooked trainsshapesalad
- What about insurance, maintenance, registration, parking, taxes and all the other hidden cost of car ownership? These don't exist in the UK?utopian
- the train network in the UK can't handle loads more rush hour traffic anyway. Needs a mix of low carbon-buses, trams, pedestrian / cycle only routesFax_Benson
- especially to and from train stations. I guess traditional rush hours might become less of a thing, post-covid.Fax_Benson
- there needs to be a tax on idiots who just drive around because they can't think of anything better to do. Tax drive-throughs.Fax_Benson
- spend it on public transportFax_Benson
- She had to add how much was the car/number of years used + yearly maintenance + petrol + parking + ETC.zarkonite
- The real cost of having a car is almost always more than public transport, she just sucks at counting her money.zarkonite
- My car cost £100 to fill with petrol. It’s a standard 5 series BMW.Hayzilla
- all transport costs.... because the rich don't want to make easy for the poor to come in contact with them.shapesalad