Quote Originally Posted by Tink View Post
Does the UK have a reliable public transit system? The US does not. The only viable public transits are in the major cities.
Not really and what there is, is increasingly expensive. Little used routes have been cut and the more lucrative routes have seen consistently large price hikes. The excuse is of course that fuel costs are going up for them as well.

As tax on fuel increases, the government continues to say that it's to discourage carbon emissions and encourage public transportation use but everyone knows the tax money is just used for other things.

The average UK salary is around the £25k (<$40k) depending where you are in the country, so once you add in one of the highest income taxes, sales tax at 20%, fuel, gas/electric at premium prices... it's all a bit crazy.

Now, I'm all for a shift in working practices. It's silly to have so many people racing around spending money on fuel when they could work from home using the internet, but there's no incentives for companies to put such things in place nor training/help on how to make such a fundamental shift in working. Then of course, there are many jobs which simply can't be done from home and will always need an element of travel.

crazy times