We’re fooling ourselves if we believe that bus services can attract large numbers of people out of their cars

Steve Melia
27 March 2009
Steve Melia is a freelance journalist and PhD student at the University of West of England.
Steve Melia is a freelance journalist and PhD student at the University of West of England.
Car owners don’t think twice about jumping aboard a tram but buses generate different feelings, says Steve Melia
Car owners don’t think twice about jumping aboard a tram but buses generate different feelings, says Steve Melia

 

“It’s mainly about buses from now on,” was how a DfT official explained the Department’s strategy for modal shift to me a few years ago, when it still claimed to have a strategy. For new developments he could have added “walkable neighbourhoods” and zig-zagging cycle routes. But two key issues are off-limits: car ownership and rail expansion. According to the DfT’s Menu of Options for Growth Points and Eco-towns, access to rail should be provided by...

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