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Excluding London, how would you rank UK cities in terms of how good their public transport is? (lemmy.world)
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The UK has some of the worst public transport of Europe's "more economically developed countries" after decades of austerity and lack of investment into public services. But which local councils would you say have made the most out of what they have had to work with in developing a transport network that is effective for people to get to work, school and social events? What would you say makes each of them so effective and how did they achieve these things? I have excluded London as the UK (in my opinion) has a problem with pretending like London is the only place worth investing in when it comes to public transport.

I ask this question so that we can reflect on how places can make the average citizen's life easier for getting about whilst on a budget. Even though the UK is in dire straights at the moment, it might be worth looking to the towns and cities that make the most out of what they're given to understand how to develop good public transport (which will inevitably develop those micro-economies)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Having been across most of the UK, I can safely say that londons public transport is easily the best (kind of out of necessity as it's nigh impossible to get anywhere on time with a car, considering the amount of traffic).

That being said however, it's not like other cities fall far behind. The UK has really good bus & train networks outside of london, and given that other cities have FAR less traffic, the buses are actually usable.