on public transport is a reason I don't use it unless forced. If my partner (who drives day to day, by necessity) and I are travelling further afield then driving is significantly cheaper. I think when it is argued that public transport is cheaper than driving, this is based on a comparison with the total cost of owning and running a car, i.e. including the purchase price of the vehicle, registration, insurance, servicing as well as petrol. Add to this road tolls and parking costs. However, the majority of the costs of running a car are essentially fixed, including purchase, registration and insurance. So if you buy a car for $30,000, which will be worth effectively nothing after 10 years, and pay $3,000 p.a in other fixed costs like insurance, a car is costing you about $120 per week even if you leave it in the garage (another fixed cost). So I think it would be an uphill battle to prise many more people out of their cars unless they can be convinced that it is not worth owning one. Few people are yet persuaded to this view, although in the inner suburbs of Sydney at any rate, driving is becoming less and less viable because of congestion and the lack of / cost of parking. But then public transport even in inner suburbs is not that crash hot for reasons outlined in my previous post. Cycling has its benefits but it's not for everyone. You have to be fit,