Alot of measures they try to introduce in the UK is reactive versus proactive. If public transport worked properly, and was cheap alot more people would use it. If jobs were more readily available, people wouldn't have to commute so far. If the government didn't waste so much money, then perhaps we'd have a better transport system? The arguements are endless. Bottomline, it's a stupid fix by a nanny state mentality on how to resolve issues.