Britannici che non ha un buon trasporto pubblico più probabilità di sentirsi soli, lo studio del Regno Unito scopre

Not a surprise. Pretty much every single town and village was connected up by extensive rail until the 60’s, and our connectivity has not been restored since. Buses were meant to replace the trains, but they could never offer as expedient or efficient a service – and still can’t.

So what’s the other viable option? Sitting alone in your car to go everywhere. And the more people that use their cars, the less money the (private) bus companies make, and as such they’re more likely to cut routes, further isolating people.

I’ve seen elderly relatives decline rapidly once they give up driving. I’ve also seen elderly acquaintances hold off on giving up driving for way too long. One of them, in his 90s, reversed into a neighbours house before being convinced it was time to hang up the driving gloves. Fortunately none of the kids were in the kitchen when he drove into it.

Sadly car dependency is a huge problem in this country and as usual it impacts the most vulnerable disproportionately.

How does that work with London? Lots of lonely people, I believe, all the transport you could ever want.

One bus an hour where I’m currently living and that takes 90 minutes to get to the nearest ‘city’. Luckily, I’m able to leave and will be off soon but without decent public transport people are stuck. We can’t all afford cars (that’s if we can even get lessons and driving tests).

Governments take things away. They rarely replace them.