In any case, that's a fault of poor public transport in the shires, not London. Please see my other comments in this discussion. There is no "public transport

In any case, that's a fault of poor public transport in the shires, not London. Please see my other comments in this discussion. There is no "public transport in X". There is only "public transport". It will never be cost-effective to provide mass transit outside of densely populated areas and major long distance routes so if you want to enjoy the benefits and shift people away from cars in large numbers then you have to accept that we all need to subsidise plausible alternatives for everyone, probably through some serious taxation and government spending.