The whole thing was set up by people who don't like public transport. They don't like public anything. They don't want the peasants to have nice things, because

The whole thing was set up by people who don't like public transport. They don't like public anything. They don't want the peasants to have nice things, because only extra-special wealthy people should have nice things. The rail network was cut right back in the 60s by the then transport minister, who happened to have a large share in the corporation building out the motorway network. And so on. Completely dysfunctional politics. Utterly unsuited to the 21st century.