Who is public transport for? For everybody - young, old, disabled, vulnerable, wheelchair users, people pushing buggies, carrying heavy shopping , luggage etc., NOT just the young & fit who can easily walk 400m between stops!

Yes, as efficiently as possible, to persuade folk to leave cars at home. But not to promote efficiency’ over accessibility, thus excluding about 50% of the population!!

What is public transport for? To take the widest range of people to where they need/want to go-NOT just to travel at the fastest rate possible between distant points.

This article is an outrageous distortion of the situation- stuffed with too much data but zero understanding!