81% of people in this borough own and use a car daily and 71% people in the whole of the United Kingdom also have a car and use it daily according to a survey done by the UKGOV website but 94% of the population here in the UK have access to public transport!Why do we need cars if we already have a great system in place?Exactly,why do we need to use cars if most of us have access to public transport especially when using cars increases our carbon footprint,well I’m tell you why we need to start using public transport : it is cheaper,more reliable and easier to access. First of all public transport is a lot cheaper than driving a car.Not only do you have to pay for fuel but you also have to pay for car insurance,road tax and any extra costs like repairs.However when you take public transport you only have to pay the travel fee. It’s like asking someone do you want to be in debt for the rest of your life or not be in debt for the rest of your life.The bus fare in our borough is £2.00 and the average fuel price per litre is 0.90p.I remember filling my Dad’s car up with fuel once when I understood the precise reflexes you needed to stop the pump on the exact amount of money,it was shocking to see how it the price was almost a pound per litre!Shocking.I couldn’t understand why anyone would want to pay this much for 2 weeks worth of fuel.I could understand if it is more convenient because your fuel consumption depends on much you use the car and it’s fuel economy but it is incredibly more expensive to spend £60 on fuel compared to £28 on the bus if you use it everyday for 2 weeks which I don’t think most people due. I mentioned at the start that 94% of the UK population have access to public transport and in this borough it is 98% so almost everyone has access to public transport.If everyone has access to public transport and if most of use it it will also bring the price down.However only 39% of the people in our borough use public transport which is such a shame since they have such easy access to it. Another point however is that the more people that use public transport means there is more money going into the system means that it will become more streamlines,cheaper and more efficient;it can be tailored to our own people’s needs and wants aswell.I do understand that people have issues with the current reliability of the system which is a deadly plague affecting all of public transport across Great Britain but most of it is our fault.I have heard many complaints like “there are boisterous boys that start swearing and fighting on the backs of buses” said a very concerned elderly man or “one very stubborn individual won’t get off the bus and he hasn’t paid so the bus driver stops the bus making me late to pick up my kids.That’s an experience I never would wish upon my worst enemy” said one furious mother.These are just some of the compliments I have received.I am sure we have all been victims of the frustrating moments but if we streamline the system and educate more people then this disease that is destroying people’s trust in public transport will be gone. Finally,what I think is the greatest point against using cars and using public transport are cars themselves.When I go into a bus I could be sitting next to a billinare I wouldn’t even know because he isn’t some very expensive car.Some times people in their cars think that they have a shield around them allowing them to do whatever they want (like speeding which causes accidents but using trains and buses no one can speed unless the walk faster than the speed limit in which case we should be giving them an award instead of a fine.It isn’t just better for us but it is also better for the planet as less vehicles on the road means less pollutants being produced -vehicles account for 32% of all CO2 produced- so less greenhouse gases in the atmosphere which is clearly better for everyone. So my call to action for is that we should be cutting our car usage by atleast half and promoting our outstanding public transport.We don’t even have to ban cars but maybe ban them on one or two days (I have seen this down in different countries like France and it works very well).In conclusion public transport is better that cars for so many reasons:it is cheaper,better for the planet,it is already very well implemented into our society and it even creates a more equal society for everyone.