The case for rural public transport

‘Everywhere outside London is blighted by woefully inadequate and expensive public transport,’ writes Jenny Gray. Photograph: Nick Ansell/PAIn total sympathy with Lynsey Hanley’s sentiments (By rail or bus, the north is going nowhere, Journal, 8 May). Not only the north but everywhere outside London is blighted by heavy use of polluting motor vehicles and woefully inadequate and expensive public transport.If the government was serious about limiting climate damage and improving