Britain has higher transport costs than anywhere else in Europe , research commissioned for the BBC has revealed (link below.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6243561.stmThe study found people in the UK spend 15% of disposable income on transport and double the amount on fares spent by those in other European countries.
Doug McWilliams , of the Centre for Economics and Research , which carried out the study for BBC Radio 4's Today programme , said: "The main thing we have discovered is that we in the UK pay more for our transport than anyone else does in Europe."
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"The government had a good record on investing in transport but had not focused the spending correctly, Mr McWilliams said."
"As an example he said buses had been heavily subsidised but had seen a reduction in productivity."
"We are not going to solve the transport problem overnight," Mr McWilliams said."
"However, I think we can criticise all government's but particularly the present one for a lack of focus."
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