Although the Government complains that it does not have enough money to fund transport schemes, there are easy and popular ways to raise revenue.
The most obvious way is to enforce the traffic regulations so that drivers who habitually break the speed regulations are routinely fined. The money can be used to improve public transport.
This would be tremendously popular with the majority of law-abiding motorists, despite what is claimed by some loud-mouth organisations which claim to represent them.
A clampdown on drivers who use mobile phones while driving would also be popular and, based on the current level of abuse, raise an enormous amount of revenue.
Both measures would also make life safer and more attractive for pedestrians and cyclists as well as reducing the number of other drivers injured in road crashes.
That would also reduce NHS costs.
Most people would also support road tolls for lorries especially when the facts about the enormous damage they do to the roads are spelt out. Why is the Department for Transport so secretive about this?
Parking restrictions could be extended in most towns to improve safety and also to raise money to repair pot holes. Why are councils so slow to tackle the nuisance caused by lorries and cars when they could raise revenue by doing so?