Public transport within central London is excellent. Anyone who insists on using a car without good reason (ie disability, deliveries)must be either wealthy or have a very benevolent employer. It's a far different story outside. If I wish to go to Dartford Folk club I have to either drive or leave the club half way through the second half to catch a train home. My son has a Sunday job at Bluewater, but the trains have not been running on Sundays for several weeks, so to avoid the slow 'rail replacement buses'(which will still cost him an hours wage and take an hour or more to get there)I drop him off to get the fasttrack bus,(a 20 minute drive)but as he soesn't finish until quite late I still have an hours round trip to pick him up. We would much prefer to use public transport if it was viable.