Public transport should be free, and er....available in the first place.

Put back the stations (or build new ones) which Beeching got rid of and open up the villages and towns via the railways, once more.

I travel either by bus, or by bike. It's cost me a fortune on the buses over the years, especially taking the kids with me. They're usually late, the buses, not the kids...full up, hot, stuffy, smelly
and down here, where Stagecoach rule...more often than not, old, fumey and orrible...and nope, can't afford a car and I don't drive anyway...Can't get a job in the next three towns as I can't rely on the crappy bus service to get me there, or home, in time.

Ah....Country Life

It's not just the UK towns that are in BIG trouble...