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So...what are your views? Is there really a transport problem? Do the benefits of motorized transport outweigh the costs? Are there any minor (or perhaps major) changes you personally feel could make our present transport system more sustainable?

I feel there is a huge travel issue at present, more young people are learnig to drive and getting their licences, whilst more old people are continuing to drive, when maybe they should be stopping due to their reactions not being up to scratch, as perhaps they were in previous years. Along with the laziness of the rest of the age groups, the number of cars on the roads is massive. this intoll causing huge pile up on motorways and big conjestions in cities, towns and even villages. During a personal trip on a national express coach it took well over half an hour just to get through a village between Northampton and Luton. Congestion in towns is even worse! It took 20 minutes on the campus bus just to reach asda in kingsthorpe, making me and many other pupils very late for lectures over at Avenue campus.
Although motorized transport has many benefits to drives, most of the time making their journeys quicker and meaning they dont have to consume energy as they are just sitting there really. But the environment is being effected greatly due to this motorized transportation, the buring of fossil fuels for petrol and diesil along with vehicle fumes being let off into the atmosphere is making a great hole in the ozone layer, intoll causing global warming. This is meaning the the polar ice caps are melting causing the sea level to rise. In time this will have a massive effect on a large percentage of land, as it will be under this water, not only ruining many houses and other building but also causing many species of plants and animals to become endanger and even exticnt... All because the man down the road can't be bothered to walk down the road to the corner shop to get a bread loaf.... Well not just him.
If only 1 in 10 people decided to give the car up for some journeys and take to the cycle, or the foot, there would be a massive drop in vehicle emissions. Although it is not much, this could be a start to the future of sustainable transport. Also if the government gave incentives, such as half price bicyle offers, some people may want to opt for this rather than spending thousands on not only a car but the upkeep of a car.