Well, public transport needs to be covered by substantial affordable parking stations to be effective, and given they just don't drop you at the office door, other options need to be provided at the other end, like connecting monorails and demand operated motorized walkways.

In any event the solutions are all going in the wrong direction, we just can't funnel more people into overcrowded congested cities; and just for the sake of billionaire retailers, developers and commercial landlords?

What we need a very fast trains and long overdue decentralization, plus the roll out of the NBN, to allow more folk to work from home or indeed run their business.

The cars of the future will be electric, autonomous and able to talk with traffic lights. And folks will be able to have their breakfast, study or liaise with the office, via mobile means as their personal chariot ferries them to the designated destination?

Town planners will build highways with a nice green separation zone down the middle, and ideal space for a connecting monorail!

And given no new land needs to be acquired, ideal connectors!

Satellite cities replete with rapid rail connectors, a CBD and industrial estate would limit the cars needing high cost highways.

Even so, part of the problem has to be security or the lack of it on public transport options? Large open carriages need to be replaced with lockable family sized cubicles and gender specific carriages?

Some of the planned light rail options could be replaced by trolley buses that just don't need to hog the middle of busy urban links, and able to park to the side to allow disembarkation.

They are a lot quieter than the old rattlers, and have more effective braking/acceleration, as well as vastly cheaper locally available fuel!
Rhrosty.

Public transport is taken up if it is seen as cheaper and more convenient than using a car.

I use a car to travel 25km in about 30m through the tunnel to work and back with about $11 p.d. in tolls and $25 in car running costs estimated. The alternative is using 2 buses and a train which takes 1hr45mins each way for a cost of $28.

The saving of $8 would cost 2,5hrs per day, which is a no brainer. Public transport works well for those that live near the city and work in the city, for the rest of us public transport is not an option, unless the networks service more than just the central city.