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It is one-of the things we look for when we are contemplating where to stay in London most; what are the transport links like?

Urban centres globally for example London, Paris and Bangkok would benefit from the advancement of ticketing technology easing congestion at travel centers during peak times. Forward thinking transport companies like the one run by SMRT (Singapore Mass Rapid Transport) are already investing in this sort of infrastructure.

When I first found an apartment to let in Richmond I was very smug when it came to talking about public transport. "Oh, well we have the trains, the tube, the buses and of course the ferry!" I'd say to my buddies. "I can go to work a different way each day of the week."

Of course I never did. I used the train a lot of the time, at times the tube, occasionally the bus and also the ferry? No, not once!

I utilized the tube occasionally because it took longer compared to the train! If there were issues to the train or tube buses I just used.

Now I rent in Putney I have, in theory, three methods of addressing into central London via public transport. I am able to take the District line if I fancy a really, really, slow, means of getting across town. I can and generally do use the trains to Waterloo which simply takes around 20 minutes but I make practical use of the bus on an evening. The number 14 specifically which runs 24 hours a day. Well, weather permitting.

When it snows there aren't any buses. We lost the tube too when it last snowed! Fancy walking home anybody? That is really what I did. Actually, that's what a lot of us did. And is not this one of the delights of public transportation? The reality that you're never quite sure if it will and won't operate!

Really, I will not be excessively tough here. At least in London, in the majority of our boroughs, we've got more than one process of public transport we could use to move across town. In most towns and cities they simply have the bus. Should you be going to a different town or city you can simply use the train.

It may be too easy for us, who live surrounded by buses, (24 hour buses too - they don't exist in lots of towns), tubes, trains and taxis, oh and ferries, to complain about our public transport system, but the truth is we have more options regarding how we get across our city than most British residents. The truth is, they are part of our society and London culture; parts are fast to criticise and we frequently take for granted, yet the majority of the time, our public transportation system does truly operate.

We're never limited to just the bus.

A ticket machine, also known as a ticket vending machine, is a vending machine that generates tickets. To illustrate, ticket machines dispense train tickets at railway stations, transit tickets at metro stations and tram tickets at some tram stops and also in some trams.

Therefore, the very next time you think we have been hard done by, try to imagine living where there's absolutely no tube, no train service, only buses. Buses that run once an hour and just till 9pm. These places actually do exist. They are in UK, now. Look at the taxis, the tubes, the buses, the trains and the ferries. Examine all our public transportation alternatives? Do not you're feeling better now?