THE case for a guided busway system to ease congestion in Oxford is becoming increasingly weak.
The latest study suggests that the £36m scheme could end up being used merely by existing bus passengers.
With road traffic predicted to rise dramatically in Britain over the next 30 years, we must start thinking about the problems future generations will face.
Vehicles threaten to gridlock many of our cities, towns and villages.
Similar schemes to Oxford's GTE have worked reasonably successfully in other places, such as Leeds and Bradford, but usually over short distances where congestion is a particular problem.
No other city or town has considered such a substantial system as Oxford.
There must be serious doubts whether there will be the money and political will to bring GTE to fruition.
Wouldn't the considerable sums being absorbed in planning it be better spent on more immediate projects, such as improving bus and train services and opening railway stations at Kidlington and Wantage/Grove?
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