I think my original point was a much wider one, although it seems to have turned into a fanciful nostalgic journey about luxurious rolling stock and monorails.
My original point was borne out of concern, in fact worry, about the young people of today being able to aspire to some of the finer things in life we have all benefitted from.
When I was the same age as my daughter is now, everywhere I turned there was well-paid employment, always with a pension, always with good advancement prospects and bonuses.... and often with a company car included.
This is not for the Walking thread, I admit, but it seems to me that it is much harder now for the youngsters.
There is now only one wage, THE wage, the minimum wage.
Free bus fares was the original point. What I feel about that is that it came from an era of 'fictitious' wealth, borrowed money... as did the bloated value of our houses.