> i.e. you park where you can > off-street parking is a luxury here that only a small % of people have

That would indicate there's just too many cars and we should be prioritising public transport improvements.

> outside of London public transport is extremely expensive, very very unreliable

100% agree - it's always a shock when I go up north and have to use public transport - but that's why we need to divert money from the road and car subsidy schemes into massive public transport improvements.