I was bored waiting for the bus the other day and did this: more than 90% of cars had a single occupant
I was going on the MoT figures but you may be right and there were more in the car but unless they're packing 27 in, it's still a hell of a lot.
I'm not sure that P&R hasn't been adopted because car drivers are seen as lazy and selfish - we've had a Tory council for most of the past 30 years and they're generally all for private motorists. I suggest that we don't have a P&R because a) we had one at Withdean and it was hardly used and b)...
I think that last Saturday, given that London Road was closed, a few thousand cars coming into Brighton would have caused gridlock. Let's imagine about third of the people coming into town came by car (100,000 if we take the lowest estimate) and at 1.6 people per car (the national average)...