UK was a financial wreck at the end of the war, yet still fully committed to internal combustion.  We did irreparable damage to the rail network, abolished all tram networks except one, and built huge car-centered networks (spaghetti junction in Birmingham being the most people unfriendly example I know of, especially the residential streets in the shadow of the raised roadways).<p>All it took was a look across the sea to the Netherlands we&#x27;d see integrated bus&#x2F;rail&#x2F;tram terminals and some degree of planning and intelligence still being applied to transport.  We got to sit breathing traffic fumes.<p>That makes me think it was more about politics and policies than money.