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Comment by BoxwoodSeed

Public transport has inherent problems that cannot be solved that will always have it be less convenient than a car.

(1) Does not pick you up from your home and does not drop you off at where you need to go.

(2) Does not start at your schedule. Missed by a hair? Wait up to 2h.

(3) Impossible to transport more than you can carry.

(4) Does not scale. When there are too many people, some will have to wait for the next train or bus. When there are too few people everything still moves around nearly empty.

(5) Being exposed to the public, which could mean drug addicts and insane people that will stab you in the neck for no reason. But mostly just smelly lowlifes that might take a piss in front of you.

No matter how great your public transport is, it cannot solve these inherent issues while being cheaper than a car.

parent BoxwoodSeed 14 days ago

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