> Cars scale, because if on one day for some reason only a single person wants to go anywhere, only a single car will be deployed.
They downscale pretty well, although the roads and parking space are still there. In practice downscaling does not happen much, though.
> If you need to take a bike or walk, then why not just go to your destination that way?
Because it would take me a whole day walking and only an hour walking + train ? Also, not every passenger needs a bicycle.
As for carrying stuff, I do have a small car. I still mostly move by bycicle and public transportation because it is often faster, easier, cheaper and I dont have to bring a metric ton a metal to carry my 80kg of body meat.
The car is for visiting remote places with the kids, for example. Public transportation just doesn't work there, agreed.
For the record I never had any real issue with anyone in trains or buses.
I did have to wait for 2h occasionally when there some accident on the line but I also got stuck in jams for hours because of some accident downstream. So it's a tie for me. This said, I never had to wait for 2h because I missed a bus in a well deserved area.
I believe it depends heavily on the place we live in. FWIW I'm in a second tier French city, about 200k inhabitants.
Where are you?
They downscale pretty well, although the roads and parking space are still there. In practice downscaling does not happen much, though.
> If you need to take a bike or walk, then why not just go to your destination that way?
Because it would take me a whole day walking and only an hour walking + train ? Also, not every passenger needs a bicycle.
As for carrying stuff, I do have a small car. I still mostly move by bycicle and public transportation because it is often faster, easier, cheaper and I dont have to bring a metric ton a metal to carry my 80kg of body meat.
The car is for visiting remote places with the kids, for example. Public transportation just doesn't work there, agreed.
For the record I never had any real issue with anyone in trains or buses.
I did have to wait for 2h occasionally when there some accident on the line but I also got stuck in jams for hours because of some accident downstream. So it's a tie for me. This said, I never had to wait for 2h because I missed a bus in a well deserved area.
I believe it depends heavily on the place we live in. FWIW I'm in a second tier French city, about 200k inhabitants.
Where are you?