There are zero (0) transit stops between where I live and where I work.
I considered taking the train to my last job, but like the other poster said, it was both slower and more expensive. Not to mention step 1 was drive to the nearest location, because walking for half an hour on a 4-lane divided highway where people do 70mph is not a great idea.
They could totally make mass transit work here, but you know, racism.
Galapagon@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I’ve tried taking public transport in my dense area with a developed network. It was slower AND more expensive than driving myself. I understand one or the other but not both worse options.
BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
I feel like your public transit agency has to be ripping people off for it to be more expensive than driving. Renting a parking spot cost us almost half of the unlimited transit pass, and repairing my car’s AC could have paid for close to a year of passes. Not to mention gas and other routine maintenance (I would change my own oil but it’s inaccessible without getting underneath, and my apartment complex has a rule against “repairs” in the parking lot which I’m sure lifting my car would count as).
Being slower is just par for the course in the US though so that doesn’t surprise me.
432@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Where is that?
Galapagon@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I neglected to count my insurance as part of it since I wouldn’t be able to get rid of my car entirely anyway
SpaghettiYeti@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
*Maybe in Texas regarding insurance being more than transit. When I lived there my car insurance was $160/no because of all the uninsured, dangerous drivers. And by those I mean Americans to be clear. I moved north and I’m laying $55/no for insurance…