I have zero interest in riding a bus for the same reason and I’ll add that I’d rather not sit in a bus with a bunch of other people. Hard pass.
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the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoIn my city, if I want to arrive at my office at 8AM, I need to leave my apartment by car at 7:45. If I want to be within a block or so of my office by that same time, I need to leave my apartment at 6:15 to find a bus stop and ride on three different buses. Getting home by bus after ending my shift at 5:30 (I work 9 hour shifts and get every other Friday off), I would get home about 7:15.
Consider that I’m paid roughly $35 an hour pre-tax. If I do this every day for a month, the time this costs me would be equivalent to more than a two week paycheck.
Why would I take the bus?
InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
You need a personal cage to feel safe? Maybe the problem isn’t the bus.
InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
I’m not afraid of someone doing something to me, I’m more concerned with whatever illness they may have. People are gross, I like my space. You do you and ride a packed a buss full of people with some no doubt sick, and some with terrible hygiene that stink. I’ll ride in my luxurious and fast car enjoying my heat and a/c with my heated/ac seats and great sound system.
Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Car manufacturers have lobbied to make America only accessible by car. As a consequence, you now have no sensible choice but to drive everywhere. Imagine if gas prices were to double tomorrow. What would you do?
the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It would still be cheaper to drive.
Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
And with most other things, you wouldn’t just accept it if the price doubled, but with gas, you’d have no choice.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
If you have 15min drive to office, that would be ~15-45min with bicycle and save you a good bunch yearly if you want to put it that way
the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It would take me about 45 minutes one way. It could work, assuming it never rained or snowed (both will absolutely happen here in upstate NY) and my exercise-induced asthma didn’t prevent me physically from doing so. Don’t get me wrong, I love my ebike for quick zips around town, but it’s no replacement for my car at this point. It can’t function in the rain or snow and, even if it could, I don’t want to risk injuring myself by riding on un-shoveled sidewalks or the slurry of death that accumulates on the sides of the road from the snow plows. Plus I have to keep my work laptop dry, and I’d be much less safe against the US’s notoriously brutal cyclist ignorance.
Zoot@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
As someone with Excercise-Induced asthma i must ask; Dont you have an emergency inhaler? Also going for walks does gradually build up your endurance, just obviously never overdo it (especially in the winter, you will keel over and simply die).
But, as the future is looking less and less car centric it would be a good idea to start now.
the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I do, yes, but in every single gym class I’ve been in I would have to stop what I was doing completely and use my inhaler. The school tried having me use it before the exercise, but that did nothing.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Just breathe better, god how simple do you need it to be? /s