Everywhere I've lived non-scheduled bus routes run like every 5-10 mins anyway.

Also, just walk for a bit? Or instead of doing a grocery trip pick some stuff up on the way home every day, one of the advantages of cities is usually, bus or walk, there's a grocery store on your commute home. Like you don't need to isolate every bit of your life.

  • Eldungeon [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    That's not true in my experience. Buses may run like every half hour in peak hours but probably once an hour otherwise, and I live in the middle of my city. Trains are more frequent but cover less geography in my current location lived in Boston for a while, and the T was better but waiting for an hour or more was so common I'd walk home half the time, (about 3 miles at th time). Cars suck but US public transit is not very good either, it was hard enough to navigate as a relatively healthy young person with no kids, so I can't pass judgment on people trying to get to and from work/school in a more convenient manner. Public transit needs to be much better to supplant cars.

    • LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Buses may run like every half hour in peak hours but probably once an hour otherwise

      Jesus all mighty. I cannot imagine living like this.

      Major buses/trains run every 5ish minutes (and 2ish minutes during peak) where I live. Every regular bus has a schedule of at most 20 minutes.

      I. Would. Literally. Die.

    • PeludoPorFavor [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      currently in boston, and when it's not winter, it's just faster to bike or walk half the time...