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It's really weird when you stop to think about how cars are the default. It makes no damn sense.
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Living in a place with Good Public Transport™ that's still true. But fwiw a bicycle is almost a quick as a car.
Yeah, in the city it's not "just as fast" but faster. But outside town? I am fucked.
I think it's odd that absolute trip time seems to be the dominating factor around this. Like if you're out of options, you're out of options, sure. But if you can, for example, use the 45 min train ride to do work which you couldn't on a 20 min drive the slower option gives you more time.
It's a big part of why I commute by bicycle. Sure I could shave off 20 minutes of time per day commuting if I used a car. But then I'd lose out on 40 mins of exercise which I need if I don't wanna get all depressed and sleepless.
Sure that a thing when cycling but I don't actually value the experience of commuting in a crowded train or bus very highly.