Safety is not a concern in my area. The issue is that it takes two to three hours to get just about anywhere that is not a hub, and a high probability of not being able to return to the starting point until the next day.

[–] lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago

Where I live I literally would not be able to take public transport to get to my current job, or my current school (both an hour drive away in different counties from where I live, public transport doesn't cross county lines). I looked into taking public transport to get to my last school when my car broke down, but it would have been about a 5 hour one way trip involving 3 different buses and a 3 mile walk between one of the bus lines in order to go 16 miles (I couldn't have walked or biked it because it's all major highways and said highway crosses a river with no pedestrian crossing - that's miles out of the way). I got a rental car instead.

[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I took public transit to nyc because I dont want to deal with having a car with me, but I honestly regret it. The only bus back home is at 730am, with a 1 hour train ride to the station (so I need to wake up at 6am to be safe). I need to take another train home, which only runs every 2 hours, an I need to wait an hour. The ride itself is another hour. 8 hours for a trip I could have make in 4 hours, and for nearly half as much in gas compared to fares

The bus fare is fast too, most of the other options habe multiple changes that extend the 4:30 by HOURS. It could take me 10 hours of public transit

I fucking HATEEEE layovers, and changes. Routes and lines that are only ran every couple hours, so EVERY step can easily add an hour or more to a journey

[–] NegentropicBoy@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Double the cost of your fuel to get the real cost of running a vehicle.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

Yup. It's very slow this is why do many don't use it. It can also often be gross and/or sketchy.