74% prefer being stuck in traffic and paying $5 per gallon.
We have a little bus service called “Dial-a-Ride,” mainly used by the elderly who no longer drive, handicapped folks, and the mentally ill.
Sometimes they forget to pick you up and at other times the won’t answer the phone. I’ll drive thanks, with little to no traffic. Takes me 8 minutes to get from one end of town to the other.
“74% prefer being stuck in traffic and paying $5 per gallon.”
Yes, yes I do.
The gas is about $4 today. A gallon of gas will buy you at least 30 miles of travel. A bus fare is $2 for a single ride. If you are traveling less than 15 miles, it is not cost-effective. If your trip is longer you need to pack your lunch, and on some routes you also should write a will.
74% use personal cars because cars are better. The 26% are either too young or too old to drive; some are too poor to own even a junk car, or have nowhere to go. A car is an attribute of a reasonably successful person. It's your personal space that protects you from other people who you may not want to interact with. Do you think Bernhard Goetz would see a car as a worthy investment, given all the troubles that he picked up on a subway train? Mass transit is a major crime area; things are always happening on buses, on trains, and near them.