Not only that, the time to take public transport is way worse than driving. If it were a 5-15 minute difference to get from point A to point B, OK, I would do it. But for me, I can get to/from work in ~20 minutes. I could also take the bus and it would be 50 minutes one way. That means an extra hour out of my day to take public transportation. I have too much going on to lose an hour a day. The extra time spent in traffic is obviously not as bad as the extra time spent on public transit, so why would I take it?