Riding transit takes almost twice as long as driving (2017)

Re:Riding transit takes almost twice as long as driving (2017) by drevil-v2 on Sunday July 31, 2022 @04:09PM (#32298359)

Same for me. It is approximately 5.8kms from my apartment to work.

I have walked it before during a bus driver strike, took just over an hour at a leisurely pace - 11mins per km.

Normal days - it takes me around 6 to 8 minutes to walk to the bus stop. There is a waiting period for the bus to arrive since you want to get to the bus stop before the scheduled stop - sometimes the bus is early.

Then it takes nearly 30minutes to get to work - frequent stops along the way, 5 minutes waiting at the bus/rail interchange etc.

Finally 7 minute walk to the office from the bus stop.

Total of usually 50 minutes door to door via public transport and it costs $8 both ways.

If I took my car, it would take me 15 minutes and $17 parking fee.

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Re:Riding transit takes almost twice as long as driving (2017) by pja on Sunday July 31, 2022 @04:30PM (#32298540)

Perfect cycling distance. In a sane country the bike would be the obvious mode of transport for most trips of this kind of distance.

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Re:Riding transit takes almost twice as long as driving (2017) by drevil-v2 on Sunday July 31, 2022 @11:09PM (#32301522)

Weather is too erratic to lock in a bike ride. The area is quite hilly; narrow roads and steep gradients - not really commuter bike friendly.

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Re:Riding transit takes almost twice as long as driving (2017) by pja on Monday August 01, 2022 @12:11PM (#32308209)

Could be very e-bike friendly!

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