Re:Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing dri...
by seadan83 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @06:30PM
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> A car feels much better and is more convenient as well.
That is unsurprising. Though, when you are stuck in gridlock, do you think to yourself, "this is exactly where I want to be?"
The car commutes I had in Seattle were 90% gridlock, very common to spend about 30 minutes to travel 7 miles. I went into office one night and it took 14 minutes total. One evening trying to get home during rush hour it took 45 minutes just to get down the on-ramp onto the actual highway! In total that was a two hour commute to travel 12 miles. The 2 hours was atypical, but spending 60-90 minutes to get home was typical.
It is not enjoyable. A car feels much better and is more convenient as well.
Public transport should be encouraged where possible for practical reasons but it is not realistic to claim that people would prefer it in general.