Why is it hard for cities/towns to promote public transport over cars and freeways?

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Why is it hard for cities/towns to promote public transport over cars and freeways?

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Answer 1

It’s wildly inconvenient.

With public transport you have a problem which is that the more stops you put on the bus or train line, the more people can use it and the slower it is since it needs to stop at all those places.

For example, in my city, driving from the center of the city to a suburb takes about 15-20 minutes. The same bus ride is an hour and a half because of all the stops.

It’s one of the reasons why taking a bus from one city to another is actually really inexpensive, especially compared to a plane or train. The bus is only going from one city to another. There aren’t many stops so the ride is pretty comparable to driving your car.