Why is it hard for cities/towns to promote public transport over cars and freeways?
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Ya nope. If I were to take public transit into downtown DC, it’d take me 45 mins to an hour, assuming bus was coming soon. It’d also cost me $5 bus + train. That’s one way one person. And I’m usually with my wife. So $20 round trip if I make no other stop.
Or I can drive 15 minutes. Even if I have to pay garage parking $25, the extra $5 for saving an hour of my time is worth it, and I can usually get cheaper or free parking on the street anyway.
Before DC, I lived near Kaiserslautern, Germany. About €3 per person per direction, again with my wife and they’d charge my kid too. Time needed was 15 mins regardless of car or public transportation but the intervals between buses or trains could be two hours. Or I could just pay like $2-5 (or free on Sunday) to park at my convenience.
This is why, it isn’t worthwhile.
But I also don’t commute into the city, it is more for entertainment, dining, etc.
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