Keep going, everyone
You're doing a very good job of reminding me why I drive to work.

Oh, and the fact that it takes forty minutes instead of two and a half hours...
(patently Was somewhere else on, Fri 30 May 2008, 9:24, 3 replies)

Too bloody right
The car is king and will be as long as public transport runs at sub-Swiss/German levels.

Being environmentally friendly isn't about choosing to take the bus to work and then looking down on those who don't, it's about campaigning and voting for those who would champion the creation of a public transport system which becomes the favoured choice for those who put their comfort as a higher and more immediate priority than the state of the planet, pollution etc, which is, in reality, the majority.

I used to live in Frankfurt. You'd be a numpty to have to drive, fund and park a car there when the quicker, cheaper option was to jump on the bus, tram, S-bahn or U-bahn which was always 50 metres from where you were standing, and which whisked you efficiently to where you needed to be, anywhere in town, in about 15 minutes.

I live in Leeds now, which, believe it or not, is more fun than Frankfurt. But I'm not getting on one of those fucking busses for love nor money. They take FORTY HOURS to travel the three miles from town to my house, and they smell of dirt.
(Super Jet Shoes, Fri 30 May 2008, 9:36, closed)

Depends on where you live though.
In cities it's probably quicker to use public transport. But if you choose to live in more pleasant surroundings, it's quicker and easier to drive.

Takes me half an hour by car. Public transport would take three times as long. But it's my choice not to live in the city.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 30 May 2008, 9:37, closed)

Id be royally f*cked without a car where i live.
I live on a coast, and theres a huge big coast road going all the way down it. I live on a huge urbanisation, and theres tonnes more urbanisations near me too. The nearest town centre is about 6 miles away.
Theres a bus once every 2 hours. If youre lucky. And its a long distance bus going from one end of the coast to the other. The time table on the bus stop shows the times from when the bus leaves - which is over an hour away. So its impossible to predict when its going to come.


As someone who drives to work. Id much rather take public transport in - if it was adequate to do so. I drive and wear out my car every day. Instead of sitting down and getting lost in a book or on the radio. Plus i can always blame public transport for being late :)
(Miggyman, Fri 30 May 2008, 10:03, closed)