| >Great if you live on a route popular enough that they do that. I was alluding to the fact that it a circular problem - frequent routes (within reason) become popular routes. >it also doesn't solve the problem if you want to go somewhere unpopular. The vast majority of trips are to popular locations, by definition. Everyone can still use cars for unpopular destinations. >Waking up Saturday morning and deciding to drive out to a destination like this One can wake up in the morning and decide to take a weekend trip without a car. The difference? It will take probably about an hour to get underway. Meanwhile, a person in an urban area can have all of these car advantages for infrequent uses such as weekend trips or going somewhere unpopular with far less expense by having a Zipcar account. Because I need milk for a recipe I just found online and I don't want to wait 15 minutes for the next train Your perspective is very narrow. I asked why you should have to drive to get milk, your response is because you don't want to take a train to get milk. There is a far simpler option than either of those. |