I don’t know how much you have taken the bus but it is truly abysmal in the Bay Area. Not to mention the VTA is cutting a bunch of stops due to low ridership (it’s a chicken and egg problem). Additionally, the buses are slow and rarely go where you want to go.
I just looked on Google Maps. Assuming that I can only walk and take public transport getting to Stanford Shopping Center from where I grew up takes 5x longer than driving, Half-Moon Bay 4x longer. For contrast getting to London from any surrounding area and vice versa is generally faster by public transport when compared to driving (even when that trip involves buses).
It simply isn’t comparable. The infrastructure might exist in theory, but it is not very usable.
I just looked on Google Maps. Assuming that I can only walk and take public transport getting to Stanford Shopping Center from where I grew up takes 5x longer than driving, Half-Moon Bay 4x longer. For contrast getting to London from any surrounding area and vice versa is generally faster by public transport when compared to driving (even when that trip involves buses).
It simply isn’t comparable. The infrastructure might exist in theory, but it is not very usable.