[rurban]

I know nobody who had to switch to their car to come to work in time.

On the hand, most coworkers tried the bus in the morning, or switched to bycicles, with the occasional bus trip when it rained. It was a huge success, people flooded the trains.

[ellareen]

I actually did borrow my parents car because the commute got so bad. I commute from Aachen to Cologne. After 2 trips there and back which would usually take me about 4 hours total, I had accumulated over 8 hours of total travel time and kinda had enough. Was very glad i was able to WFH.

[netsharc]

Huh, why did the 9 Euro ticket double your travel time? Did the trains get slower? Did they cancel the fast trains? Were the trains so full you had to wait 2 hours to find space in one?

[pjmlp]

They actually did, they got so full that they started to take ages in each single station, given the amount of passagers getting on/off.

[Schroedingersat]

As someone living in an area with abysmal intercity transit, the idea of being able to get out of my city in an hour or even two is wild.

Busses are often slower than a brisk walk.