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by haweemwho 1164 days ago
That's not an inherent issue with public transit vs. individual transport though. You are comparing a really bad public transit implementation with a good implementation of individual transport. In many European cities, getting from A to B by public transit is much faster than by car since they don't focus so much on car infra, with all the downsides it brings (huge areas reserved for 10-lane highways and parking everywhere, air pollution, cost of owning/leasing/insuring, ...). If you get good public transit infra, life has one issue less to worry about.

It's pretty neat, I've moved to a European city recently myself and I'm slightly horrified at the prospect of moving back.