[kamotos]

When you go shopping bulky items you are even encouraged not to take public transportation. It makes it impractical for every one, the buyer and people they are sharing public transportation with. Using a car (or having things delivered to you when it applies) is much more practical, but most people don't go shopping or travel with luggage every day.

> The one instance where public transport works well is when you want to travel 5-10 blocks, there's a lot of traffic, and you are carrying nothing, and there just so happens to be a subway going the right way.

This really depends on each region/city. Cities like Paris or Munich have a very dense network of public transportation - Even getting from point A in city center to point B in a 30km away suburb can be easier using public transportation.

[hazardousjkgf]

Buses have cavernous storage spaces beneath the passenger floor, atleast here in finland. You can fit practically as many bags as you manage to carry in there.

Here's an example: https://arpeco.fi/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20191231_143830... Can you see those big hatches? They're almost the depth of the bus

[jusssi]

I think it's fair to point out that the buses with cargo space are mostly used for long distance routes. Local traffic buses used by most cities don't have dedicated space for luggage.