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Or do the same journey by other means? In a car you have a seat, your choice of temperature and ambient sound, your stuff secured, etc. Infinitely more pleasant
by gaius 8y ago
Or do the same journey by other means? In a car you have a seat, your choice of temperature and ambient sound, your stuff secured, etc. Infinitely more pleasant that being crammed in like a sardine on the train.
- duncanriach 8y agoOr work from home, or start your own business, or travel at different times, or move closer to work and save money, or rent a room near work, or change jobs, or ...
- timellis-smith 8y agoI commute daily to work. By car it would take about an hour. Taking the train takes 1:15 (of which 40 minutes is train). However, I can use this time productively (in my case studying). Because of this I'm most of the way in getting the AWS certifications. Taking the car just makes me really grumpy at other cars and people, such that I've often found I'm arriving home in a bad mood. Each to their own, but I wouldn't rule out public transport (even with terrible rail operators).
- jakecopp 8y agoYes it's comfortable, but super space inefficient - 18 feet of road space times a lane for one human. By all means cars are great, until our devotion to them makes us build 12 lane freeways rather than civilized mass transit. Nothing screams civilized country like high speed and efficient trains.