I did a quick google map survey and found that it can take about an hour to commute on public transit between a residential area in Queens and to a commercial a

I did a quick google map survey and found that it can take about an hour to commute on public transit between a residential area in Queens and to a commercial area in Brooklyn[1]. Not ideal until you see that driving the same route takes about 40 min. So not a huge different and definitely passes as an alternative to avoid the risk of stop-and-go traffic jams. If you need to drive to the supermarket you should have the option of choosing a time and route with minimal risk of traffic jams. I find it hard to belief that many people are frequently hitting bumper to bumper traffics on their way to or from the supermarket. Occupationally yes, but frequently no. 1: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/84-25+168th+Pl,+Jamaica,+NY+11432/40.6898331,-73.9841627/@40.7224733,-73.9667156,12z/data=!4m10!4m9!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c260e26885771b:0x82f67a6b6f1ef4a1!2m2!1d-73.796103!2d40.715401!1m0!3e3!5i3 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/84-25+168th+Pl,+Jamaica,+NY+...