My experience in London is that it just depends on where you are going. - Local neighborhood? Walking or cycling is fastest - Next high street over? Bus or cy

My experience in London is that it just depends on where you are going. - Local neighborhood? Walking or cycling is fastest - Next high street over? Bus or cycling is fastest - Most places in central London? Tube or train is fastest - That neighborhood a mile away that inexplicably has bad bus connections to you but you need to go because that's where the vet/store/whatever you need to visit is? Driving is often the best way, especially if you need to carry something. Cycling is pretty good, too. - That village 30 miles away? Driving or train (depending on your train line connections) - Full-size Ikea in Wembley? Driving (pretty hard to get there any other way) and you are probably going to want to bring something back - Mini-Ikea in Hammersmith? Take the Underground, driving wouldn't even really be possible Overall, I end up driving fairly rarely to never except for vacations or home repair type stuff. But having a multitude of transit options is really nice and most daily activities just require walking or quick local bus rides. I'm as pro-public-transit and cycling as they come, but there are definitely some types of trips where cars make sense. But I probably only drive 2-3 times a month vs. multiple times a day in the US. Zip cars are fairly omnipresent around London, so you don't need to own a car to drive those rare trips.