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It's a mixed bag. I don't drive, so whenever I have to go somewhere I don't really consider how long it would take to drive there. But whenever I do get there b

It's a mixed bag. I don't drive, so whenever I have to go somewhere I don't really consider how long it would take to drive there. But whenever I do get there by car (eg: friend or family member) it's amazing how much extra time goes into stuff that i never have to think about. Like where to park, how much the parking costs, what if we meander half a mile shopping and grab lunch? Now we have to walk back to the car instead of having a bus straight home.

flemhans 4y ago
You just take a car-sharing car back to your car. If there's no car-sharing car nearby, you can take an e-scooter to the car-sharing car, and then go to your car.
- sagarm 4y ago
  Why not just take it step further and take it home?
listenallyall 4y ago
I guess you have the transit map, and all the schedules, memorized? Because for most people, getting to an unfamiliar location at a specific time by public transit alone is quite a project. And then if you "meander half a mile", does the bus change its route to come get you?
- pastage 4y ago
  Bring up your phone assitant and say "I want to take public transport to the meat packning district" and it will probbly work. My seven year old did it, and paid, on her own. GTFS is published by most public transport these days, so you have all the routes described months ahead of time. You can actually have all the schedules offline.
- sagarm 4y ago
  The majority of people use navigation even when driving to a familiar location so they can be routed around other traffic and disruptions (which are by no means infrequent). Similarly, I'll check the route home on Google Maps to decide not only which route to take but which mode (walking, transit, shared vehicle, etc) to use.
- Too 4y ago
  To be fair, same applies to parking. Finding a parking lot in an unfamiliar location in a dense city can be quite a challenge.
- raffraffraff 4y ago
  There's an app, but I also live in a pretty small city so I know all the routes to where I live. If I'm drifting to another part of town and will be "close enough" to a rail or bus line, certainly easier than retracing my steps back to some pinned location. And of course if I'm feeling very lazy there are taxis, which are extremely cheap compared to owning a car, and they will come get me if I want, but there are so many of them I'm better off grabbing one off the street.

flemhans 4y ago

You just take a car-sharing car back to your car. If there's no car-sharing car nearby, you can take an e-scooter to the car-sharing car, and then go to your car.

sagarm 4y ago
Why not just take it step further and take it home?

listenallyall 4y ago

I guess you have the transit map, and all the schedules, memorized? Because for most people, getting to an unfamiliar location at a specific time by public transit alone is quite a project. And then if you "meander half a mile", does the bus change its route to come get you?

pastage 4y ago
Bring up your phone assitant and say "I want to take public transport to the meat packning district" and it will probbly work. My seven year old did it, and paid, on her own. GTFS is published by most public transport these days, so you have all the routes described months ahead of time. You can actually have all the schedules offline.
sagarm 4y ago
The majority of people use navigation even when driving to a familiar location so they can be routed around other traffic and disruptions (which are by no means infrequent). Similarly, I'll check the route home on Google Maps to decide not only which route to take but which mode (walking, transit, shared vehicle, etc) to use.
Too 4y ago
To be fair, same applies to parking. Finding a parking lot in an unfamiliar location in a dense city can be quite a challenge.
raffraffraff 4y ago
There's an app, but I also live in a pretty small city so I know all the routes to where I live. If I'm drifting to another part of town and will be "close enough" to a rail or bus line, certainly easier than retracing my steps back to some pinned location. And of course if I'm feeling very lazy there are taxis, which are extremely cheap compared to owning a car, and they will come get me if I want, but there are so many of them I'm better off grabbing one off the street.