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The thing is Uber et al has changed the dynamics of all this. You now don't have to have a car and JUST use public transit. You can use public transit for some
by martinald 3y ago
The thing is Uber et al has changed the dynamics of all this. You now don't have to have a car and JUST use public transit. You can use public transit for some journeys where it makes sense and uber for the rest. This works well if many of your trips are walkable (coffee shop some groceries, restaurants etc).
This would have been very difficult before Uber-like services, as taxis were too slow & unreliable in my experience (London minicabs were pretty atrocious at giving you reasonable time estimates).
This absolutely doesn't work in very suburban/exurban areas; but it really opens it up past very dense city environments where you don't need a car imo.
- maerF0x0 3y agoI do agree here. I did not own a car for many years living in San Francisco. Rented a car when it mattered. But honestly it also prevented me from doing a lot just from marginal barrier. If my car had been sitting in the garage downstairs fueled up and ready to go I probably would have gone hiking a lot more. Visited the peninsula more often etc. Instead I did stuff in walking distance most of the time. It eventually lead me to leaving San Francisco because my view of it was the 1-2 mile radius around civic center which essentially is all homelessness, poop, and danger. Just an anecdote, and ultimately felt it was much better to live on the peninsula during lockdowns than to be "car free" and without options in the city.