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> ... you are probably in a city dependent on cars because of such poor walkability and public transport [ .... ] If I could take my car on this train it might
by PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
> ... you are probably in a city dependent on cars because of such poor walkability and public transport [ .... ] If I could take my car on this train it might be worth it ...
Take your bike!
- justrealist 3y agoYeah so I'm not going to take my 2 year old and 1 year old and all associated baggage to the hotel on my bike.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoWould you try to do that on public transit, if it was better?
- ThePowerOfFuet 3y agoEurope here, and yes, that's what people do.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 3y agoFrance here. I do take my bike everywhere (RER, TER, TGV… I've never had a car and rented <10x in my life, at 37 y-o). But it's getting difficult to find/book a place in most fast trains, especially between Paris and Loire Valley as there are too few racks available and biking is becoming more popular. I wish all major train stations had 24/7 bike renting service, including for bikepacking.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoI am actually aware of that. I was trying to discern whether or not the person I was replying to is actually criticizing public transit infrastructure in US cities or has just accepted that you need a car (easy to understand why that might be, even if it is not necessarily true).
- bombcar 3y agoMy kids could travel on public transit easily when it’s a good day. There have been numerous times when I’ve been very glad that I had a vehicle to load them all into to contain the current detonations occuring.
- justrealist 3y agoI have no objection to using a train, if it's actually point-to-point. (but like, actually point to point. not, get to downtown and walk another 1.5 miles or wait 45 minutes for a bus transfer).
- Doctor_Fegg 3y agoGive it a couple of years and you can put them on a Tern GSD or similar. (Don’t know if Amtrak would carry that. You can just about get away with taking them on UK trains.)
- Rebelgecko 3y agoFor routes where the bike area is first come first serve, how common is it for them to run out of space?
- bombcar 3y agoI’ve never seen it be a problem the few times I’ve noticed, but the conductors also bend the rules (hopefully not the bikes!) to make it work.