If you're outside a city and hopping on a freeway, you're obviously not going to be able to walk that. I would never recommend more buses - buses suck. Trains

If you're outside a city and hopping on a freeway, you're obviously not going to be able to walk that. I would never recommend more buses - buses suck. Trains and trams though, are great. I'll also take European and Australian communities over the parking lots that are American communities any day of the week. I'll also take the high-speed rail between London and Paris (and a host of other EU/UK examples) rather than driving. Europe is absolutely an example of how you don't have to have a terrible experience if you have good public transport. London by train is ~2.5 hours, and by car it's 5-6 hours at a minimum.