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Because door-to-door transport is faster than public transportation. Average American commute time is 26 minutes, what is it where you live? https://transport

• ktosobcy 2y ago
  Well... in most cases in densely populated places you simply can walk to the job or ride a bike. In BCN for example commute would be most of the time ~15-20 minutes (walking+metro). Car would easily take twice as much. Of course if you are living in urban sprawl and nothing is close and even getting something to eat requires "a trip" then yeah - door-to-door car would probably be "better"
• longnt80 2y ago
  They didn't necessary talk about time in commute. Maybe they thought spending time inside cars was useless. Sure your commute is shorter but most Americans also have to drive everywhere in their cars. To be honest, it's shit. Edit: also, the chart is too simple to know how they conducted and came up with the data.
  • tesch1 2y ago
    Tbf, some Americans might think it's shit to live life in a 100 m^2 box they don't even own and commuting in a crowded stinky wagon for longer than 26 minutes. Not sure there's just one right way to live though. I wasn't saying there is, just sharing some data to a discussion oblivious to the realities of most Americans.
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• kstrauser 2y ago
  Not where I live. A bus ride takes about half an hour to get to downtown SF. The same drive during rush hour would take an hour, easy. You couldn’t make me drive to work here.