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 mi

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"