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How does taking transit versus car compare for travel times? Even in Lisbon, it seemed that public transit was a much bigger hassle, both in time and cost, tha
by xattt 1y ago
How does taking transit versus car compare for travel times?
Even in Lisbon, it seemed that public transit was a much bigger hassle, both in time and cost, than a ride-sharing app.
We had a family of 4. Fares are about €3-4 each so €12 per ride in one direction. Ride-shares were about €9. We also abused the intro ride-share offers by creating separate accounts and got that down to €4.50.
- keiferski 1y agoGenerally I think the subway is much faster if you’re going more than 2-3km, and the tram is slightly faster than cars because you have a designated lane. Tickets are time-based, not trip-based. A 20 minute ticket is about 94 euro cents and an unlimited day pass is maybe 4 euros? I only use ride sharing for longer 30+ minute trips, and usually that is between 10 and 15 euros one direction.
- jerven 1y ago4 people, for a short term stay is about where it starts to make sense to ride share. Long term, you would have an longer term pass, vastly reducing the cost of a busride, and you would often travel in smaller groups. So in my experience there are times when bus/tram can be much faster and convenient than a car. Of course there are many cases where it is the other way round (and going out of the cities that ratio changes dramatically for a car). Good city design tends to favor a ratio in favor of public transport over cars.