HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Other folk have said similar but for me the main consideration is time and secondly is there somewhere safe to park the bike.
What's the main considerations when you decide to cycling or driving to your destination?
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jefmcg
Guru
Sure, not everyone has a public transport option. But (and I just googled this) more than 90% of the UK live in cities, most of us have options we should consider.
Ah, but I've just noticed, OP lives in LA. so having seen the documentary Speed, maybe I wouldn't use public transport there either.
mustang1
Guru
- Location
- London, UK
Parking. Time. Traffic. Who's coming with me.
Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
It's often not just the availability of public transport but the quality. I live in a small North Yorkshire town deliberately chosen because it has a railway station. (I have a car but, for lots of reasons, dislike driving)
I have lots of friends in York but if we want to go out, my evening ends about 9.30pm. I travel regularly to Manchester (my kids both live there) and it doesn't seem to matter what time of day I get the train, the overcrowding is shocking. I swear I would be more comfortable sitting on the roof!
I have spent quite a bit of time in Germany who manage to do public transport efficiently, comfortably and cheaply.
I have lots of friends in York but if we want to go out, my evening ends about 9.30pm. I travel regularly to Manchester (my kids both live there) and it doesn't seem to matter what time of day I get the train, the overcrowding is shocking. I swear I would be more comfortable sitting on the roof!
I have spent quite a bit of time in Germany who manage to do public transport efficiently, comfortably and cheaply.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Switzerland is great for public transport too.
NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
The real irony being that it's the German state railway company who holds the Northern Railway franchise....
Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
Wow. I did not know that.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Google is lying to you, then. IIRC about a sixth of the UK population is rural, so that 90% can't be correct. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rural-population-and-migration/rural-population-201415
jefmcg
Guru
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
A lot of that 83% is small towns which usually means a bus monopoly delivering a very incomplete service. I think it's just under half that live in cities, but I don't remember the source.
The point is valid but nowhere near as strong.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
As its under commuting for me bike or car are the only options , my workplace has no public transport links within a couple of miles, then its half an hour to local town then a transfer for another half hour to home .Taking into account waiting for links assuming they even run at work times your looking at maybe 2 hours to do what takes me on a bike 35 mins on a more direct route.
