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Energy efficiency of active travel (walking, cycling, ebike) compared to an electric car (slrpnk.net)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Taking the bus turns a 15 minute drive into a two hour drive

If you're talking about your specific situation, sure that might be the case, but it shouldn't be that way in general. I also avoid taking my local public transit because it's so bad, with service that's supposed to be every 15min often 25min late (I've personally waited over 40min). However, that's only with bad service. In a lot of places with good public transit, transit is waaay faster than driving because (rightfully so) they give priority to buses holding 40+ people, instead of cars holding 1.4 people on average

We're not blaming you if you currently take a car. I drove to the grocery store last night because that's the only way to safely get there. It's the system that's the problem.

You also didn't acknowledge the other mobility options available, do none of them apply to you?