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minus-squarekameecoding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoyou do realize trains are part of the public transport and no reasonable person would think you can’t take a car to the train station? what do you think I am talking about? a bus going every 30 minutes to every house in bumfuck nowhere on the off chance they get a passenger?
minus-squareLinkerbaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·11 months agoYes but then you already have the car. And if you already have the car then that’s usually far more practical than public transport. Public transport works well in cities because it can completely eliminate the need for someone to own a car.
you do realize trains are part of the public transport and no reasonable person would think you can’t take a car to the train station?
what do you think I am talking about? a bus going every 30 minutes to every house in bumfuck nowhere on the off chance they get a passenger?
Yes but then you already have the car.
And if you already have the car then that’s usually far more practical than public transport.
Public transport works well in cities because it can completely eliminate the need for someone to own a car.