How to quit cars
My car can take me from my front door to anywhere else in the country that I want to. Often cheaper and&#x2F;or faster than public transport can in the UK, as well.<p>My family live a 30 minute drive away, however there are no buses that go directly there. No trains, either.<p>I would appreciate more public transport, for sure, we absolutely need that as well. More, higher-quality public transport that is ideally available 24 hours.<p>But nobody is ever going to build that from my front door to my family&#x27;s. The best I can hope for is to reduce the number of changes I have to make. Right now it would take a bus to the nearest town, another bus to another town in sort of the right direction, another bus to the town center nearest to my family, and then another bus to get me to a street 15 minutes walk away. Even if that drops to two buses, my car will still simply be faster &amp; more convenient.<p>Quitting cars in cities is a fine goal -- when commuting into cities I tend to get a bus or a train rather than drive, but for everybody that doesn&#x27;t live in a city, or travels outside of cities, it&#x27;s simply not possible to get rid of cars. Sheltered personal transport, which largely comes in the form of cars, is not going to go anywhere.