I have lived without a car for several years. When I gave up my car, there was a bus stop on my street and a bus stop in front of my office. It was a 7 minute trip by car. It would have taken two hours by bus to go to the down town central transit center and switch buses and come back. Walking to my office only took an hour and did not involve paying a fare. With walking daily, I rarely walked more than 15 minutes before being offered a ride to work.<p>I now live in Califoirnia where public transit is substantially less crappy. I don&#x27;t use it frequently, but I do use it.<p>Maybe a better question would be about why the hell you can&#x27;t get there from here when so much money is apparently being thrown at the problem.