If you drive everywhere, and everywhere you go has convenient parking, that&#x27;ll be the case.<p>I find that often the best my car can offer is to take me from where I might be (home) to somewhere in the general area I want to go (where I have to pay for parking, if I can even find it), marginally faster than the bus and often slower than BART (unless traffic is clear).  If I&#x27;ve walked to any of the many attractive destinations within 20 minutes of my apartment, it&#x27;s then substantially faster to get on the bus at any of several nearby stops than to return home to get my car. (Generally, the need to return to where I parked is something that I find quite inconvenient in situations where interesting destinations are dense.)<p>Of course, circumstances differ.