Depends if it's full or not. I live in a city with decent public bus transport. Outside of rush hour those buses are just mostly empty and sometimes we have a grid lock of empty buses.
I talk as a person who rode the bicycle and walked more than driven a car that in a typical city centre designed for cars I prefer to live poluting with my car rather than die hit by one while riding the bicycle in a hurry to work.
In my experience (lived in four countries, ~30 cities / towns), public transport just feels unsafe. It’s always a choice between crazies shouting, groups of teenagers playfighting and blasting their mobile phones on full volume or just the good old rapey stare from strangers. I’d rather not be exposed to all the worst elements of society at close quarters in a metal tube I can’t escape from.
City seems to have some bias, if mostly the worst elements drive public transport.
The bus has 33 people on it? Even buses in Korea don't get that packed in most places.
Doesn't matter, if it was carrying 25% of the people that the cars are it'd be baller.
Sure, but I'm not going to get on any conveyance with a bunch of strangers if I can avoid it.
Walk > Cycle > Tram > Train > Car > Bus.
Buses always seem like the worst possible option from a personal standpoint.
From my experience bus is carrying just the driver
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