I’ll be honest: while I like not having to drive, our rail / metro services aren’t exactly paragons of punctuality, reliability, cleanliness or comfort. When you’re standing in a train packed with school kids, commuters, the occasional morning-drunk and the people who wanted to take the previous train (which was cancelled) as someone who’s claustrophobic, sensitive to noise and grumpy in the morning, being in a car by myself sure sounds a lot more pleasant.
I still think commuting by train and metro is better. I don’t have to find a parking spot, I don’t have to worry about gas, I don’t have worry about collisions in the hell that is our inner city traffic, the pricing is affordable (no thanks to certain lobbies bent on fucking up a good thing) and the environmental impact needs no mention.
But I can’t say that it scores high on enjoyability.
I’ll be honest: while I like not having to drive, our rail / metro services aren’t exactly paragons of punctuality, reliability, cleanliness or comfort. When you’re standing in a train packed with school kids, commuters, the occasional morning-drunk and the people who wanted to take the previous train (which was cancelled) as someone who’s claustrophobic, sensitive to noise and grumpy in the morning, being in a car by myself sure sounds a lot more pleasant.
I still think commuting by train and metro is better. I don’t have to find a parking spot, I don’t have to worry about gas, I don’t have worry about collisions in the hell that is our inner city traffic, the pricing is affordable (no thanks to certain lobbies bent on fucking up a good thing) and the environmental impact needs no mention.
But I can’t say that it scores high on enjoyability.