I´m an Austrian and at the countryside the buses drive with an average of every 30 minutes, at the city it's about every 5 to 10 minutes. It´is pretty shocking for me how messed up your system over there is.

@krystiankowalski7335

Жыл бұрын

Wtf? That’s so good… In my UK city it’s once every 30 minutes, and in the UK village (not even a small village) I used to live in it was twice a day! We have a lot to learn from the continent

@irgendeinname9256

Жыл бұрын

I live in Frankfurt, Germany and i can get to all important parts of the city within 10-30 minutes by using the S-Bahn. It's much more practical than using a car here

@nirfz

Жыл бұрын

Still depends on where you are, and we are not that well off everywhere in austria either. (apart from cities) I am not far from the second largest city in austria, and i have 3 busses into this city in the morning, and 4 back home after noon. 06:30, 07:30 and 09:30 in, 12:40, 13:30, 15:45 and 18:30 back out of the city. And that's roughtly 9km from the city borders. And i can't get to work by public transport either. It's just 6km on the road (where you are in danger if you try to cycle or walk as there's 90% big trucks transporting goods with drivers looking on their mobile phones or navigational devices instead of the road, and if i used public transport it would take between 1,5 hours and 3 hours to get to work and home on the same day...and mean a >20km detour) Fun thing: because of the building of a new train track the last 3 years, the shortest road to work was unusable. (they dug it up to make a tunnel for the train) My distance to work doubled during that time, and it increased fuel consumption significantly. And now that the train track is underneath the road, i can use the 6km road again. Before that, i had 2 roundabouts and no traffic lights for the 6km of road. ->quite energy saving to drive as i only had to roll straight through with a bit of looking ahead, almost no braking needed. Now, they added 9(!)sets of traffic lights, and the switching as as worse as it can get. So at least 4 of the 9 are always red which means i have to stop and accellerate again. The highly celebrated new train track increased my fuel consumption by 50%. (and the time it takes too) To me the new train track means more CO2 emitted and more money i have to spend to get to and from work. (and no, of course i can't use the train track to get to work either)

@ThundrGurl

Жыл бұрын

Same in my part of Norway. I live pretty rural, still buses goes every half hour during rush hours.

@whybutwhy

Жыл бұрын

And in Vienna you dont need a car.

In German cities like Berlin you can't miss the subway, because there is one every 3 minutes. So you don't even need a car. I was quite shocked about your reaction about the bus every 5 minutes.

@aczero1989

Жыл бұрын

But you'll still be in Berlin, which sucks.

@dernano5195

Жыл бұрын

@@aczero1989 i like Berlin

@aniketmane6232

Жыл бұрын

@@aczero1989 what's wrong with Berlin

@andrebrodbeck3883

Жыл бұрын

​@@aniketmane6232 the question is what is wrong with aczero1989

@FelixEnder

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but outside of big cities you have a Bus 3 times a day if you are lucky... I have a busstop right infront of my door but i never used it...

Using public transportation in bigger European Cities - in my case Vienna - it is exactly like you say at 9:27 . You do not pay attention to any schedule during daytime, as the next bus/tram/subway will come within minutes all over the city - even in suburbs. You can expect regional service during daytime with bus/train in and out of the the city every 30 minutes. For Vienna public transportation is mostly the fastest way to get from A to B in the city.

@tristanvoltaire2058

Жыл бұрын

Especially after putting in all the "30er Zonen" where you are allowed to only drive 30kph. I am just adding, not correcting: In Vienna, which also is my hometown, we actually have such a good network, that once laid out really does look like a net. Most of the time the "Öffis" (short for Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel or public transportation) are on-time. However, nowadays (2023 for future watchers and readers of this comment) they are looking for personnel, so some lines are a little messed up on their schedule.

@nirfz

Жыл бұрын

And yet during the 10 years i worked in vienna, i still wittnessed a huge numner of people who ran towards the closing doors of the subway like their life depended on it. (even though the next one was 2 minutes away and less packed) Never understood that.

@moritzbela2333

Жыл бұрын

​@@nirfz but you gotta admit, there's no funnier thing then a viennese subway driver, passive aggressively yelling at those people who are still trying to catch the subway because they can't wait three more minutes for the next train - "schleicht's eich vo de Tian es Wappla".

@nirfz

Жыл бұрын

@@moritzbela2333 The funniest one i remember (was maybe 15 years ago) where a huge mass of people rushed to one entrance of a long almost empty train and the driver said: (Liebe Passagiere, dieser Zug ist 175m lang. Genauso wie der niedrigere der zwei Türme des Stephansdoms. Das heißt er hat noch 5 andere Türen die sie benutzen können. Sie müssen nicht alle bei der gleichen Türe einsteigen." ("Dear passengers, this train is 175 m long just like the shorter one of the two towers of St. Stephans cathedral. It has 5 other entrances, you could use, you don't need to all get in via the same entrance.") As it came quite unexpected i busted out laughing. (i was already inside the train for 4 or 5 stops and had shaken my head about the people in this station for this very reason)

@moritzbela2333

Жыл бұрын

@@nirfz XD

I think Ryan thinks transportation costs are low, because like most drivers, he just includes gas/petrol use. He does not include cost of vehicle, depreciation of that vehicle, any taxes on that vehicle and any repairs/servicing of that vehicle. When you include EVERY cost of a car, you see you are paying a LOT! And if American's keep their love of cars, then forget about fixing the climate crisis, with all that entails!

@teaganshines4800

Жыл бұрын

Insurance, registration

@hugoludeke1943

Жыл бұрын

And don´t forget reapir cost 💀💀💀💀💀💀

@user-zn4pw5nk2v

Жыл бұрын

You forgot the cost for road maintenance, which is like half of the total cost of owning a motor vehicle, but paid by everyone not just drivers. And the rent doubling from all those buildings demolished to make highways, when will people realise that making other people's lives more difficult hurts everyone below the top 0.001% richest people on earth and lowers the maximum income potential of those richest people in the process.

@manub.3847

Жыл бұрын

In Germany, the basic costs (insurance, tax, inspection) for a car are an average of €130 to €150 per month, plus the petrol costs. Therefore, driving to work often only makes sense if you work in shifts, take colleagues with you or members of the household have almost the same commute to work, or public transport takes much longer and is very difficult to reach. We live in a small community between a small town and a big city, currently there is a rail replacement service as the S-Bahn line needs repairs-> to get to the small town, my public transport app recommended that I take my bike ;) * faster than with the replacement bus or the regular bus line!

@HelleKurstein

Жыл бұрын

And parking!

I lived in London for 20 years, never used my car for local transit, it was purely for weekends away and visiting friends and family in the rest of the country, 9 times out of 10 the battery would be flat when I wanted to use it because it had been sitting unused for weeks. Bus, Tube and Train got me to and from work every day, without fail. Public transport seems to work in European cities, where the population density is high, it sort of works. I now live in a rural area in Cornwall, a county at the south west tip of the UK, buses run twice a day and the nearest bus stop is a couple of miles away, I use my car....

@ClaudiaG.1979

Жыл бұрын

same in Germany.. When i used to live in a big city i didnt even own a car because everything was reachable by puplic transport. Now i live in a rural area and the bus comes 4-5 times a day. During school holidays even less. The bus doesnt even drive into the next big industrial area, it just passes it without a stop nearby.. crazy huh? But next May we are getting a 49 Euro( per month) Germany Ticket which is nice.

@stoferb876

Жыл бұрын

I'm in Sweden. The same story here. You don't need a car if you live in the bigger towns or cities. But in the countryside it depends on how close your village are to the general intercity rail or highway network, if there are any good connections. And even there how close it is to walk or bike to the bus stop or train station from your house.

@jonathanwetherell3609

Жыл бұрын

@@ClaudiaG.1979 Germany Ticket? Is that a go anywhere ticket?

@ClaudiaG.1979

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanwetherell3609 i launches in may and is valid for all of germany, you can travel from north to south with that ticket. but not all trains are included. Plus, i think its a yearly subscription but you can cancel it after a month. You also need a german bank account.

@missyterry7509

Жыл бұрын

Yes, kinda like that. You can take the "basic" transport by bus lines and regional trains (not the fast express, but the regionals) which can sending you from north Germany (Denmark) to south (Swiss/Austria) with a bit extra time (but hey you want a trip, so who cares😅) and you can stop anywhere on the line. There was a similar ticket before, but that was for only the weekend so if you wanted to drive two days you paid more than the new ticket shall cost)

Many people don't factor in the cost of their car loan, value depreciation, car insurance, repairs and parking to the cost of owning a car. Lack of public transport also means disabled and others who can't use a car are isolated, and restricted in where they can live or work.

@sammyberger3867

Жыл бұрын

... and the risk of car accidents as well.

@stephenlee5929

Жыл бұрын

In the US, there is no cost to parking. Well not much.

@sammyberger3867

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenlee5929 So... 1. who pays for building the garage in ones house at home? 2. Who pays for building, running, maintaninging, repairing parking garages in the city? 3. who pays for builing and maintaining the parking places in the streets? 🙃

@njordholm

Жыл бұрын

I guess you aren't paying a fee for parking, anyways the parking lot has to be built and maintained. So I think the costs are priced in to the goods and services you are buying.

@noefillon1749

Жыл бұрын

@@sammyberger3867 There is also a huge cost you forgot which is what you lose NOT using that area for something else. And it can be significant.

The city where I live (Tampere, Finland) has a new tram system. It was first suggested in 1907 but it took until 2016 for the city council to make the final decision about it. There were always people who were convinced that it would be a bad idea, mainly because of the high cost. Then it took several years to build it and half of the city was an absolute mess during that time. The tram was finally taken into use in August 2021. And, well.... it is wonderful. It currently has only two routes but they both go every 3 minutes. It's the most convenient public transportation that I've ever used. Yeah, it was expensive (330 million eur so far, the last I heard about it) but totally worth it. They are planning to extend it. One thing that I have noticed is that I've seen quite a few people on a motorized wheelchair using the tram by themselves. Before, it has theoretically been possible for wheelchairs to go in the bus, but I haven't really seen them there often. Probably because it's just too difficult and there's not enough room for them. Buses are supposed to have room for two prams/strollers but there's quite often three of them crammed in there already, so probably people in wheelchairs don't even bother to try to get in a bus. But the new trams have a HUGE space reserved for all these things on wheels, so that there always seems to be room for more. Probably the tram system has given a whole new level of freedom to people who need a wheelchair.

@Outfrost

Жыл бұрын

Accessibility is another one of those things that you can understand and appreciate much better once you've lived in or visited a developed city with high quality public transport.

@lucjanl1262

Жыл бұрын

It took them over 200 years to make a decision? Your election days must stretch for months then, so everyone has ample time to ponder their choices

I'm still amazed every time, how much north America just doesn't even considers walking and bicycles. I live in Europe and visited many countries, in and around any middle size or bigger city having a car is more a hinderance then an advantage. Public transport is a bit annoying sometimes sure, but a stop is always in max. 5 minutes of a walking distance and the vehicles arrive in 5-10 minutes max. Underground trains, busses, tram you name it, it's everywhere. So strange to see that this is not the norm for so many other people.

@thetoyodacar2264

Жыл бұрын

They don't consider it because they can't. Nigh impossible. I have seen videos of peopel trying to get places on foot, and the sidewalk just abruptly stops, they have to cross parking lots, walk on the side of the road etc. Just not optimal. And the distances are higher due to them forsaking population density lol.

@ardentynekent2099

10 ай бұрын

They don’t realize a Chunnel runs between the UK and France, though N. California has BART and ferries. I like taking the ferries across to France for lunch. It’s not expensive compared to the cost of upkeep on fake hair, nails, and eyelashes.

I'm from Germany and living in a "big" city of 200.000 residents. Tram comes every 5 minutes Bus comes every 15 minutes S-Bahn (city train) comes every 10minutes And there's always busses who drive at night too

Driving more than 45 minutes constitutes "travel" in Belgium. you'd nearly take an overnight bag for that :D ( though admittedly it takes that long to get across the city by car due to congestion. ) My commute is 6 minutes.

@deacom8528

Жыл бұрын

That's because it's hell to drive on Belgium roads, I need a suspension check before I cross the border, but still love your country for my vacation especially the Ardennes

@stephenlee5929

Жыл бұрын

Does 45 mins drive in Belgium get you out of the country?

@RealConstructor

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenlee5929 45 minutes may get you out of the city center of Brussels in rush hour, in order to join the queue of cars on the ring road. Belgium in rush hour is something to avoid if possible.

@CabinFever52

Жыл бұрын

lol

I live in England. If you was to Google the bus map for my city. You will most would think it was the road map for the entire city. Simple because there is that many different bus routes in my city. We have over 50 individual bus routes in my city 😉

@gmdhargreaves

Жыл бұрын

I’ve just become a bus driver I thought learning to drive a 10 tonne, 38 foot long vehicle was hard but learning the routes is super stressful- if you are ever behind a bus going slightly up hill and get stressed the bus is going slow BELIEVE me the driver will have their foot hard down

This is one of the thingsI miss about Europe….public transportation. I would take the train to Glasgow or Edinburgh without issues. I could read, relax, and listen to music.

I live in Berlin and I basically never have to look up when the next train comes. It will always come very soon. Also, we have a circle line that goes around the city permanently. Very helpful.

@ManuelSteiner

Жыл бұрын

I'm also German and TBH the Deutsche Bahn is terrible...

@ThePixelSchubse

Жыл бұрын

​@@ManuelSteiner Weird argument, public transport in the cities in Germany usually is not connected to DB? Even in Berlin most transport is operated by BVG (Busses, Trams, Ubahn) which is owned by the state of Berlin and only the Sbahn is operated by a sub company of DB. But we Germans tend to fall into that mindset a lot, even though compared to other countries, the DB is harmless. We just remember the days when it was better, at least in our flawed memory :D Colleagues in the US once said to me, that they consider a train on time, if it comes within 30 minutes of the time on the time table. We on the other hand get stressed and annoyed if its 5 minutes late. There are issues, true. But it could be so much worse.

@alisonrandall3039

Жыл бұрын

@@ThePixelSchubse we were in Berlin last week. We found it very easy to get around. Using bus, trains etc. The only thing that would of made it better would of been not having to buy tickets either paper or on an app. BVG app. London transport you just used contactless. Bus, the tube, river boat etc. Tapping on and off. No tickets needed. After 3 rides it’s capped. So all travel after this is free. We enjoyed Berlin.

In Poznań (a city in Poland of over 600K) busses and trams come every ~2 minutes to a the city center bus / tram stop . On the city outskirts at worst every 20 minutes (like really low population neighborhoods), but usually its like every 10 minutes. Agglomeration bus lines come every 20 - 30 minutes (the Poznań agglomeration has a population of over 1 million people). On top of that the towns within the Poznań agglomeration have also their very own public transit. Some time ago I heard from Americans the argument that you cant do that in the US because the cities are to big which is a really stupid argument, because as with everything the economy of scale kicks in. In other words. The bigger a city is the lower the cost per individual (citizen) bus / tram / metro ride will be.

@joannajaworska0000

Жыл бұрын

Hi fellow Wielkopolanin 😉 I live in Dortmund, which is about the size of Poznañ, with 12 km to the centre . I can use S-bahn or Tram to get there. The only negative point in my city are the costs of the single tickets (almost 10€ for a family of 3, one way), it gets cheaper when buying a month-card. But what really makes a difference is the european zoning: housing is here mixed with shopping iminieties, offices or things like hairdressers, restarants. I don't have to always drive by car to buy fresh food or have a coffee. This type of planning is banned in American suburbs.

@cliffarroyo9554

Жыл бұрын

I too live in Poznań! And was going to make a similar comment. Local people complain (national pasttime) but I've never felt the need for a car. Some years ago I was visiting a friend who didn't have a car in Houston. The bus system was.... not good. Too many stops (sometimes every 100 meters or so) and you had to look at both the number and end stop of buses to figure out if it would get you to your destination. And there were no schedules at the stops themselves so you might wait from 5 to 45 minutes for a bus. My friend said they need a specialist from Central-Eastern Europe to maximize the system.

@shadmtmtn1603

Жыл бұрын

You are right, here in Grenoble is the same, having a car is more of a burden than a benefit. 1 thing you didn't factored in : in Europe we have 250M parking spots for 300M cars, in the US they have 2B parking spots for 250M cars. Simple, parking spots use more surface than habitations in the US. If no more need for a car, all that space can be used for usefull stuff, living areas, shops and whatnot ! Making the cities denser in the process, which increases the benefits from public transportation 😉

@09041995101

Жыл бұрын

I guess, the main issue is not a sheer size, but a population density. Economy of scale is really kicking in when you use a high capacity vehicles. Economical viability of using big busses in American suburbs is questionable - they will drive around half empty all the time on a frequency that makes sense. Other option is a broad network of routs, operated with 10-20 seats buses bringing everyone to a local transit station, but this kind of operation will require a systematic work on multi-level well-coordinated transit system, that costs a fortune and takes years to create. I guess, this "right" concept is too hard to sell for a local government then a bunch of impressive intersections that are much more visual than long, painstaking, inconspicuous work on setting up and maintaining a complex multy-layered public transit system

@jangaazka5789

Жыл бұрын

I live in the village near Poznań. We have bus connection to Poznań every 30 minutes. If I need to go there I don't go by car, or just leave my car on the big parking near Ikea and take a tram (park & ride). It is really european standard.

I couldn't cope living so far away from things! Shops, buses, trains, doctors, dentist, vet, beach, taxis, restaurants, leisure centre, parks, markets, cinema, hospital, pubs, clubs, all of those are no further than 5-15 minutes from me! (England) And all around me is farmland, countryside, rolling hills, woodland and historic buildings and places. I'd go mad stuck out in nowhere! I've never owned a car, never needed to! They take so much money to upkeep, maintain, service, tax, insure and fill up. It's cheaper for me to hop in a taxi to my town centre and back, than own a car, drive it and pay to park it! Work out daily or weekly what all your car costs are, and I bet you'd be horrified! Bearing in mind some days you're not actually going anywhere but still paying. I've had driving lessons but decided I preferred to have the cash in my pocket rather than throw it into a car. Public transport is there in all weathers, you don't have to panic if your car won't start then how will you get to work, someone else has to sort out paperwork, phone calls etc related to insurance or repairs, someone else is dealing with road rage and idiots who shouldn't be on the road in the first place. Sounds like an expensive extra stress I don't need in my life!

Hello Ryan, in Germany time between two departures is 10 minutes for bus, 10-15 minutes for tram, 30-60minutes for train on a small to medium sized city and surroundings. And we currently discuss about uniforming prices via Deutschland-Ticket for 49€ a month (covering all public transportation services). The 19€ ticket in the past was a huge success. A bus station is within 5 minutes walk in most cases.

@xenotypos

Жыл бұрын

It's surprising that the waiting time is longer for trams over there. In my country, the waiting time between two trams is usually 5 to 10 minutes (in a medium sized city, it tends to be more frequent as the city becomes bigger). Trams are generally a bit more frequent than buses here (around 10 minutes for buses).

@mog9629

10 ай бұрын

​@@xenotyposdepends on where you live in Germany. I live in Hamburg and we have no trams at all. But in southern Germany they are pretty common. But that's why buses take the role of trams

@HappyBeezerStudios

10 ай бұрын

That sounds pretty much like evening hours. During the day our trams come every 5-10 minutes and buses about every 10.

This might surprise you a bit, but the part about frequency of service is something we Europeans had to learn as well. It's just we're further in this process than north America is. I for example live in Germany near the city of Karlsruhe. After the car became popular, many German railways became unpopular and the national railway operator of Germany reduced the frequency of service, which in turn meant that fewer people used the train, which meant that service was reduced further and so on. Many lines were on the verge of closure or were closed. In my region, the turning point came when the AVG, the streetcar operator of Karlsruhe, started to run on mainlines. They bought out many regional rail lines, electrified them and ran modern light rail vehicles every half an hour. This is what boosted ridership exponentially...

The reason why is because it takes too long to say "public transportation" that's why we shortened it to "public transport" in the UK 😆

@quantisedspace7047

Жыл бұрын

It was the Americans who lengthened it.

@tristanvoltaire2058

Жыл бұрын

And then in Austria (especially Vienna) we call it öffentliche Verkehrsmittel, but shorten it down to Öffis. 😂

I live in Tasmania and if you have any more then 6 cars in front of you at a set of lights , you are in a traffic jam. When I moved here 20 years ago I was pulled over by the police because apparently I broke the law over 10 time in 10 minutes. He told me I was driving too close to the car in front of me and didn’t indicate for enough time while changing lanes ect ect and asked me why I drove that way.I told him that I was from Sydney and he told me well you are in Tasmania now so slow the heck down.

@romanmir01

11 ай бұрын

the governments always want people to slow down, to be convenient little drones.

@Brakvash

11 ай бұрын

No they ask you to slow down while driving so you can better assess the traffic so you don't put yourself or others in needless danger.

@romanmir01

11 ай бұрын

@@Brakvash No, they want you to comply.

OMG bro, you spend more than 13 hours a week just driving 😳. You're losing a lot of free/resting time and quality of live inside your car, man. That sounds crazy to me.

@txellblanxer9060

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Imagine to be able to catch a train and read or sleep or simply rest… just great

@timothyreel716

Жыл бұрын

Unless you enjoy driving in a independent manner as I do!

@Outfrost

Жыл бұрын

​@@timothyreel716 I like the activity of driving on its own, but if I'm not on a leisure ride, and I actually need to get somewhere, everything about it becomes frustrating. Congestion, bad drivers, bad traffic engineering that was supposed to help drivers but makes drivers and everyone else more miserable instead, stress, vehicle issues, increased danger... If I can hop on a train/tram/bus instead, I can chill.

@timothyreel716

Жыл бұрын

@@Outfrost Well, each to their own, the majority of Americans don't want it, only those in Cities.

@Outfrost

Жыл бұрын

@@timothyreel716 As a rule of thumb, unless you're a member of the GOP, don't make statements that are easily proven false. You're one google search away from finding out just how wrong you are.

I live right on the edge of a city in the UK. I can catch a bus every 5 minutes to the centre. There are muliple other buses in walking distance that go to nearby towns, villages, hospitals and industrial areas. Not as frequent but still available.

I read somewhere that the level of public transport infrastructure speaks about the city and the society. A really rich city is the one where also rich people choose the public transport over a car. Public transport (if done well) makes commuting to work much faster and much much much cheaper than driving a car. After seeing this I will never complain about our public transport again. Looks like heaven😂

@romanmir01

11 ай бұрын

I prefer a car to any form of public transit.

@AnickaSR

11 ай бұрын

@@romanmir01 in congested cities public transport is much faster than a car. Of course, you need to have a functioning public transport.

@romanmir01

11 ай бұрын

@@AnickaSR you don't hear me, I don't want to be in public transit because I don't want to see, hear, smell, touch people

@AnickaSR

11 ай бұрын

@@romanmir01 well, people do live in a society where interaction with others is sort of expected😅

@romanmir01

11 ай бұрын

@@AnickaSR yes, that is unfortunate.

I live in the UK and work in my city centre... I have a bus every 20 minutes that runs along the end of my road... And another route every 15 minutes that's a quarter mile away (my local one forks off the other one) A day ticket costs me £4. Less if I buy a week or month pass If I want to drive I can, but I pay £7.95 per day to park near work!

Ye, I'm Australian, and we complain about our public transport all the time ... but we still use it. Because, while they may not keep time as well as some places, at least they're there and they work.

As a German I don't drive at all. I don't even have a drivers license. I never needed to. Our busses go every ten minutes in out smallish town. Yes, when we do a big grocery shopping tour twice a month, we use our small car and sometimesfor holidays and festivals, when we have much luggage. But that's about it. Why would I drive, when I can just walk 2 min, get into the bus, play on my phone on the bus and be at my destination in 15-20 minutes without doing anything. Ok, maybe I need to walk another 1-2 min. Driving myself, and finding a parking space is way to stressful....

@romanmir01

11 ай бұрын

I always drive or walk, I will not take public transit, that would mean I would have to tolerate other individuals around me.

@oliverwestphal3082

8 ай бұрын

the problem is the huge difference between metropolitan areas and the flat country. We in Upper Franconia look forward to join the Nuremberg area because we will finally no longer have seperate tickets for Busses and Trains.

In Rennes (big-ish French city) I rarely look at schedules because most bus lines run every 5-15 minutes, even towns a dozen km out will still see a bus every hour at least, the metro-tram is even better at 2-3min interval between trains.

That map design came from Harry Beck for the London Underground in 1933 and is used in many places around the world, Australia included. It's so easy to read.

I had to laught when you were shocked with 5 min frequency for bus. 😂 That frequency and even quicker in specific time of day is standard for heavily used lines here where I live.

But housing cost isn't just your mortgage or rent. It's also insurance (homeowners, renters), maintenance, for homeowners landscaping, furnishings, appliances. They all add up. And the cost of your car includes car payment, insurance, maintenance, gas or electricity, annual registration, vehicle inspection in some states. It's expensive to own and operate a car. I don't have one because I can't afford it on Social Security.

I lived in London for 5 years and never needed a car, as public transport was extremely effective. Bus or underground trains came in every 3-5min. I moved to Nottingham and I can still go everywhere by bus or tram. My work is 6min driving away. If I'm in rush or the weather is too bad I take my car. Otherwise I just take the tram. If the weather is nice I just walk and never felt walking awkward. I lived in Hungary before and the same apply there too. If people want to save money they just giving up their car and they are just fine.

8:48 - I am living in Czech Republic in Prague. Prague has the 5th best public transport system in the world. This is for several reasons. Only one company takes care of public transport in Prague. This means that every 1/2 year they optimize the intervals. Depending on the type of transport (Metro, Tram, Bus), the time of day and the day of the week, the intervals vary from 90 seconds (Metro)... For example, trams have intervals of 2-3 minutes during busy hours. The most common one-time ticket for 90 minutes (Passenger can freely transfer from metro to bus and tram and between lines. You just pay for the time.) and currently costs 40 CZK (~1.69 EUR / ~1.84 USD). The annual pass will then cost 3650 CZK (~154.60 EUR / ~168.17 USD). Children under 15 and seniors over 65 ride for free. Even the amusement park carousel is more expensive and takes only 3-5 minutes… Does anyone know a cheaper attraction than the Prague Integrated Transport? 😉

@bambuchzehne

9 ай бұрын

Není součástí PID i ČD a Arriva ?

@Stepan_H

9 ай бұрын

@@bambuchzehne Ano, jsou. Také jsou součástí autobusové společnosti příměstských linek...

It's funny that she said a long walk is a 45 min walk...that's what I do to and from work everyday 😂

People who love driving should be the first to push for better public transit, it removes a lot of trafic and will make their driving more enjoyable. Even if you love driving, I doubt you are having a good time in a trafic jam.

@romanmir01

11 ай бұрын

I always drive, last time I used public transit was around 2000. I want an excellent transit system paid for by the riders and I prefer emptier roads for myself.

All you have to do is buy futuristic busses, with flashy lights,the elon-approach.

The whole problem with the system is the concept of having suburbs. That is not a thing in for example Germany, we mostly have mixed zoning, residential zones are mixed with business zones, so naturally there was always a need for transit between several parts of the city and not just a city center. Suburbs without any businesses don't really exist here other than classic villages. But even with suburbs I just don't get why the suburbs don't have a connection to like a light rail line or a subway connection at a central suburb area point with busses connecting to it? It seems like the suburbs were planned while completely ignoring city transportation concepts

I live in Dublin, Ireland and public transport is pretty poor here - compared to Poland where I'm from. Like in America, it's hard to get from suburb to suburb without going to city centre first. Now I work from home but before I used to drive to work (45 minutes to 1 hour one way), because going by public transport would take 2 hours!

in europe, if you're closer to the city center, you'll have buses coming by every 5 minutes. they don't all go to the same place, but if you're travelling withing the city center, most of those buses will take you where you need. when you go towards more the outskirts, rural and industrial towns is when there's less buses. towns that are on the outskirts but still heavily populated will likely have a bus that goes by every 30 minutes, the more rural, smaller towns are the ones that usually only have a bus drive by every hour

In Germany, you in cities you can expect every 15 Minutes a bus or tram. All over the city. If you have subway or other trains you have mostly every 10 minutes a train in average. Up from may we will have a ticket will cost 49€ per month and you can take all local trains, busses, trams etc in the whole country.

@zeisselgaertner3212

Жыл бұрын

Every 15 minutes sounds like you live in Cologne. Move to Frankfurt 😉

@JoernBeneken

Жыл бұрын

@@zeisselgaertner3212 I live in FFM. I meant it more generally at least.

@zeisselgaertner3212

Жыл бұрын

@@JoernBeneken I see 😀

I was in Chicago a few year ago and quickly learned to ignore public transportation altogether. It never connected me to where I wanted to go. Walking was faster.

I'm Georgian (eastern Europe) and here bus arrives every 4-7 minutes, depends on route. Subway train arrives in 4 minutes.

Living in Budapest, to go to work, I need a 10 minutes suburb train which comes every 5 minutes, then another 10 minutes tram ride which comes in every 2-4 minutes (busiest tram line in the world), sometimes, even more, are waiting at the station, so yeah, here missing a bus/tram/train in the city isn't a problem

@andyhorvath6630

Жыл бұрын

I remember from my youth in Budapest that the daytime schedule for trams 4 and 6 had just one entry: "every 30 seconds" ...

@nagyzoli

Жыл бұрын

@@andyhorvath6630 Yep I remember the familiar constant vuuuvuuuuuvuuuu sound near the stations as a tourist

bruh im 21 years old and i dont even need a car because public transport will get me everywhere

I am a huge booster for public transportation but if you are car person it will take A LOT for you to sell your car, I do not see the point of owning a car AND taking public transportation (forget that - if you are taking a train or a bus that is not crowded, the reduction in stress dealing with traffic is a PLUS). It will take designing a really great system and marketing the heck out of it to get non-public transport people to public transport.

The other thing that ruins US cities is the extreme level of 'zoning' which means nobody has local shops and businesses they can walk to in a few mins every day.

@BlackHoleSpain

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Zoning system has destroyed that country. In Europe everybody do their shopping needs within walking distance usually. Why one earth should I drive 30 km/miles when there are 6 million people in that distance with thousands of businesses?

@lizzieburgess674

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it was shocking to learn that in a residential area in the USA, things I consider essential like small grocery shops, a bakery, a cafe or pub and a branch library are often forbidden.

I Live in cologne and I never check when my next bus or subway leaves, I just go to the station. I’ll have to wait like 2-8 minutes at most (unless it’s a Sunday). Now the DB on the other hand… that’s my Nemesis

I’ve just become a bus driver in Yorkshire- it’s a rewarding but hard job- it’s not driving a 10 tonne vehicle, dealing with a few idiot customers it’s more learning the routes- 15 different routes in 4 weeks is very stressful plus the ticket machine and keeping to a strict timetable- I have a whole new respect for bus drivers

I'm Thai. 10 years ago I attended a seminar and stayed at a hotel in suburb Denver. The weather was nice. So I decided to walk to the restaurant, couple miles from the hotel. The experience was horrific. 🤐After a few 100 yards from the hotel, the sidewalk end. I had to walk on the glass or on the road pavement while fast cars and trucks passing by. Had to cross a few 8 lanes intersections with no cross walk sign. Made it safely to the restaurant in one piece. Uber back to the hotel though.

7.58 - that is normal in Poland where I live. Well, on weekend - saturday and sunday - we have less buses at night, and usualy not until midnight - the last bus is much earlier at weekends.

in london and paris most metro's leave every minuter or every 2 minutes during busy times

The difference, again, is cultural. The USA is about the individual (esp. the Republicans) and in Europe (esp. the EU) it is about mutuality. Public transport is not about a commercial enterprise but a public service. With planning and initial subsidy it can be run at a profit but that all requires political, long term, commitment. BTW the roads that private vehicles run on, largely financed by taxes. That also is a political act, just a hidden subsidy.

That was a great video, Ryan. Coming from Chicago, while the transportation system needs to improve, I could get around via public transportation whether in city or suburb. I would have used it more if it was like we heard about in Canada. I traveled 110 miles round-trip each day from Waukegan to Chicago and back. I think the people have just given up hoping for something better, sadly. I don't think that the desire isn't there. Here, in Indianapolis, partly because I am in an Electric Wheelchair, I can't get anywhere. My only transportation is provided by Medicaid, and that is only for medical appointments and medications. I think that if people could know what we just learned about the Canadian system that we just learned about, a movement might just be doable, especially with Secretary Buttigieg over the Department of Transportation. Peace

@user-qm4mb7ct3d

11 ай бұрын

It's kinda strange that Canada and Mexico tend to improve their public transit systems and housing but *not* 'Muricans

@HappyBeezerStudios

10 ай бұрын

The network looks like it needs some bus lines running perpendicular to the trams. We have a similar system here, with the trams pretty much connecting the outskirts with the center, but tons of buses outside of that to interconnect the lines and reach further out.

You being shocked by "5 minutes? You can just miss the bus and take the next one!" Seems funny, but in reality it isn't. Where i live, subways/busses/trams come every 3-4min, and we are so used to it that i plan to travel with exactly those Intervalls - when i miss one, i am still 3-4min late. Just like missing a hourly bus in the US, but on a smaller scale

IN the UK where I live a Metro runs 3mins away from my front door that passes every 3 mins, A bus service passes every 15 mins that connects to different estates , a Bus rservice about 5 mins walk away connects me to Large cities and that runs every 3 mins, we have a rail station about 20 mins walk away and an International Airport 30 mins away linked by Train and bus, I live in the UK.

I used public transport solely in Boston, it’s pretty good

When I was still living in a german city, the busses came every few minutes - at day! At night or at the weekend, the schedule changed, of course. I just googled the schedule of the bus station I used to use! The buses are coming at 10,33 - 10,35 - 10,36 - 10,43 - 10,48 o'clock and so on! So you have to wait 5 minutes max to catch a bus downtown. The prices to use the busses are fair. If you are a child, pupil, student, etc. it's completly free to use. Me, who get's no ticket from the company, would have to pay around 70€ a month to use all public transportations - incl. subway, city trains, etc.

@motionpictures6629

Жыл бұрын

Nicht mit dem 49-Euro-Ticket.

In Madrid subway (Metro) many times you see a train arriving and you think I don't wanna walk faster I will take the next, that probably arrives 1 or 2 minutes later

Pre-COVID Chicago had many bus routes where buses would pass stops every 15 minutes many car owners would often take the bus or train simply because it is more efficient than walking several blocks to the street you had to park your car at.

London resident here, never even thought of buying a car.

I don't know why, but I thought that this video would compare transit in US with transit in Europe, but I was wrong. Here in Madrid we got 13 subway lines with 310 stations, but also 10,884 bus stops in 235 lines with 2095 buses circulating at any moment within the city limits. And I'm *NOT* counting the buses that enter surrounding municipalities!

Gas is more expensive in Europe, but distances are a whole lot shorter. When I cycled across the country, I made the observation - "no sooner are you out of one village, you can see the next one in the horizon".

Our buses run about every 3 minutes. If you miss one, you often can see the next one coming in the distance. At 3 o'clock in the morning, they're every 15 minutes (on some routes every 30).

In Hamburg Germany the bus Line 5 at the Rushhour, there is a bus every minute. At least 90 seconds

@zeisselgaertner3212

Жыл бұрын

Turn it into a tram line with two or three coupled cars (like in any other city) and it would be sufficiant to run every 5 to 10 minutes 😮

@JensE95

Жыл бұрын

@@zeisselgaertner3212 it was since 1975 but they dismantled it.

@zeisselgaertner3212

Жыл бұрын

@@JensE95 since or until ? However. It's never too late to correct a wrong decition.

@JensE95

Жыл бұрын

@@zeisselgaertner3212 my fault. Until.

I live in a village 15km(10miles) away from the next city with 90k inhabitants which has 11 City bus lines that run every 20 minutes and which is supported by the country bus network. My village is reachable from 5am to 11pm with the main line which goes hourly and every 30 minutes in the rush hour. This is also backed by 2 lines that go every 2 hours

In 2001 USA had 5% of the world population, but USA spent 25% of all energy consumption. So in comparison an average American spent five times more energy than a man in the rest of the world.

Hi, i am from Prague and I’d like to say, that we have one of the best public transportation in Europe😇 you literally cannot miss a subway because during the most important times it comes every 90 seconds 😅 tram’s approximately every two minutes and bused either 😀 and everybody use public transport because it is the fastest way how to get everywhere. And public transport density is perfect, if u live anywhere in Prague u always have some stations max 5 minutes from u. 😇 for me anyone how use car instead of PT in Prague is crazy. 😀

@romanmir01

11 ай бұрын

count me crazy. I don't want to be in the same space with other individuals, I always prefer to drive and mostly all alone.

@bambuchzehne

9 ай бұрын

Ještě by to chtělo, aby řidiči aut zastavovali chodcům na přechodech. Když jsem chtěl na Václaváku přejít cestu, abych se dostal na metro, tak jsem musel do té cesty vkročit :D

Am 42 and only got a car 5 years ago. I walk 10 minutes to work. I use the car at weekends for trips or maybe shopping that's all. Everything else is walk or cycle

I have a 10minute walk from my home to 2 different train stations, in my small town. And I have a trainride of 20minutes to a big city, which drives every 20minutes. We have a busroute that goes in a circle around the town in both directions which drives every 10minutes. I love our infrastructure.

In Munich busses in the citiy come every 10-15 minutes, 20 in off hours Trams and subways every 5-10 minutes. Suburban Trains every 20 minutes but in the city center like all of them use the same Track so you wait only like 1-2 minutes unless you have to go outside the city. In the night Trams and a couple of busses go every hour and on weekends every 30 minutes through the night. there is like 10 Tram lines, 8 Subway lines, 8 Suburban Train lines and at least 100 bus lines for 1.5 Million people. And the suburban Trains have like 2 branches and reach like 50km outside the city where the city sits in the middle. 1 could go from northeast through the city to southwest and this sorts, so its basicly double the number of lines.

I live in Hong Kong, and in my place, the busiest bus or metro routes serve every 2-3 minutes. In the suburbs, the number drop to 10-20 minutes for buses, and 6-8 minutes for metro, but that is still very efficient and convenient. We have an almost 98% population coverage for bus and metro (meaning 98% of people would get on a bus or metro 15 minutes from their home or workplace). That is why only around 10% of residents here own a car. It's simply more cost-effective and efficient to use public transport.

@user-yw6kl8tp2c

Жыл бұрын

Also, the city is designed such that there are highways and highway exits within the downtown area (and most suburb area) in 1-2km intervals, meaning buses can serve slow, stop-by-stop routes, but also much faster, point-to-point routes. People can choose which to commute on depending on their destination. The highway shuttle buses are usually 10-20% more expensive, but are twice as fast.

When I lived in London I never owned a car. Now I live in the sticks, I still don't. The busses aren't great tbh. We get 1 an hour, but there's a train station in the next town, so it isn't too bad.

I live in a city of about 600k, with about 1.2 million when including the surrounding and we have 8 tram and about 50 bus lines plus trains, The trams and buses run about every 5-10 minutes, the trains hourly during rush hour in the morning and evening, and a bit less outside of that. Our trams go similar to that Chicago network, but the buses cross connect between the tram lines. Visiting a certain friend would take me about 40 mins going with the tram through the center and about 10 mins with the bus. And again, the bus goes every 10 minutes.

A bus every 10-15 minutes that goes from the suburb to downtown in major French city is the usual. From suburb to suburb, it's less frequent but still exist.

I live in a large metropolitan area on the West Coast of Canada. Sold the car in 95 as I live on a bus route. The commute to work took an hour or more each way but I did homework, read, listened to music, chatted to other regulars. When I want to go elsewhere in the region, I can take the Skytrain (subway), Seabus(yes, really 3 vessels crossing between downtown Vancouver across the inlet to North Vancouver) as well as busses. We keep expanding our services. Not perfect and still have much to work on given we are in a sprawling region(1,111 sq miles plus more outlying towns. Additionally, we have a large ferry system. By using transit, I saved money and have a nice portfolio and can rent a car if needed. Some parts of Canada are reducing their services due to money issues but they are going to lose in the near and long term.

The trouble with the kind of issue where people are not using public transport enough and their cars too much is that it takes a huge leap of faith in order to fix with someone who has loads of money to invest. In an environment where the public transport system is run by and relies on investments from a private company, there is practically no chance of it happening. Expanding either the train or bus networks to make suberb to suberb travel feasable would need millions, if not billions of dollars. Without a way to prove how much return they would get for their investment and how long it would take to start making a profit a private company can never justify spending that amount of cash.

There are a lot of benefits of providing a walkable, bikeable and public transit friendly kind of town planning. (1) Kids can learn to be independent earlier instead of relying on parents to get around (2) You don't have to learn to drive that early on - which means a lot less accidents because teens DUI (3) Businesses that thrive in these areas make the place less miserable and people find activities to chill out (4) Businesses provide tax revenues (5) Everyone can save money but not being forced to own a car I lived in a the outskirts of my city, with multi-household townhouse like buidings - there is not only the safety in numbers, but because of good public transport, I don't need a car!

Just the other day I've complained to a colleague that a particular subway line that I use for my commute only runs every 15 minutes

French national here, I'm living near Bordeaux and the most I will have to spend commuting is roughly 45 mins. Otherwise I will use my 2 wheels option. Which reduce my commute time down to 20 mins max.

I live in a village outside a small town in Wales. My village gets a bus every 30 minutes, the town (only ten minutes walk away) gets a bus every ten minutes.

I live in Perth, WA. You know where that is. We have one of the largest public transport systems in the world. We even get free transport, within the CBD, and for some special community events. Were sooo lucky.

Driving an hour and thirty minutes to work and then the same back sound insane to me. All that waisted time! Living in Strasbourg France, it takes me 15 min (4min walking, 6-8 min tram, 4min walking ). And when I was living further away the 40 min commute was bothering me so much that i moved. And yes, public transit needs to be convenient enough or it's completely waisted. Most routes here have a bus every 10 min, and the main tram lines have a tram every 3-5 min. 2 out of 3 of my colleagues come to work using transit.

The thumbnail picture shows a map from the USA and one with the European flag. The "European" map is from Toronto and I'm sure it's in North America 😅

@Yandarval

Жыл бұрын

Well, the US's lack of geographical knowledge is the stereotype.

Public transport must be reliable and frequent, and at the same time the net must be close-meshed at the same time. This is fairly expensive on one side but generally more environmentally friendly. While most communities favor and operate a spoke and hub system, to be really effective they also must operate a ring system in different distances from the hub to connect the spokes (which they most often neglect to do).

@HappyBeezerStudios

10 ай бұрын

An good balance between cost and network density is to have trams or light rail in a hub-and-spoke system, with bus lines connecting the spokes in a circular fashion. Rail construction can be limited to big roads that lead into the center, but bus stops could be placed pretty much everywhere.

Yes in Tallinn get free ride on public transport if You are Tallinn citizen , but other pay only 33 % because taxes cover / dotatsion of 67 % . = month card of Tallinn buses 45 euro ( 48.15 usd ) .

I live in Central Europe and in a city with very dense public transport net. Ryan being surprised over bus going every 5 minutes is...kinda funny for me being angry in the morning for waiting for a tram for more than 5 minutes ;).

In Bcn metro is every 2 min i think. 5 or 6 min in late hours for all 1 zone (metro cover Badalona, Barcelona, Hospitalet and Cornelia) but trains that cover 2 zone are also very offten in work hours (Terasa, sant cugat going every 5 min in the morning). The problem is overload in center tho becouse count of turist tho. We have a car that we used to travel in weekend but never to city center. You will loose more time for parking searching that go by metro.

One problem why USA is not value Public transportation is, how it is designed. Like seperated areas for business, living and admistration. In europe thouse areas are all mixed and by ensuring proper traffic, they increase economic effiency. So In USA no one cares if you drive 1,5 hours to work and same time to back. In europe that means wasted time, time not used effienctly.

I live about 2 miles from the city centre of Prague, a city which has about 1,3 million inhabitants. Under my windows operate trams or streetcars or LRTs (however you want), each can carry more passengers than two articulated city buses. In rush hours here go at least 30 trams per hour in one direction. Every two minutes. 🤣

In America, cars require twice as much space than people. Guess what is more valuable to your society.

Transit is so bad where I live in Ohio. Nearly 1 million people in the city Proper and 2.2 million in the metro area, yet we have not 1 single passenger rail service. Not commuter rail, not light rail, not a metro, and not even Amtrak runs through it. Car dependency is a big issue: 1/100 people in the US Will die from a car accident, or 50k people a year. If the US only had the same rates of car accidents as a European nation such as the UK, we’d be saving at least 20k people a year from premature death. That money saved Just from 20k people a year not dying could literally build a Japan sized HSR network at US labor costs for the California HSR (which is absurdly high by global standards) every Single Year.

Even in Estonia urban ( 100km / 62 miles ) public transport is cheap Tallinn - Haapsalu bus month card 140 euro or one ticket 10 euro , Tallinn to Rakvere train month ticket 115 euro or one way one ticket 6.60 at train or over web 5.61 euro travel time 1h and 16 minutes distance 97 km / 60.3 miles

Ukraine here, it's normal here for every route to have 15 mins wait time and even with those times all busses are full. Each stop services up to 15 routes. Its normal to see 5+ buses at any given time. Buses run up to midnight.

I'm in a suburb(EU) and have 2 busses that comes ever 5-10mins in between them...

When the bus comes every 5 minutes you can get to the bus stop, notice it's full when it's peak hours. Then choose to wait for the next bus and be comfortable or get on the crowded bus and get to your destination 5 minutes sooner.

In uk, accomodation costs of any kind, are the most expensive outgoings. Food and transport are next - the order of these two is dependant on personal circumstances.

bus comes every 10 min near my home, its very normal in munich, in downtown buses will come every 5 mins

3 weeks ago or so, it cost $6.65 for a gal of gas. They pay by the liter in Canada.

I'm from England and currently live in a medium sized town in East Lancashire and I've always been a non-driver throughout my entire life. I often jokingly refer to myself as a professional pedestrian when it comes to me travelling relatively short distances. As I've been retired for about 4 and a half years I hold a concessionary travel pass which entitles me to free bus travel not just locally in the town where I live but throughout the whole of England. This same pass isn't valid outside of England, i.e. in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland but I don't see any problem with that if I wanted to travel to the other parts of the U.K. if I chose to and had to pay for my journeys beyond any of the borders. The only stipulation is that I travel on what the issuing authority ( Lancashire County Council ) calls 'local buses' - to simplify this for you it means that I can catch one bus to any destination to the next town or city and I don't have to pay anything for travelling on it. Just as an example I could travel from where I live to Manchester, the closest big city, and from there use any bus from there to another destination....just so long as I only use one bus at a time. As the buses between where I live and Manchester are direct, very comfortable and luxurious, have Wifi, recharging points for my devices and run regularly throughout the whole day ( every half hour or so ) then I'd be a fool not to take advantage of them, wouldn't I? Alternatively if I wanted to travel to Yorkshire or further north, south, east or west of where I live then it's the same thing just so long as I stick to catching one bus at a time throughout the whole of my journey, i.e. go from one town or city to the next and just change buses along the way....that's no big deal to me especially when all of my bus journeys are free of charge. The daftest part about our concessionary pass system is that they're available to everyone over retirement age - including car drivers - and each person can either have a pass like my own that can only be used on buses or they can opt to have exactly the same pass that can only be used on trains. Additionally where I live we have what's known as an interchange which is comprised of a bus station on the ground floor and a train station on the next level up so there's no problem with any of us accessing either buses or trains, is there?

@Ryan Wuzer Imagine Italy of France, where you have trains going 300 km/h as a regular speed. You can commute between Rome and Napoli (I used it as tourist) in 1-1.5 hours

BTW. Gas is cheaper in the US than Canada. I live in downtown Toronto and walk or use transit more often than not. It's not doable to do that if you live in the suburbs where a car is really necessary.

@stephanweinberger

Жыл бұрын

Funnily though, US citizens on average still spend _more_ on transportation than people in most other countries. Gas may be cheaper, but when you _have_ to drive _everywhere_ you end up paying more regardless.

Well in Finland capital Helsinki. the busses comes every ten minutes and connect actually Helsinki, Vantaa and Espoo three big cities. Then there's a underground that also connects those three cities and those subways comes every 3 minutes from 6 am to 6 pm and then we also have so called suburb trains that comes also every ten minutes and we also have trams that comes every 5 minutes. So where do I need a car living the biggest city of Finland?