Public Transportation

I actually live in an area where there is no public transportation...lol..there is the cab but that can run into some money if you have to use that. I have been depending on my car to get around. I used to live in a larger city when I was younger and did ride a bus a few times but that was many moons ago..lol.. I went to Japan a few years ago and got to ride the speed trains.

When I have been traveling in America it has been clear to me that local people don't take the public transport. Even for a short distance a person will drive his or her car. When I was there I arrived by plane and traveled about on buses and trains. My train arrived five hours late at around midnight. They offered me a free taxi or a free hotel bed. I took the free taxi and it cost them $40. I managed to pass my practical driving test in February this year. Since then I have been able to drive my car and this gives me much freedom. I still love to travel by train and so does my disabled toddler son. I make a point of going on a train at least once a month. In the past I used to travel a lot on public transport. When I visited Canada this summer it was lovely to go on the sky train. We also went on ferries, trains and buses. We found no difficulty getting around there.

It has been 33 years and 5 months since I came to the USA and I have never taken public transportation by that I mean buses, trams, trains etc. I have used taxi services a few times maybe 20 times altogether.

I live about 30 minutes out of town. You can't even ride bike (unless you're preparing for mountain biking). I drive my 4x4 pickup everywhere. And I do 4x4 when I'm on the last two miles to my house. I haven't seen the inside of one of our city buses, let alone ride in one. I have used taxi, shuttle and train...but it's been ages.