You walk out of your house and immediately get in your car. Drive directly to your destination. When finished for the day you immediately get in your car and stop at a couple of locations to pick up things. Then get out at home.
Park-and-rides are large parking lots where people leave their cars all day and take direct buses down to a central station where they get on bus route nearest their destination. But what if their destination requires them to change buses yet again? What if they need to go somewhere 3 miles from their home that requires them to walk 3 blocks to local bus stop, wait for next bus, which then drops them off 2 blocks from their destination? And what if all of the above is in bad weather?
There's a reason people prefer cars. They are much more efficient for the driver to get from point A to point B in most cases. If you dispute that you're either disingenuous or in denial.
People living in rural areas who work in a town of 15,000 5 miles away. Do you think the government is going to saturate the countryside surrounding that town with bus routes to pick up a few people at a time? What if.they work at a town of 8000 that's 7 miles on the other side of that town of 15000? They'd have to ride into the town of 15000. Wait for and catch an express bus to the town of 8000. Then catch the local bus that puts them out a block from their job. And repeat that going home.
You're only talking about mass transit in big cities. It's an option for those it's convenient for but if it's not convenient most will opt for a car. It's also an option for those who can't afford a car. And believe me the vast majority of them are dreaming of owning a car someday. Cars give freedom to move about. Public transit is just an uncomfortable, inconvenient option that must be endured.
