Public transit that share lines with cars are always going to be worst that cars, but if you add exclusive lanes for Public transit they go smooth as hell. This is why metros are usually the best option on cities with good metro infrastructure.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

having lived in cities with amazing metro, ok metro, no metro and towns with shitty train access and great train access...

this is 150% true. Having an underground station near your house makes the entire city 30 min away, using buses or horribly interconnected trains makes things 1 to 2 hours away.

Even living outside the city, having a direct rail to the nearest metropolitan center take an hour increased quality of life for me by a fuckload.