Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
That's great if you can get a direct bus from just 100 yards away. In lots of areas, people don't have that. In lots of areas, you're lucky if you have an hourly bus service. In our city, the bus station is at the "wrong" end of town, meaning very long walks across town if you want to go to some of the larger shops or the hospital. It's a mile away from the train station (no shuttle bus), so not usable as a means of transport to get to the train station either. Some towns are really badly planned as regards public transport. My son leaves home at 7.20 to guarantee arriving at school before 8.50 registration and we're only 4 miles away from town - that's nearly a mile walk to the bus stop, a 30 minute bus journey through villages and housing estates, then nearly a mile walk from the bus station to his school - so 90 minutes to travel 4 miles! He'll be driving as soon as he passes his test!
That of course is self-fulfilling - if nobody drove, a usable direct bus service would probably be viable, though probably infrequent still due to the low population.