Addressing poverty and Alienation

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The public transportation here is OK, rapidly on its way to being gutted, and costs $5/day or $100/mo to ride, which is not too shabby.

However, it is also fairly slow, and when you're self-employed, time is money, so on that front, again, it would be cheaper for me to drive than to ride the bus.

Makes sense, yeah.
I used to bicycle about 7-8 miles to my college, and I made better time than I would have on the bus system.

90% of the time, that's be the case here, too. It actually doesn't take much longer to ride downtown than to drive, and once you take parking into consideration, it's about the same.

Slightly more complicated when you also have a 10-year-old and three teenagers to transport, though.