Re: Or just use buses

Matter of taste, personal point of view and local culture... And also the actual type of transit.

I prefer to hitch a ride and enjoy a nice book during the waiting period than to get stressed by city rush hour traffic.

I still have a car however, it is far more convenient for short distance out of town trips..

And I'll switch to train for medium/long distance (over 500 km - European "long distance" is quite relative, y'know...)

Furthermore, most of the time, the mass transit is actually faster than the personnal car.

- Busses sometime use dedicated ways on major lines, I won't even start to argue for tramway and metro speed. And you don't have to spend 10 minutes to find a park place.

- Trains for long distance... I'm 3 hours away from the capital by train, 5-6 by car.

Finally, the idea of being independent via over reliance on a single device seems a bit odd to me...