Why don't you use local buses/trains in your area ?

My village has 1 bus an hour in each direction, with a 2 hour gap in the middle of the day. To get to my nearest large town, the bus takes 95 minutes (per timetabl, longer if there are roadworks etc) Driving takes me about 30 minutes, up to 45 if I were trying to travel in during rush hour. It's just under 3/4 mile to the closest bus stop to my home (and uphil coming home), which isn't a long way but walking it in the rain of with a lot to carry isn't fun. I ocassionally use the bus to go to work if my car is out of action and I don't want to walk (trip is about 4 miles by road, 3 on foot) but the timings aren't great. I van chose between being 45 minutes early or 15 minutes late - going home is similar, I need to either leave work 15 minutes early or wait nearly an hour (becaue the later bus is always late). Limited routes also means that unless I am trying to get to small local town or large local town, any trip will need at least 2 buses and often long witfor connections - to visit my friend, whose home I can drive to in 20 minutes, for instnace, I'd need to: \- walk 3/4 miles \- hang around for bus which may be anything from 0-15 minutes late \- get bus to town A \- change buses, which would involve a wait of about 15 minutes, but if the first bus is lae so I miss the connection, the next bus isn't for an hour (2, in the middle of the day) \- catch bus (which has a better chance of being on time) \- walk approx 1 mile from the bus to to my firned's house. Then do it all in reverse, bearing in mind that the last bus back from the viallge my friend lives in leaves at 5.15 I would certainly not be able to do it in under an hour and that's optimistic . I do sometimes use the Park and Ride to go into the nearest lrge town/small city, but the last bus is at 6.30 so it's OK for commuting or shopping, but less useful for other things. On a personal level, I'm prone to motion sickness, which for me is much worse on buses than in cars , even if I am ale to sit right at thefront, which isn't always possible, and buses aren't very comfortable, so there's very little appeal in having a much longer, more uncmfortable and more inconvenient journey.