Taxing Drivers By The Mile 1754I don't know how far the average Chicagoan walks to get to the train station, but millions of them every year wait under the heat lamps. I used to be one of them. Not in...
And how many people want to walk 10 blocks to the bus stop or train station and wait for 20 minutes in 30 below windchill?
There are many reasons for transit, good reasons. If my employer didn't provide parking, I'd consider it. (However, zoning approval for any *new* development usually requires adequate parking facilities.) I took the bus to work shortly after I was first married, so my wife could take the car to school. After moving to my current location, I took transit when my wife needed the car (e.g. doctor appts for the kids). But when we could afford 2 cars, we got them - for the convenience.
I could take the bus to work today. But that would require me getting to downtown of my suburb (~2 miles) to catch the bus, which leaves about the time I'm normally getting out of bed - and that bus is an express - in order to get to work on time. There's a connecting bus, but I don't even know the schedule. It's just more convenient to drive. And I gladly pay for that convenience in the cost of a second car, insurance, gas, gas taxes, registration, etc.
