Yes, I know that. However, that is not really about my point. I doubt that “door-to-door” comfortability is a main selling point for cars because I personally know some and have heart from even more people who put more effort in driving and parking cars than it would take to go the same ways by (e-)bike, scooter or public transport. That may result in searching a longer time for parking spots that it would to get to the next station, walking further to or from a parked car than to a station, spending more time in traffic jams than it would to travel by other means of transportation, defrosting windows and removing snow during winter, paying huge amounts for parking spots etc pp.
That does not mean that there are no people for whom “door-to-door” is a factor or that all people live well connected to public transport or bikeway infrastructure (especially outside of european cities), it just means that there are too many people putting in efforts to go by car that would be unnecessary if they chose another method to go from A to B for me to accept that “door-to-door” is a main factor when deciding the means of transportaition.
Or in other words: I think many people would still choose a car if they had a bus stop in front of their home and the bus line had a stop in front of their workplace.
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Dunno, here in Germany, the cities’ outskirts are usually kinda well connected, too. And even in the suburban village I grew up in, it took you at max ten minutes by bike to get to the train station. Nowadays with e-scooters you don’t even have to use your muscles for that part either.
I’m not sure that door-to-door thing really is a main selling point. I know people who walk to their car farther than to the next public transport station and complain about seeking longer for parking spots than it would take them to walk to the station or from the station to their workplace.
I guess we’re talking only about the movies (since the twelve tasks doesn’t exist as a comic book), so I’d argue Asterix in Britain is up there as well. Also Mansions of the Gods was really good, if you can see past the unusual and experimental art style.
Really? When was tge last time our leaders were like “We have a problem, let’s listen to what the actually smart people have to say and act on that”?
Well, from my experience as a european big city dweller, that is not a behavior exclusive to areas with low walkability. Which is what lead me to my point.