Pretty good for the US. Abhorrent for most other places. I used to live in Middletown and commute to Hartford (two cities about 20 miles away from each other-Middletown isn’t a main city, but as the name implies, it’s pretty central, whereas Hartford’s the capital) mostly with my car, sometimes with my bike, and for one week with the bus.
The trip from my house (again, in the middle of the state, between the two main cities, and even pretty close to the midpoint between NYC and Boston) to my office took about 30 minutes by car, ~90-120 by bike, and 150 by bus and train. I could have done it faster, but not without arriving after 10am, which wasn’t cool at my job.
That said, they had just finished the train when I tried and I moved away several years ago, so I can imagine it’s gotten more streamlined and/or they’ve expanded it.
Pretty good for the US. Abhorrent for most other places. I used to live in Middletown and commute to Hartford (two cities about 20 miles away from each other-Middletown isn’t a main city, but as the name implies, it’s pretty central, whereas Hartford’s the capital) mostly with my car, sometimes with my bike, and for one week with the bus.
The trip from my house (again, in the middle of the state, between the two main cities, and even pretty close to the midpoint between NYC and Boston) to my office took about 30 minutes by car, ~90-120 by bike, and 150 by bus and train. I could have done it faster, but not without arriving after 10am, which wasn’t cool at my job.
That said, they had just finished the train when I tried and I moved away several years ago, so I can imagine it’s gotten more streamlined and/or they’ve expanded it.