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[-] madjo@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago

For 1~2 km? No.

I went to college in Breda (HIO at Hogeschool Breda, later known as Avans Hogeschool).

If I were to take the bus from the train station to the school building, I'd have been late to class too often.

I walked to class, those 2km from the station to the school at the Lovendijkstraat. Only when it rained did I take the bus and accepted the fact I'd be marked tardy.

[-] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

I think you're misunderstanding the idea here: I have a bus pass, but will often walk rather than wait for a bus if the distance is rather short. However, if I'm about to walk somewhere, and see a bus pull up that's headed where I'm going, I'll often just hop on-hop off to get where I'm going faster.

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that's exactly what I mean. If I pass a busstop and I see that the bus will be there in a few seconds, I'll take the bus. I roughly know the busschedules around where I work (there's no bus where I live), so I usually know if a bus is coming by looking at the clock.

[-] irotsoma 5 points 1 month ago

I mean 1 mile is still a 20 min walk or so. A bus can cover it in a couple of minutes and you won't be exhausted, especially if carrying a heavy bag of books, it's uphill, it's raining, it's snowing, it's exceptionally hot, there are no sidewalks, you have to detour significantly to cross a body of water, highway, or other hazard, you have a mobility impairment, or you just don't want to waste 40 minutes of your day walking when you could jump on a bus and spend that time doing other things. Now if it's a choice of waiting for a bus that only comes every 20-30 min and walking, sure.

[-] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Even 2km in the rain ain't that bad. It is also less hassle to walk than get an OV fiets for those 2km.

[-] madjo@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

I didn't know about OV fietsen when I went to college (1999~2005) ๐Ÿ˜„

But it depends on the type of rain. Torrential rain is horrible, but thankfully pretty rare.

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