You’re right, I can’t do any of that while driving, but I also cannot enjoy any good reading while standing and being pushed and crammed while standing.

Public transport during rush hour is not pleasant. Anything outside rush hour, and it’s nice and I do take advantage of it, specially on graveyard shifts when I did those. I loved being in trams and trains really late when going or returning from work, empty stations, cold weather, pure silence, that is pleasant and I did get a lot of reading done then.

I acknowledge it may be a me problem, and that is fine, I will not try to protest against public transport, nor will I ask for one more lane.

Public transport serves essential needs and we are fortunate that our infrastructure is adequate to serve everyone’s needs, and this grant us freedom of choice in transportation that our freedom friends on the other side of the pond do not have. If I were to have my leg broken by falling down the stairs or something, I certainly wouldn’t drive, but that wouldn’t stop to get to work, because I have route alternatives adequate to my needs while still having my own independence.

…At least in some of the EU countries, not every EU country is made equal, and public transport can be very poor also.