European Big Cities Are Not Always Accessible in Transit
I rent an Airbnb in the suburb of Madrid. On the map, the metro station didn’t look close to the place I stayed, but it didn’t look far either.
I went to Madrid for a meeting. In the evening, we all went out for dinner downtown. Around midnight, I realized that I should go. Two solutions are offered to me. The easiest, but more expensive, is a taxi. The most environmentally friendly is transit. I could get reimbursed for the taxi, but since my job is to reduce car use, I thought it is better to choose public transportation.
I ended up around 1.00 am at my metro station in the middle of a zone where only are office buildings. Consequently, there is absolutely nobody in the streets at this time. I had to walk 30 minutes through those streets, then a no man's lands, and a residential area where everyone is sleeping to finally get to my place. It is a specially long way when you are a woman somewhere in the middle of the night, that you don’t know the area, and nobody is around. In another hand, you are happy that nobody is around. Thanks to Google to have brought me back to my Airbnb. 10 years ago, I wonder how I could have found my way.
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European Big Cities Are Not Always Accessible to Transit
I rent an Airbnb in the suburbs of Madrid. On the map, the metro station does not look close to the place where I stayed, nor does it look far.I went to Madrid for a meeting. In the evening we dined downtown. Around midnight, I realized that I should go. Two solutions were available. The easiest, but more expensive, was a taxi. The most environmentally friendly was transit*. I would be reimbursed for the taxi, but since my job is to reduce car use, I thought it was better to go by public transport*.
I arrived about 1.00 at my metro station surrounded by office buildings. Consequently, there was absolutely nobody in the streets. I had to walk 30 minutes through those streets, then through a no man's land and finally through a sleepy residential part to get home. It is a specially long way when you are a woman somewhere in the middle of the night, not knowing the area, and nobody is around. Alternatively, you are happy that nobody is around. Thanks to Google I found my way back to my Airbnb. 10 years ago, I wonder how I could have found my way.
*'transit' US English (I think) = 'public transport' UK English
very well written!
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