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Living in a small northern Ontario town, I wish we had Lyft or Uber here. Instead, just taxi's (or family) and public transport.

Our public transport is based on a center hub topology with the hub being downtown. So if my kid wants to take the bus to work, about kilometer away, it takes 45 minutes half of which is in the wrong direction and involves at least one transfer. Oddly, it takes even longer to get home.

Our public transport is a joke.

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If it’s only a kilometre why not walk? That’s 15 minutes for the average person.

Would you want to walk in below freezing weather?

So long as there's a sidewalk? Yes? They make some very nice winter coats in Canada.

Assuming you have proper gear, it's much nicer than walking in 100+ degree weather

I walked like 2 kilometres to work everyday in Toronto in winter, it was fine. Just get a coat.

Sure, I walked 30min everyday to grad school in Chicago weather. Unless it was pouring rain (ie. not freezing) then I would occasionally take the bus part of the way.

Yes, I do most days, here it's usually below freezing for most of December - February. Yesterday it was -20C (-4F) with windchill. Just get a good coat, pair of boots, hat and gloves and it's fine.

Yes, it can be more convenient to walk in cold weather as you don't stand still to wait and freeze at the bus stop

This was part of the reason I started walking 2 km to work rather than take the bus

In case you haven't noticed, 15 yr old, and 17 yr old girls don't walk anywhere. LOL.

Nor do they ride their bicycles.

In fact, anything other than 4 wheels (or dad on two) will have them mysteriously taking a sick day. +30C or -30C, no difference.

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