Weird, so all the people taking the bus in London to and from stations must be hallucinating while they’re trapped in their prisons?
Will you go to a lawyer that requires a bus+train? A restaurant? A party u r not too sure about ?
Trains are relatively dependable. The last mile is a big problem.
(To be clear : i am pro public transport. I have a bike and ebike which i love, and car i hate.)
Not sure where you're going? Citymapper will route across both tube and bus, it'll even tell you exactly when you get off.
You pay using a contactless card, apple pay or similar, it works.
I live in Madrid, which has only a decent public transport system, not a great one like Tokyo, and I would absolutely do all those things you mention. Those thresholds only exist if your public transportation system is really bad.