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Try walking (not aimed at you personally). I know not everyone can due to medical, health, age and sometimes weather or carrying bulky or heavy equipment / shopping but as a society if we got out of the mindset that we need to drive or take public transport for what would be not much more than a half hour walk then we would all be helping the environment as well as saving a little bit money and most importantly do wonders for our own personal heath.

At certain times of day on certain routes it hardly takes any longer. I can cycle my 5 mile commute in 20 minutes and I am by no means a very good cyclist or have a fancy bike. Even with low traffic I can’t drive this in much under 15 minutes. The only bit which adds some time is needing a shower on arrival at work and at home however this saves me needing a shower at home in the morning I suppose.

I can also run this in 40 mins each way which means I need to do much less running outwith my commute and therefore my free time is probably increased.

I think as a society we for some reason feel like a mile to two is driving or bus distance when most people with good heath can easily walk this or build up to walking this easy enough. Trips to foreign countries show just how good and safe the pavements are in Scotland for walking and we should take advantage of this.

As for your initial point I completely agree that free public transport would be a great think with the exception of discouraging short walks.
I do think more people need to see walking as part of daily life. The health benefits of walking a 30/40 minute commute each day are immense.

I live in South Lanarkshire with nothing apart from a park and pub in walkable distance.

In towns it's totally different and I do think their needs to be a mindset change for lots of people who could walk to a shop etc. 15 minute cities are the devils work according to some folk but they sound like a dream come true to me!