Originally Posted by Juha
Public transportation here is quite good. I pay 65 euros per month for an all-inclusive travelcard and I could get the cost down to less than 2 euros per day if I bought longer periods. None of our buses have bike racks, but you may be able to talk your bike inside during off-peak hours, as every bus has space for at least 2 child trolleys.
Now that Atlanta has bike racks on every bus (sometimes they fall down on this one, but they try to keep them maintained on every bus) you can literally conquer the city's auto-centric design with a bike and a $55 monthly MARTA pass. All that remains now is for people to overcome the fear of riding a bike in traffic.
Shoot, $55 won't get me a month's worth of parking! It will, however, get me a month's worth of parking at MARTA train stations.
But I still prefer just pure-and-simple biking over bike-and-transit, except that the I still haven't conquered the commuting distances sufficiently to go car-free (150 miles per week, not including shopping.) I guess I just don't discipline myself enough yet, but someday...