Compare And Contrast Essay Transportation

What is it like to take Marta to and from school as oppose to your own car? That is a question many students ask each year. People ride both cars and busses as a form of transportation for different reasons. I am a college student and having experienced both, I can tell you that there are plenty of similarities as well as some very big differences between the two types of transportation.

First we should look how comfortable the vehicles are. People, of course, would like to use their own cars. They are more comfortable than the public transportation vehicles. While I am in the car I slouch and sit how I like because I have the space to do that. People feel more comfortable using a car because there are not any people apart from themselves in

Normally when I am on the bus I don’t speak on the phone because the other riders listen to my conversation and stare me down, I think it’s rude to be in someone’s conversation and I don’t like to air my business. Having a car you don’t have to wait for a bus to arrive to get where you want to go. I hate having to wait on the bus because sometimes the wait is thirty minutes or longer. I also don’t like waiting because the weather constantly changes. One day its hot and the next it’s raining and the wind is blowing but with having a car I can avoid all that. I can walk out the house and get straight in the car. When we consider this situation from this aspect, private cars are chosen for

While relying on the bus, it is not always on time especially when you need to be somewhere. My first time taking Marta alone was horrible. I didn’t know when to pull the string so I could get off, I didn’t know if I was on the right bus, I didn’t know the times the busses would be back I knew nothing about the bus system and how it worked. That is not the case for those who use a car, where you can leave at the exact time you want and know exactly where you’re going. Taking the bus you may not always get put off in front of your destination, you will have to walk. My first time riding the bus, I told the bus driver where I wanted to go and was really puzzled when they didn’t put me off in front of my destination. The bus driver told me where to go from there. Taking your car you will get to park in front of your destination. Since there is not a place on the bus to store your supplies you have to hold them but for people with cars they put their belongings in the back seat or the trunk. I get on the bus with my groceries and I have to hold them because people want to sit next to you, and I don’t want anyone to fall over my food. For many people, getting a car is a welcome rite of