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What surprises me the most in yours and the OP is how much longer the walking and biking are comparatively. I picked a random spot 11min drive away from my house for comparison:
And I'm in the "countryside" of the Netherlands, no trains, trams or anything like this here and bus station is already like 10/15min walk.
I expect the public transit craziness but why is walking/biking that much more?
Well part of it is that my distance is actually closer to 10km, whereas yours is only 6.6km. It sucks that highways entrench the need for cars, but they’re also extremely fast when the roads are clear. I can drive 70Mi/h (~115km/h) almost the entire way from my apartment to my job. So the driving time is super short in comparison to anything else.
Ah yes of course that makes sense if 10 of those 11min are at highway speeds. Mine is smaller roads, first highway is maybe 15min drive away and speed limit is anyway 100km/h between 07:00/19:00.
You dutch love bikes tho right?
I'm not Dutch I just live here but yeah sure do. This trip would pretty much be only on dedicated cycle lanes I think.
Mine's a bit closer to your proportions, although I'm not sure if Google can accurately predict the effects climbing a steep hill up and down will have on cycling and walking. The weird thing is the public transport. It must not know about all available lines, because that should be more like 90 minutes.
Try CityMapper? I often get better results there .
Thanks for the suggestion, but I already don't use Google for actual navigation, just for rough estimations. I'm quite happy with OsmDroid.
Just thought it might be worth checking if CityMapper "knows about all available lines".
might be a highway for op with a higher speed limit