Neil drives to work most days (it’s cheaper than public transport if he includes parking fees). So I take the bus into Edinburgh every day, and every day it takes longer and longer. The government (council?) has been doing roadworks to re-install the tram system, and various roads have been closed or massively bottlenecked for months.
Today it took about two hours for what was originally a 45-minute journey, not only because of tailbacks on the motorway, but also due to the extra 20 minutes we spent getting from the west end of Princes Street to the bus station in the east end (i.e. a small part of the city centre). The bus driver told another disgruntled passenger that the only times the road into and out of Edinburgh wasn’t completely chockers was 5am and after 8pm. That would mean I need to wake up at 4am and get home at 9pm. That is so not happening.
I just know that if I take the train instead, it’ll start getting cancelled on a regular basis because of snow or something. And it comes only once an hour. The current thought is to get multiple-journey tickets for both the train and bus, paying more for my travel but hedging my bets.
(Maybe we should move to a bigger town with better public transport options.)