5 Modern Woman Transportation Options

As a modern woman, you might work outside the home, or you may dedicate yourself to motherhood or some other pursuit full-time. Societal views have changed, and most people think women should do whatever they like and about which they feel passionate. If you do work outside your home, you need to figure out how you’re going to get around.

Your transportation options will vary, in part, according to where you live. If you reside in the middle of nowhere, that’s different than living in midtown Manhattan.

We’ll look at some different modern women’s transportation options and examine each one’s positives and negatives.

Car Ownership

If you own a vehicle, there are always accident possibilities. For instance, the NHTSA states that each year, over 800,000 blind spot accidents occur. There are also:

• T-bone collisions
• Fender benders
• Multiple-car accidents

If you don’t drive, you don’t have to worry about any of that. You also don’t need to pay for the vehicle itself, upkeep fees, gas, and insurance. All of that can add up quickly, and you might not have the money for it right now.

However, if you own a vehicle, you don’t need to worry about public transportation every day. You don’t need to time your leaving the house in the morning with when the next bus or train comes.

Also, if you live in a larger city and take buses or trains, you might not like squeezing in next to sweaty people on either side of you. You also can avoid creepy individuals talking to you. That might be ample reason to get yourself a car right there.

Getting Rides from Family Members or Friends

Maybe you have a friend or a family member who can give you rides to work frequently. This is convenient because:

• You get rides without having to pay for insurance, vehicle upkeep, etc.
• You can avoid public transportation’s tight quarters

This system is sort of like the best of both worlds. You can avoid all the train and bus headaches, and you don’t have to pay for all the car ownership costs.

However, this sort of system probably can’t last forever. If you get rides from a family member or friend every day, they might be okay with it for a while, but they may start to resent you eventually.  

They might start to get short with you, indicating they want you to get your own car or find other options. It’s nice of people you know to give you rides, but eventually, you should look into other possibilities, even if they don’t come right out and say they want you to do so.

Trains or Buses

We’ve already talked about some bus and train drawbacks. Some smaller cities don’t have any trains, and they might only have a few buses. The buses may not go everywhere. In the smallest cities or rural communities, there may be no public transportation options at all.

On top of all that, nobody enjoys getting up in the middle of winter and slogging through the snow to wait at a bus stop. You might have to wait an extra twenty minutes if you miss one bus or train before the next one comes.

Then, there are the creepy individuals who might bother you. You can ignore them, but most women experience public transportation harassment at some point, and it’s never a pleasant experience.

On the other hand, if you take public transportation, it helps the environment. You are lowering your carbon footprint by not being a vehicle owner. You also don’t have to pay for those various vehicle expenses, so this is likely a money-saving option.

Ride Share Vehicles

There are now services like Uber and Lyft, so you can certainly grab one of those if you’re heading to or from work. You use the phone app, and they come right to you. If you live in a larger city, these vehicles are usually all over the place.

This is your private conveyance, and you don’t have to drive, which is nice. You don’t have to sit next to people or wait in harsh weather for a late bus or train.

The only real issue is that this is probably the most expensive option, more so than either car ownership or public transportation. If you take a ride share vehicle to and from work every day, it’s going to get expensive fast.

The one way this works is if you live very close to your job. Of course, if that’s true, there are a couple of other options.

Bike Riding or Walking

Those last options are bike riding or walking. We’ll also throw motorized scooters into this category.

If you elect to ride your bike to work or walk, you’re getting some exercise, which is nice. You might have a certain number of steps you want to get in each day, and walking to work will get you there a lot faster. Biking works several muscle groups, and it’s an easy, low-impact workout.

If you ride a bike or take a motorized scooter, you do need a place to put it. If your work has a bike rack or garage, that could work. You can chain up your bike or scooter to make sure no one tries to take it.

These options probably won’t work year-round, though. If you live in a state that gets chilly in the winter, you won’t want to ride your bike or scooter in subzero temperatures. You likely will not want to walk, either.

You’ll have to look at your financial situation as you try to make this decision. You’ll probably think about how close your job is, whether you want to get some exercise on the way there, and whether you’re okay with riding alongside strangers.

There’s no one-size-fits-all option. The modern woman might even utilize multiple transportation methods depending on how much money you have at any given moment, what time of the year it is, and other factors.  

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