I live in the area with arguably the best public transit in the US. (NYC metro)

I'm not super far out of town. 25 out of Newark and 35 to Manhattan.

Just for me to go downtown, to Penn Station is 1+30, with hourly trains. Granted it's Sunday but the time is the same on weekdays, just more trains. Then I have to get to the Denville station which is 4.5 miles from my house.

I took the train once to work because I deviated to Philly and drove back from Philly with my wife. It took 3 hours door to door. NJT to Penn, LIRR to Jamaica and Airtrain to JFK.

One way it was $38 just in fares. So $76 round trip. If I drove it would be $30 in tolls, $20 in diesel round trip. And less time.

The "last mile" (or 5 in my case) is often what kills mass transit reliably replacing cars and urban and suburban design play into that and it's not going to easily be changed.