Is that a problem of public transport in general or just of the public transport available to you? In most European cities e.g. buses have separate lanes and go every 10 minutes bringing you often faster to your destination than a private car can, not even counting the cost and time burden of finding parking, maintaining your car, insurance, ...
It all depends on your local context, but where I live there is great and cheap transport and if I have a need for a car I can get one from stations across the city for 2-5€/hour + 1-3c/km, significantly cheaper than even a fully paid off car would be for the same trip, if you count insurance, maintenance, and petrol.
It all depends on your local context, but where I live there is great and cheap transport and if I have a need for a car I can get one from stations across the city for 2-5€/hour + 1-3c/km, significantly cheaper than even a fully paid off car would be for the same trip, if you count insurance, maintenance, and petrol.