In Nashville, I live about 10 minutes (walking) from the nearest bus stop. Oddly, the route runs differently depending on the time- the bus runs a different route in the evenings, weekends, and holidays with a stop much closer to home. I never take it, though- I haven't really had a reason to go downtown (or farther than West End) since arrival.

In Shanghai, I live about 5 minutes from a bus that takes me straight to a Metro station. From there I can get to most of Shanghai through a combination of bus and metro. I'm kind of glad Shanghai doesn't have the same restrictions that Beijing has (and didn't need to have even in the Special Olympics or the World Cup of something or other). The subway already gets over-capacity in the rush hours (and is like that from start to close on the north-south Line 1) and I'd go nuts if half of Shanghai's drivers were added to that (well, I would be if I didn't memorize 4 different ways to get to the metro from home and at least 3 different ways of getting to my favorite Shanghai destinations in case the main route is too crowded).

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