I have never had my own car. One memorable winter in Vermont, I took my bike to work and back full-time and attended college part-time to finish my first Associate's Degree. Vermont does have some buses in places such as Burlington. Walking to the bus stop and then standing in the cold for half an hour to wait for the bus was more unpleasant than taking the bike. In a more rural area, walking or the bike would have been my only options.