The issue is not just commute distances, it is cultural. Just in my personal "click" there are 5 people of which:

- 2 live less than 5 minutes from a metro that literally takes them to the office, they never take the metro

- 2 live easily within a biking distance to work, 1 has a bike, another has e-bike, they never bike to work

- 1 lives literally walking distance to work, she never walks to work

Public transportation where I live is vast, you can easily commute with the public transportation to just about everywhere but only low(er) income people will take public transportation.

Two most-frequently cited reasons I hear why not bike/walk/...

1. Dangerous - every female friend I have lists this as #1 reason they always drive. Regardless of the fact that I live in the area where I often forget to close my garage overnight and leave the front door open (very very low crime rates) the women feel unsafe. A lot of sensationalism in the news regarding every minor thing happening might be to blame but I have a wife and a daughter and am godfather to several girls so I understand

2. Inconvenient - what if after work I want to go to ____ and ____ and ____. Now I got to track back home and then perhaps change clothes, clean the house... and then get into the car to go to _____.