DS#1 opted one time to use public transportation (2 busses and a light rail). to get back to campus with his stuff. He was on the right bus but the new busdriver went the WRONG way, taking him way out of his way and causing him (before smartphones and google maps) to be dumped of in a not so great part of town to get another bus back to the right place. Never again. He then shared taxis, and once rode the free hotel shuttle to a hotel near campus 
BTW, been on those shuttle vans. Not sure “cushy” is the correct adjective.