227 King St S (Sun Life Building)

[ookpik]

Almost always rent a car in the US almost never rent a car in Europe. There are three reasons to choose public transit in Europe:

• Higher density, mixed usage. This means that there are many amenities are within walking distance. Restaurants, grocery stores, movie cinemas, museums, parks. Also your work place is usually within 15 minutes of your place of residence.
  
• Good intracity transit. Buses/trams every 15 minutes or less between 8am and 8pm, every 20 minutes after that
  
• Excellent inter-city train infrastructure
  

Don't forget the most important (IMO):

• Scarcity and high cost of car parking in most European cities, including those much smaller than K-W. Even if you have the money to pay for parking spaces may not be conveniently located.
  

When I travelled to the US on business, if my business was in the downtown of a city I'd take a shuttle or cab to my hotel, then walk or take public transit to meetings. I never saw the point of renting a car just to get to/from the airport, then leaving it parked at the hotel. Yet everyone else who came in from out of town would invariably rent a car.

OTOH if the meetings were in the suburbs I'd have to get a car just like everyone else.