Same where I live in Scandinavia. Apart from massive investments in public transit, creating massive unused overhead capacity most of the time, I don't think it's possible. But I do take public transport to/from work and the worst thing, by far is sitting/standing shoulder-to-shoulder I absolutely hate it.
Trains actually running on time would be a nice second thing to fix, I don't think I have ever taken public transit on my commute that wasn't delayed.
Det virker næppe nyhedsværdigt at en 97-årig, som ingen rigtig kender, er død...