I think it's not about the extend of the screw up. It's more like people don't care what led to the screw up, whether it was your mistake or not, etc, you just have to fix it. People do undoubtedly care about results.

I agree with this. Why would I need to own a car when I'm going to the office once a week?

The article specifically refers to statistics about how people commute to work.

Sure, I have done all three for a work commute as well.

It just depends where you live and where the job is. The city is not homogeneous, nowhere over maybe a few km in radius is.