I quit taking busses after several bad experiences on them, including sitting in baby pee, having the door shut ON me and several incidents of being sexually and religiously harassed. The time it took was just one more thing. But my mom taught me how to drive. You don't have any friends who could teach you?

You don't have to feel bad about being 26 and not being able to drive. Lots of people never learn, and some are much older. I had driver's ed, but I don't remember why I didn't go on to driving after that. I was in my early 20s before I learned.