I mean, yeah, our Public Transit sucks, but that is the result of deliberate policy choices at the state and national level (fueled by special interest group lobbying efforts [car manufacturers and oil companies])

On the bright side, your work and home destinations are both under Red Rose Transit Authority and they are having public meetings this month and next (in person and digitally) to shape the future of BARTA and RRTA. You could ask why there isn't a commuter's route between the two areas they oversee because it is kinda dumb that they don't already have that