Le bus

Marseillan bus stop

We don't have a car here in Marseillan.  We rent one quite often to go on trips, but for day-to-day living we get by with our feet, our bikes, buses and trains.  There's no train station in town (the closest one is in nearby Agde), so we are mainly at the mercy of Herault Transport buses.
It's not a bad service, and must be highly subsidized, because the buses are new and very nice, and it only costs 1 Euro per trip, wherever you go (if you buy a ticket of 10, I think a single trip is 1.50).   Plus, under 6's are free (Andy's small and cute and keeps his mouth shut). So today our whole family got to Beziers for 3 Euros each way  - likely cheaper than you could go by car, especially if you paid for parking.
The only, and major, problems with the bus system is the schedule - it doesn't go to many places, and rarely goes anywhere at all.  There are 6 buses a day to Beziers via Agde, and 2 a day to Sete, and nothing runs on Sunday.  There's also an airport shuttle - which is wonderful if you want to go to the airport, and sometimes the airport shuttle driver will drop you at Agde, but they don't like it.
So it is a bit of a mixed bag really, excellent when there is a bus going where you want, when you want, but not great otherwise.  Mostly we rent a car for longer day or weekend trips, or bike to the train station, but it is a bit far for the kids to bike.

Beziers bus station