Dude, I guarantee you be could afford a bus pass or a cheap used bike. Besides, he’s spending 5-6 hrs/dy uncompensated. Even if he couldn’t pick up more hours from them he could deliver pizzas and come out ahead even with vehicle expenses in fewer hours per day. Telling you, there’s more here than meets the eye.
You're assuming that the bus runs between these 2 points when he needs it. This isn't a city with constantly running buses.
Can you also guarantee there's bus service along his route?
Bus passes.
You don’t know rural.
Up in the central and northern area of our state, people use shanks mare all the time and others stop and pick them up. Used to sit in the truck bed but now that is against the law