[On the Road to Serfdom]

There are at least three potential policies, listed from most intrusive to least intrusive:
1. No public buses allowed
2. Allow one of the many public bus routes to enter but check ID’s. Post a warning on this particular bus so everyone knows what to expect and can pick another bus if they have a problem showing ID. Federal Employees are dropped off at their buildings.
3. Allow public buses to enter with no passenger ID Checks.

I can see a very good reason not for 1. If many Federal employees take this bus why not drop them off at their buildings within the complex? Given this, I can also see why 3 might not be the best either. Why exclude a reasonable middle position and make it a false choice between 1 and 3?

[steve-b]

If many Federal employees take this bus why not drop them off at their buildings within the complex?

If it's a SECURE COMPLEX, then NO ONE should be admitted without showing that he belongs there, period. If you're going to set aside security for a trivial convenience, then you don't really have any security at all, and should stop wasting time and money on the illusion thereof.

[steve-b]

Allow one of the many public bus routes to enter but check ID’s. Post a warning on this particular bus so everyone knows what to expect and can pick another bus if they have a problem showing ID.

Why pay to run twice as many buses as needed (some going through the complex, some bypassing it) merely to save the employees the terrible burden of walking a few yards from the front gate to the buildings?

I'm sure that many of the people who pay their salaries have to walk farther than that, simply because the bus route doesn't happen to conveniently run door-to-door from their home to their workplace.