Why does a town with 10,000 people and wide open spaces need 31 buses?
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That has been my question all along.
I’m originally from small town Missouri with a population of about 20,000 and they still don’t have a single city bus. They did have a couple of independent cab drivers last I checked.
I now live about 25 miles from a city in Illinois of 100,000 and they do have a lot of city busses and it’s common to see them on their routes completely empty or with one or two passengers. I have always known that I’m subsidizing this nonsense with my taxes for the convivence of a relatively few privileged class people.
I live in a campus town near one of the bus lines that feed directly into campus. Before Covid, the buses were packed during the morning runs when they passed my location. 3 1/2 years later, the buses are mostly empty even though the bus fare is “free” for students and employees.