Me every day cause i live in a remote part of a smaller city, that is directly next to a larger one. Very goofy setup cause the people who designed the bus lines though it was completely reasonable that from a satellite settlement with a population of about 1000 people would want to commute to the center of the smaller city with population 24k and not to the center of the larger city, which is 5kms away, with a population of 130k. What this causes is that with bus it takes me an hour-ish to commute(because i have to change over) while everybody else drives, which takes 15 minutes. So yeah i either bike(also much shorter, 30 minutes) or take the first bus alone cause its stupid. The bike ride also has a pretty fucking steep, 150 meter elevation at the end which means that if im carrying stuff, or not sure about the weather, or something else i have to take the bus. Theres also the factor that the bike roads are so much less smooth than the roads which means you are encouraged to ride on the road while the bike path is literally 2 meters from you. Yay, swedish public transit(seriously i love this country but the politics and public transit are just so fucking dumb)
If you think about it, if you are the only one on the bus it’s basically a limo minus the frills.
No, i’d call that a taxi or an uber, since those go straight to your destination.
Buses could also just be like that… Like they actually don’t need to be shitty and crowded.
Hell, people had whole private train cars before automobiles were a thing.
… But it’s not efficient for a bus to not be as full as possible. You’re paying more per person per kilometer.
Cars also aren’t efficient though? I feel like there could be some compromise.
Cars aren’t paid for by taxpayers. Roads are, true, but then both buses and cars need those anyway and buses do far more damage.
You still can. Amtrak will haul it around for you. https://www.amtrak.com/privately-owned-rail-cars
I had a couple times where I was alone on the bus for the entire ride.
