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Re:Elon Musk's Boring Company Begins First Tunnel by manigandham on Saturday May 13, 2017 @12:30AM (#14329539)
> Running a bus to pick up a single person is far less efficient

What buses pick up a single person? They are far more efficient than cars precisely because they can move many people on optimal routes.

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Re:Elon Musk's Boring Company Begins First Tunnel by maxerickson on Saturday May 13, 2017 @12:43AM (#14329559)
Lots of rural counties have demand response buses that do indeed pick up one person at a time.

I imagine if you measured by passenger mile they don't account for a lot of public transport, but they are the transport of last resort for quite a lot of people.

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