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If the busses are only every couple of hours, they might get packed, but the number of nearly empty busses driving around would amaze people.
Example: https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58861#_idTextAnchor012 where busses beat personal vehicle but only slightly; compared to rail transit it's obscene.
But that's because the average transit bus has 8 passengers and gets 3.4 mpg! https://afdc.energy.gov/conserve/public_transportation.html
Even if you "fill" the bus to 40 people, it still is matched by a car with 5 people in it.
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If the busses are only every couple of hours, they might get packed, but the number of nearly empty busses driving around would amaze people.
Example: https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58861#_idTextAnchor012 where busses beat personal vehicle but only slightly; compared to rail transit it's obscene.
But that's because the average transit bus has 8 passengers and gets 3.4 mpg! https://afdc.energy.gov/conserve/public_transportation.html
Even if you "fill" the bus to 40 people, it still is matched by a car with 5 people in it.