The United States needs fewer bus stops

Re:The United States needs fewer bus stops by helle253 on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @12:31PM (#47154706)

I live on the north side of Chicago and, to be honest, one of my favorite modes of public transit is the express buses that go from Edgewater/Uptown to downtown.

It's MUCH faster than the train, because once it hits the highway, it doesn't stop till it gets downtown.

Dont get me wrong I love the train, but the red line suffers from the same too-many-stops problem.

Express buses thread the needle imo precisely because they hook into existing infrastructure (highways) and still move masses of people

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Re:The United States needs fewer bus stops by michaelmrose on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @12:38PM (#47154826)

Good point but the solution you are describing is having a tiny minority of busses that move quickly between centers of activity faster rather than decreasing the stops on the vast majority of the line.

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