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>>amathe+(OP)
Here's a radical idea: disband and shutdown the public bus system. Before you reply with an angry post, read the rest of the plan. These systems take hundreds of millions of public funds and are completely ineffective in suburban areas (most of the country). Take that money and give a "rideshare card" with funds automatically filled every month (lower income will get more free funds). Either work with Uber/Lyft or start a similar government rideshare service. Something like this will actually get people to consider giving up their cars.

After a while, certain high usage routes will be noticed in the rideshare data. It will become obvious which streets and destinations could be optimally served with high capacity buses. Now is the time to bring in bus routes. Setup these bus routes and offer a discount for using them.

The current system isn't working, we need to try something different.

>>bit_lo+YB1
By what metrics do you determine public bus system isn’t working, and how would you expect these metrics to change in your proposal?

As far as I can tell many people are using public transport, including buses, so it seems to work to some extend.

>>ako+cD1
Take a look at https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10311 - busses are not full enough on average to really pull their "weight" - light trucks do better!

Rail does much better because it's usually only built where it can be filled, and is electrified.