It is also obvious that nobody on HN lives in the sticks. Or, if they do, then they drive and therefore have precisely zero interest in bus stops.
My country dwelling parents have a bus stop outside their door. There is one bus per day - weekdays only - and that is only in one direction. This I find mind-boggling. A shopping trip would require an overnight stay in town and for a full circuit of the route to be completed. Somewhere there is a bus driver getting paid for that and a local authority that has mandated this service be put on.
That does seem extreme. That said, a lot of small town and semi-rural public transit seems to operate at a level where it's marginally better than nothing but not much better for those who have alternatives.
Around the exurbs/adjacent small city where I live, there is a small bus service that connects the Walmart, commuter rail, city center, etc. But I'd be pretty sure it's mostly used by those who can't drive.
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It is also obvious that nobody on HN lives in the sticks. Or, if they do, then they drive and therefore have precisely zero interest in bus stops.
My country dwelling parents have a bus stop outside their door. There is one bus per day - weekdays only - and that is only in one direction. This I find mind-boggling. A shopping trip would require an overnight stay in town and for a full circuit of the route to be completed. Somewhere there is a bus driver getting paid for that and a local authority that has mandated this service be put on.
That does seem extreme. That said, a lot of small town and semi-rural public transit seems to operate at a level where it's marginally better than nothing but not much better for those who have alternatives.
Around the exurbs/adjacent small city where I live, there is a small bus service that connects the Walmart, commuter rail, city center, etc. But I'd be pretty sure it's mostly used by those who can't drive.