Just go talk to a bus driver for a while about how absurd that claim is. "Same route every day" doesn't mean "It's the same things every day." You see some absurd stuff after a few years of driving a bus.
> Busses can go wherever needed on existing roads and reconfigure routes easily.
This can be a pro, but also a con; in particular, it means people are unable to assume stable routes when planning things like new developments or where to live/work. Bus routes change all the time, but I can count on the subway station near my apartment probably still being there in 10 years, and probably still running roughly the same line as it does now.
I'm confused, are you suggesting there are places where bus routes change hundreds of times a day?
I can't imagine many reasons a route would have to change on short notice (accident blocking a road?), and in those situations the announcements not quite being right would not be the end of the world.
They all don't go to the same destination. They have an overlap of route but all of them go to different destinations.
So you cannot just skip a bus stop. You are very rarely if ever going to see the same numbered buses bunched together
You should at least mention what city you lived in. Your initial comment is hardly credible. Lots of people have ridden buses for more than 18 months in their entire life and appreciate it.
Staggering school bus service isn’t that uncommon, I don’t think there are many school districts where their bus drivers only need to drive one route rather than 2 or 3. Not only can the drivers be employed for most of the day, but the bus itself gets more use.
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