Once again for the people at the back. The purpose of public transport is to transport the public. Making money from doing so is a secondary purpose at best.

Noone talks about the profitability of the motorway network. So why do we do the same for public transport?

@quixoticgeek surely the money is made by having the people in the right place...

For example if you don't need so many seats then you could have bus routes that go to shopping districts that are more like airport busses with lots more space for baggage.