Andre VidelaPeople arguing that the state shouldn't run empty buses forget that most cars driven to work can seat 5 people and are 80% empty.
Maybe we shouldn't run empty cars either
The_Turtle_Moves@Andrev I'm really curious about the optimum amount of empty buses to run. Like, fundamentally there's huge value in availability, which empty buses provide, even if they don't provide actual transportation services. I imagine that when public transportation share is low, you should run more empty buses because the reason the share is low is because it is unusable and sucks, and empty buses make it less unusable.
@Andrev there's also weird tradeoffs in 3am bus routes. They're going to be 'mostly empty', but the people who need them really need them. Ideally, I guess you'd replace those bus routes with taxi vouchers or something that provides the same availability and price, but with more flex. In this ideal world, taxis would magically not suck, I guess.