Anon OpinGrowing up, the main bus in my town was every 10 minutes and always packed. I didn't worry about timetables I just left the house and knew it would be there. Now it's every half hour and completely deserted. This is no coincidence. Fund buses properly and people will use them.
Sean@anon_opin maybe it runs every 30 minutes because no one needs it anymore as they all have cars?
Charlie Stross@Craktok @anon_opin Not in this city! (It predates the automobile by a few centuries.)
Anyway, folks over 75 shouldn't be driving (diminishing reflexes), many of us under 75 shouldn't be driving either (in my case, I'm half-blind), under-18s can't legally drive themselves, and taxis are too damned expensive.
George BOr everyone got cars because it's unreliable (and then the traffic from the cars made it even less reliable)