Originally Posted by
Malloric
I view buses as you do roads. Gigantic, inaccessible wastes of tax payer dollars.
It's not so much the empty bus itself that is inefficient as the layout of the roads and buildings it's expected to serve. If roads were priced based on usage and, importantly, damage, more people would do what you suggest and crowd their homes and businesses along the efficient bus routes, making them even more efficient.