Why don’t Americans use them?
>>1800280who the fuck wants to ride a bus? Would take 90 minutes to go 17 miles where I am
One word.
>only come once every 30 minutes>often off schedule by 15, 20 minutes>sometimes skip a bus, have to wait for next one>social stigma of not having a car
>>1800280If you've been on an American public bus, you'd know why nobody wants to use them.
>>1800281also this. >Wait 20 minutes for the bus>stop every 30 seconds for people to get on>walk 20 minutes to the destination because there are no stops near byThe bus time to car time ratio is like 8/1
>>1800280full of methheads and trannies
>>1800282Frequency
americans use too much of them
>>1800368thisif you think public transport is shit where you live, it's actually the people around you that are shit (you included)
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>>1800280Because Neoplan left the US market and they are still depressed about it
>>1800377This one would of been perfect for today's progressive metropolises
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>>1800280Because they suck, that's why. They sit in the same traffic as cars, the seats are uncomfortable, they smell like piss, they stink of diesel fumes, it takes 3x as long as driving your own car, the schedule is inconvenient, they don't always show up, sometimes they're full and just blow past the stop, etc...I drive my car because it's 100x better than the bus. No, I don't give a fuck about traffic - engage adaptive cruise and the car handles the stop-and-go while I relax.I rode the bus in college just like you, when I was broke, because I had no other choice. Fuck going back to that bullshit.
>>1800280I'm a burger and they're my main form of transportation. Don't really get the complaints about piss smells and whatnot, do your guys transit agencies not clean their buses? I mean, I'm not saying that every bus i've been in was 100% pristine but they're rarely that bad
>>1800286I can't figure it out. Spell it out for me.>>1800370Oh my, what a hot take.>>1800979>Don't really get the complaints about piss smellsSweat contains a small amount of urea. Very noticeable on humans that don't bathe, in the same way that our noses are sensitive to thioalcohols.
>>1800280Speak for yourself flyover, I rode a bus to lunch today.
>>1800280not enough service in my city, so taking the bus usually takes 4 times as long
>>1800280too fat
>>1800280But that's literally a Seattle bus you dipshit
>>1801455Doesn't appears to have any American onboard in the photo.
>>1800282Cars
>Slower than cars>Filthy>Full of drugged up niggers>Only go to a few stops during certain hours of the day>Smells like piss+crack>More expensive than driving in some casesWhy would anyone use a bus?
>>1801428This. The average European bus could only fit 3 American adults or 5 American children before reaching the limit of its suspension.
>>1800280Our cities are designed for cars. Only scummy poorfags who don't have cars ride the bus.
>>1800282Budgets
>>1800280my cities transit is pretty good and there is even a handy app which shows you when the next bus is coming, my only gripe is all the other passengers.
>>1800280They don't come frequently enough and are not reliable. If Americans/Canadians changed their priorities and focused more on public transport rather than cars. Then more people would take public transort.
>>1800282I don't know why
>>1800282Slow
>>1800280the seats layout are completely retarded and on top of that americans are uncivilized. They will literally get in, not get the pass/coins right and SHIT on the seats
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>>1809557This is fucking hilarious
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>>1808664what do you mean by the seat layout being retarded?
>>1808664Americans can’t use buses because they shit on the seats and they can’t drive big trucks because they shit on the ground in parking areas… do Americans just shit everywhere?
>>1809557This is a very offensive take and every part of it is correct
>>1809650based
>>1808664>americans are uncivilizedThe problem is that leftists made it illegal for bus drivers to kick off problem passengers. Thus criminals get on the bus, don't even pay the fair, and treat the bus like a toilet. It's even worse since progressive prosecutors decided not to do their fucking jobs. I regularly see turnstile jumping in the subway. And most subway seats are filthy beyond belief. I'm not even exaggerating. t. a Philadelphian
>>1800282>if on 4channiggers>otherwisetraffic
>>1809557To WMATAs credit, when I lived in nova the buses were actually relatively clean and pleasant, but by far the biggest hazard I saw were psychotic niggers on Jefferson Davis Highway.
We do. Just not as many bus riders per capita for obvious reasons.
>>1800280Americans DO use them as token public transit measures, that’s the problem. They are shit compared to trams and trains
>>1811423>country big transport badthat would only explain bad intercity servicemetropolitan areas are apples to apples
>>1809730That's the spirit!
>>1800280They do, in some places.
>>1811423>I can't go to work 10 miles away by bus because it's thousands of miles from New York to Los Angeles
>>1800280already been addressed
>buy all day pass for bus>wait for bus>bus passes your stop without even slowing down, leaving you thereGEE I FUCKING WONDER WHY
>>1811652I think about this book sometimes when I jerk off.
>>1812106>bus passes your stop without even slowing down, leaving you therekek, this anon has ridden American city buses. Driver gets paid the same whether or not she stops for you.
>Be me>Work off shift>Can ride bus into work>Bus line to my apartment isn't running when I get off workMy city actually has a really nice bus system, and there's a stop just across the street from my apartment, but on the ride back I'd get dropped off 6 miles (10km) from my apartment. It's easier to just drive.
>>1809722DAMN YOU LEFTISTS
>>1800280I used to take the bus in SF a lot when I lived therebuses were never on time so figure average wait at the stop is 15 mintakes 30 minutes for the bus to go 2 miles niggersits so much faster to walk
>>1812655But you don’t use busses for walking distance. You use them for like 6+ miles. At that distance, it’s faster to bike (usually).
>>1800280Familiar color scheme
>>1811423
>>1812109>ignatius pushing around a cart full of toxic waste suspended in liquidwho is he, really?
>>1811423Always the stupid cliché responses. https://newsroom.aaa.com/2015/04/new-study-reveals-much-motorists-drive/>Motorists age 16 years and older drive, on average, 29.2 miles per dayhttps://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/fotw-1042-august-13-2018-2017-nearly-60-all-vehicle-trips-were-less-six-milesSeriously, if all 50 states became independent, would the distances people commute over magically contract?
>>1800280The E line in Seattle smells of piss, and is filled with vomit smelling homeless bums, and niggers that smoke pot and don't get kicked off for it.They are frequently 5-12 minutes off schedule.And it's expensive as shit to ride it.Cars are actually great compared to the busses here, literally unsafe to ride.People get stabbed, shot, and robbed on them.
Because you basically need a car in the US. Once you've got a car most of the advantages of the bus disappear because it costs more per journey and you're still paying the fixed costs associated with the car.
>>1800280too fat to go up the steps
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>>1800280NaggersCriminalsDiseases
>>1816708Someone artificially wore down their N key to take this pic without realizing the joke doesn't work because G should be even more worn down.
>>1816832N
>>1800280There are hundreds of public sector and private sector bus companies, thousands of routes and tens of thousands of buses in the US. So it is obvious that there are millions of daily riders. NYC alone has over three million daily riders during the weekday.
>>1800282Basketball
>>1816832Nigger
>>1800282Fares.Transit should be free for all and a human right.
>>1817121You should seek gainful employment
>>1800280I used to ride RIPTA all the time in college, less hassle than having a car
>>1817121Piss off, commie.
>>1817292Ironically, the conservatives in Montreal are fighting to get free transit approved. Stupid backwater mutt.
>>1817240If that Anon did that, he'd buy a car shortly after.
>>1800280>worked at the airport in a city people consider to have good transit for the us>15 minute drive to work, 30-45 during peak traffic>bus+tram take 90-120 minutes>buses either begin service too late or end service too early to be usefulepic
I'm not poor and I don't live in an overpopulated city, why would I ever ride a bus?
>>1817394Public transport is only ever convenient when you are going somewhere without parking
Yeah lemme just take 2 hours to go on a 20 minute drive while I sit with disgusting reprobates
>>1819087>sits 2 hours in traffic
>>1800282Ford
>>1800280Which Americans are you looking at?Couldn't be a major city like Portland.
>>1800286A yearly 3-digit subscription as the only acceptable method of payment would solve the problem.
>>1800379This is just a CTA bus painted blue.
>>1800385This is correct.You may be tempted to cut down on the gas bill, but it's not going to feel worth it unless your route never interesects with the wrong sides of town and thus never encounter their passengers, at least not for long.
>>1801492>More expensive than driving in some casesNo?
>>1806170And they'd go right back to cars after a few rides with Jamal.
>>1801005Funny how CTA is the poster child simultaneously for both excellent and terrible public transit, exemplifying both everything right and everything wrong with domestic buses and trains.
>>1808664>the seats layout are completely retardedYepEveryone knows it's rude to sit directly next to someone and is only "acceptable" if the bus is packed to the brim.They are neither spacious enough nor efficiently compact.
>>1811423I just took a domestic flight longer than that country today.
>>1812130You only get passed up if it's full capacity or if you didn't signal your intent to board in time.
>>1812694John Deere.
>>1812910>The Red line in Chicago...
>>1800280It’s a common stereotype in America that the bus is for dirty poors and African-Americans. And no, this isn’t just /pol/. Suburbanites believe this too. It’s a thought that’s germinated ever since racial integration. Poor and black often go hand in hand in the collective consciousness. A suburbanite would rather hike than take a bus filled with minorities. But you know what’s funny? I’m in a majority-black city and about 40% of the ridership on my bus is white. We cross through neighborhoods of both races. Many whites dress up in business clothes to go downtown to work on their morning commutes. Not poor, not dirty, not all-black. It’s all a lie. But suburbanites never leave their bubble, and they never have to when they drive literally everywhere.
>>1819902This is my experience too. WRTA is often called "We Rapidly Transport Africans" yet its almost 50/50 on any given day. Sometimes, stereotypes aren't true.I also never learned to drive, so I don't really have a choice, either.
>>1800280 (OP)Maybe if the interior was as good as British buses you might get a few more riders. Wont stay this good for long due to>N>>1816847
