[euromodder]

The local bus revival - totally pushed by the gov't, and a safe haven for political friends needing top jobs - is actually working against the efficiency of everyone else's means of transport.

It started with cutting down traffic lanes in order to have separate bus lanes.
The bus lanes are generally empty - and all too often the bus is too, BTW - while traffic on the remaining single lane is jammed up.

Next step was moving the bus stops from aside the road, smack into the traffic lanes - usually in both directions - effectively blocking the road for any other traffic, forcing everyone to stop at every bus stop, and leading to unsafe overtaking attempts to get away from behind the busses.
Very efficient !

Bus travelers merely pay 15% of the actual cost, the remaining 85% is gov't subsidies being paid for by the taxpayers, while for 85% of them - coincidentally - the bus doesn't provide a transport solution !
(busses only have a 14% share in commuting traffic, though everyone pays for them)

Busses are generally crammed full at peak times, giving uncomfortable and unpleasant commuting conditions, or near-empty off peak - yet they still run.

Binary throttle operation is standard for our bus drivers, leading to even more discomfort - and greatly reducing their efficiency at transporting people.

I'll pass on this revival.