It's more than that. At a personal level buses offer you all the disadvantages of mass transit with a side benefit of all the disadvantages of automobile trave

It's more than that. At a personal level buses offer you all the disadvantages of mass transit with a side benefit of all the disadvantages of automobile travel. The only reason you would take a bus in Los Angeles is because you don't own a car. Much of that could be fixed with enough investment, but we're talking a huge investment.