It’s the coverage vs frequency (ridership) decision. https://humantransit.org/2018/02/basics-the-ridership-coverage-tradeoff.html https://humantransit.org/2018/

It’s the coverage vs frequency (ridership) decision. https://humantransit.org/2018/02/basics-the-ridership-coverage-tradeoff.html https://humantransit.org/2018/02/basics-the-ridership-covera... This via service is for coverage not ridership that’s why people are comparing the wrong thing. Many American cities aka San Jose being the most recent example are retooling their bus routes for fewer but more frequent routes at the cost of cutting the coverage routes.