"the opposite is true: the prototypical users of public buses are older people, and particularly older women. " That's not the opposite. The statement isn't t

"the opposite is true: the prototypical users of public buses are older people, and particularly older women. " That's not the opposite. The statement isn't that old/women don't use public transport; it's that they feel unsafe using it and would use any alternative were it affordable/possible.