> It certainly uses less resources to take the bus than drive In terms of road maintenance, that might actually not be the case. Road destruction by traffic sc

> It certainly uses less resources to take the bus than drive In terms of road maintenance, that might actually not be the case. Road destruction by traffic scales with the fourth power of axle load, for weak pavement surfaces and heavy loads with the sixth (!) power of axle load. (Of course you are right with respect to traffic congestion, CO2 emissions, particulate pollution and noise pollution.)