This sounds like NICE bus in Nassau County, Long Island, NY. Nassau county bus system was subcontracted to MTA about 8 years ago. NICE is a for-profit company [

This sounds like NICE bus in Nassau County, Long Island, NY. Nassau county bus system was subcontracted to MTA about 8 years ago. NICE is a for-profit company [1] and they are constantly tweaking the schedules. Bus frequency here was 30 minutes during peak and 60 minutes off-pead, 5 days a week with reduced Saturday and more reduced Sunday schedules. Now, in addition to eliminating routes which predated their contract, they have dead times in the middle of the day, gaps after "peak" times (which in my case put a 2 hour hole between 1800h and 2000h on my line). And they've canceled service on Sunday and on some lines both Saturday and Sunday. In the latter case I'm sure NICE would say the LIRR is an alternative, but on the weekend that runs every 2 hours and costs $9 one way versus $2.75 And if you're fortunate enough to make some use of the system, there is no expectation it will still work for you later, because of the contraction cycle the parent described--Every 6-12 months schedules change. I can't help thinking of companies like Walmart who move into areas, drive out small businesses, and then decide to pull out of town. Of course, it's a free market and they can do that, but in the case of public transit in the hands of private for profit companies it's a terrible burden on anyone who doesn't have a car. And Nassau County has some of the highest taxes in the nation. Go figure. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transdev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transdev