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There aren't really local buses in the USA outside of cities. I noticed it when I started traveling the globe. Many developed countries have virtually no transp
by throwaway892238 4y ago
There aren't really local buses in the USA outside of cities. I noticed it when I started traveling the globe. Many developed countries have virtually no transport outside of cities, other than via car. If they have a train or regional bus, it's typically one route to get you from one side of the country to another.
According to rome2rio.com, you can take a train from Albany, NY to Buffalo, NY. But to get from Albany to Wellsville, NY, you'd have to take a train to Buffalo, connecting service to Mt. Morris, and then still drive a car an hour and a half to get to Wellsville.
To get from Albany to where I live in NY, I would have to take three once-a-day regional buses, and still drive a car 30 minutes.
- NoZebra120vClip 4y agoTechnically, there are a lot of large counties which have networks of "local" transportation where you can get from one end of the county to another without leaving a single system. For example, in San Diego you could easily get from Chula Vista to Encinitas on MTS buses. It may take you a lot of transfers. But this example is, arguably "outside of cities" because San Diego County is a large, densely-populated area that's made up of many more cities than San Diego proper. The same goes for Los Angeles and counties of the Bay Area. I think the challenge for a "local-only" expedition is where one county ends and the other begins, and the local bus service may not necessarily serve a convenient point to transfer in-between.