My commute route has semi-dedicated bus lanes. They're not exclusive for bus use, but because there are many buses, most car drivers avoid that lane unless they

My commute route has semi-dedicated bus lanes. They're not exclusive for bus use, but because there are many buses, most car drivers avoid that lane unless they are masochistic enough to plod along behind a slow bus. Which raises my other point - even with a semi-dedicated bus lane like this, the buses are still at least half as slow as driving a personal car on the same route. I blame this on 1.) the bus itself being slow that it barely accelerates up to 20mph before it has to stop again, and 2.) there are too many stops. Having done the route, I would say even bicycling it would be faster than the bus. I'm sure even just reducing the number of stops would improve speeds significantly, but then I'm sure there will be tons of people complaining that the bus doesn't stop within X feet of their building. Now that electric scooters have become so common, I've met more than a few people who now choose to do this commute route via electric scooter rather than take public transportation, claiming it's much faster and less stressful. I believe them. Bicycling is probably not as feasible of an option due to 1.) fitness levels, and 2.) theft risk.