> delayed at every stop by a line of people fumbling for how to shove crumpled dollar bills into the machine In my US city, not a megalopolis, but a state capi

> delayed at every stop by a line of people fumbling for how to shove crumpled dollar bills into the machine In my US city, not a megalopolis, but a state capital, there's no machine to shove money into, because the bus system doesn't charge anyone to ride.