"Busses became makeshift homeless shelters, which probably ended up driving away actual commuters." As someone who used the free ride busses in Seattle almost

"Busses became makeshift homeless shelters, which probably ended up driving away actual commuters." As someone who used the free ride busses in Seattle almost every day.... that's really not true. Yes, sometimes homeless people were on them. But you know, sometimes there are homeless people in the subway in NYC - that doesn't really stop people from using it. And the 358 is a great example of a bus that isn't free, but has lots of homeless/druggies on it. It definitely did not drive away commuters from using the bus.