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Oh, that reminds me: there's also the creeping paranoia that your bus could get there early and leave you behind. I have never had this happen with a train, but

Oh, that reminds me: there's also the creeping paranoia that your bus could get there early and leave you behind. I have never had this happen with a train, but I routinely see busses barreling past the stop. And when a route has dozens of stops, you just know the driver isn't checking their clock at every one. But yeah, smart buses are a great improvement. I love bus stops where they actually tell you how much time is left until the next bus. Can't wait until Apple/Google implement real-time bus tracking in their mapping apps. (I think Google is already doing this in certain areas?)

Mister_Snuggles 11y ago
This, too, depends on the transit system, etc, and also your experience using transit. My bus, for example, runs every 5 minutes during peak hours. If I miss it I either walk to the next stop, which is a transit centre, or just wait. In fact, I've frequently watched the bus turn the corner and pass my stop while I've been walking there. I'm pretty sure that the proximity to a transit centre is a major reason that my experience with the bus has been so good. Not to mention working in a place that is accessible without transfering to a different route. Someone who isn't near a transit centre and/or doesn't work downtown, at least in my city, will have a much worse time. My girlfriend, for example, used to like 8km away from her work (about a 10 minute drive) needed to take three different buses and an hour and a half to do the same trip by transit.