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If this is America/Canada while it could be carrying more people the sad truth is that it's probably carrying half a dozen people because it's likely going from one unwalkable neighborhood to another. Especially up here in BC there's a stark difference between downtown buses running between unis, skytrain and the dense core of Vancouver to the ones you'll see in a suburban hell like Burnaby.
Or it takes prohibitively longer than a driving.
My wife considered taking the bus to work, but it would take 2 hours to get 20 minutes down the road.
Also add the fact that a bus pass is more expensive than our car insurance.
Dedicated lanes make a huge difference there!
Actually, that's almost part of the problem ironically.
Most of the bus routes go down dedicated bus transitways to a main hub, which means the first bus goes 30 minutes North instead of West.