If you want my actual take on what’s the “best”: I do not think replacing everything with buses is sensible. I think buses and metropolitan trains are a good backbone, but there should be a mix, including direct transportation (e.g. taxi, regardless of being self-driving or not).

So congrats for building a straw man out of assumptions, and then beating it up. yawn

I think you need to take a break and go outside. Can you point to the statement I made where I accused you of thinking that buses were best? I’m pretty sure I was pointing out the issue with buses in the US, which is that most people aren’t coming and going to the same nearby places, and a lot of people need the extra utility of a personal vehicle and aren’t going to bother with the extra cost and inconvenience of a bus.

Perhaps it is you, who has built a straw man?

But it’s certainly not an excuse to narrow a discussion down from “everybody should be able to chime in” into “HOW DO PEOPLE DARE TO NOT TALK ABOUT MY COUNTRY?”

The irony of saying that right after this…

Emphasis mine. I’m not from USA, this comm is not about USA, and I’m clearly talking in a country-agnostic way, even if the pic I shared happens to be from my country (and city).

So, lemme be a wee bit blunt: why do you think I bloody care about USA enough to discuss the particularities of transport there? I don’t.

Just absolutely floors me.

Not further wasting my time with you.

Glad to hear it. Go outside and I dunno, ride your wonderful bus around. You need a break. Go do something nice.