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« on: August 24, 2026, 17:21:37 »
Turning this article over in the back of my mind for a bit.

https://humantransit.org/2020/04/whats-wrong-with-an-empty-bus.html
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« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2026, 17:55:26 »
Quote from: Mark A on August 24, 2026, 17:21:37
Turning this article over in the back of my mind for a bit.

https://humantransit.org/2020/04/whats-wrong-with-an-empty-bus.html

This addresses so many of the questions that people wonder about.
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« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2026, 08:40:07 »
An empty bus makes an extremely happy driver!
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« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2026, 08:48:22 »
Quote from: GBM on August 25, 2026, 08:40:07
An empty bus makes an extremely happy driver!

And if seen on a permanent basis all the time on a diagram leads to an unemployed one!
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« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2026, 09:01:55 »
Ah, it's the diagram that ends up unemployed: the bus can up sticks.
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« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2026, 11:29:50 »
Quote from: grahame on August 25, 2026, 08:48:22
Quote from: GBM on August 25, 2026, 08:40:07
An empty bus makes an extremely happy driver!

And if seen on a permanent basis all the time on a diagram leads to an unemployed one!
I believe there is a national shortage of PCV and HGV drivers!
Our only empty ones were generally the very early morning and late evening ones on subsidised routes.
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