> when I visited I took several and they were consistently good, and were never empty, just the frequency could be a lot better. They were a lot noisier than the buses in Europe, though.
If "noisy and infrequent" doesn't mean "not good" to you, what does?
Taking a bus would add anywhere from 15-45 minutes to my ~5mi commute, with the uncertainty mainly due to the infrequency. That's not good.
> If "noisy and infrequent" doesn't mean "not good" to you, what does?
It's inconvenient / not ideal. I took a loud, full, public transport bus to school in my home town every day. It was not always on time. It got me to the destination every day though.
It was not great, but it was good enough. Sure, a car would be better, but if everyone did that everyone would be even later and busses would be even more infrequent.
If "noisy and infrequent" doesn't mean "not good" to you, what does?
Taking a bus would add anywhere from 15-45 minutes to my ~5mi commute, with the uncertainty mainly due to the infrequency. That's not good.