Originally Posted by
Rowan
One thing I didn't point out is that the city bus service I use in Tasmania is state government owned and run. And frankly, it is better than any of the privately run services that I have encountered elsewhere in Australia.
I also have used long-distance buses in Australia and Canada and they are OK, but not something I would use every week... although once again, the ones in Tasmania, privately run, have been really good.
As a school kid, I walked to elementary school and high school. Middle school was too far away, so I spent those years riding a school bus. Some trips out of town on the Greyhound with my mom and brother thrown in during those school years.
My real bus travel days were when I was 19 to 21 years of age. To catch a city bus, I seemed to always live an hour's walk away. Then the city bus would take an hour for me to get to my destination.
Travel out of town meant I walked to catch the city bus to take me downtown to catch a Greyhound or Trailways. During holidays those intercity buses were so crowded people would be sitting on the floor.
The best buses around here seem to be the ones that are for Park and Ride commuters or chartered buses going to out of state casinos.