No, I don’t, but I’m just generalizing. You have HOV lanes IN the CITY? Our cities are too old for that. We don’t have special HOV or turn-off lanes to accomodate buses. The streets were long ago for general traffic and no special accomodations were added (besides, you know how many people here get angry about little-used wasted HOV lanes).
I do agree buses don’t require the infrastructure to add. And per unit they are cheap. But thousands of buses also costs, including maintenance, and gasoline (the later almost invariably the means).
Again, point is, there is much more that is diverting funds than simply “public x”. WELFARE being a major contributor in almost all these socialist states.
I agree with wasted funds and pet projects. I am only pointing out that virtually all fiscally conservative adults in the state of MN are angered by the light rail waste. I would literally put it on the top of our local gov. pork list (right next to the baseball stadium they just bought the twins against the publics wishes). Our local radio hosts have pointed out that yes, buses are a waste, but the light rail is leaps and bounds more wasteful. I have to get back to work, best of luck to ya!