Greyhound

[danbrotherston]

Transit isn't a service that functions well in a capitalist system.

It does seem to work fairly well for air traffic. Or at least it did, pre-COVID.

Anyway, I do believe that it will indeed be unregulated in the sense that there will be no restrictions as to which routes a company would be required or allowed to operate. I can't see how it would be significantly worse than the regulated environment we have had in recent years.

Air traffic isn't exactly analogous, for one it's primarily focused on point to point, because stops are extremely expensive.

But if we want to go down that thought experiment, the region should be investing 43MM on expanding a bus station (which we already have, and is already worth 100s of millions), under the hopes that we can attract some bus companies to run service here. Oh, and we'll probably have to subsidize their routes for a while.

Will it be worst than the regulated environment...maybe, maybe not...I think it's wise to never seriously ask the question "how could it be worse". Usually there is a way. But I'll grant you, in this instance, one is not coming to mind.