#i would settle for public transit that doesn't suck egg farts

[strongermonster]

besides keeping track of ridership, which you literally do not need special designated cards to do, what purpose does a bus pass actually serve?

why is to use the bus without one like $3.75 now (exact change only, ofc) but having a card (no monthly pass, just pre-loaded single rides) brings it arbitrarily to $2.86?

why can i not use my bank card? it's 2023 so the old "well busses don't have mobile wifi" is out the window.

why are there so many random different prices? low income, elderly, children, post-secondary student, high school kid, corporate pass, special university pass for the special university, regular adult, discounted for pass user, day pass... who the fuck designed this?

why does this piece of plastic (that used to but no longer has my name and face on it, so i couldn't let a partner, family member, or friend borrow it when i wasn't using it, even thought the same profit would be made regardless) have to expire and be destroyed and re-issued every 5 years? that's incredibly wasteful.

why has, in 7 years almost exactly, the price of a monthly pass gone from $56.50 to $92.75, with no actual change to quality of service + they admit ridership is steadily falling?

why are there like literally 4 different types of bus brand or whatever the hell operating in 1 city, where none of them use each others passes/fares/transfers? why do the busses and trains that ARE operated by the region/same company not use the same pass?

why does the bus that connects to the same terminal 1 city over require a whole separate pass?

why does the car ride take 8 minutes but the bus ride take an hour and four minutes?

why are there train tracks crisscrossing the city that do commercial freight twice a day on the same schedule every day, but aren't allowed to share with passenger, even though it'd be extremely easy to work around?

why does it feel like i'm constantly being punished because i don't have or want a fucking car?