Well they would most all be in better off shape if they did not waste their resources on heavy rail. About the only need for such is to airports, past stadiums, and possibly central commercial districts. However their cost per mile to install, maintain, and operate, all wreck budgets. Worse many bus routes get co-opted to serve rail nodes which worsens the bus experience and not really help the rail.<p>The key reasons buses are better is that they can go where people need to go and are not locked in to where they are built out at.<p>The sad part is that in many parts of the world ridership doesn&#x27;t increase much with the cost going down, even to free. hopefully autonomous fuel cell &#x2F; battery cars and buses will make point to point more manageable and viable overall.