&gt; the absence of a set schedule removes the biggest drawback of public transportation<p>I’d argue that having no schedule is even worse.<p>With a set schedule, I can just go to the stop, wait a minute, and a bus will come – most lines are running every 5 or 10 minutes anyway (or 15 to 20min in the suburbs).<p>With this, the situation would get a lot worse, I’d have higher waiting times, less of a guarantee that one would come (what if there’s not enough demand?), etc.