Hmmm.<p>Well, we managed to do it in the Minneapolis metro area. I live on a farm (obviously in a rural area) and I work in downtown Minneapolis about 40 miles and two counties away. I take an express bus to work every day after driving about 15 miles to a Park &amp; Ride (free parking). Since it can use the HOV lanes or drive on the shoulder when  necessary, the bus consistently gets me there in less than half the time of driving and I don&#x27;t need to pay for downtown parking or deal with the stress of bumper to bumper traffic. The actual bus ride costs a little less than I would have to spend on gas to drive there.<p>Minneapolis has made some streets in downtown bus-only in one direction so there is little intermingling of bus &amp; automobile traffic.<p>I have to say it works very well.