&gt;only really poor people and crackheads<p>This is a self-amplifying problem. A large fraction of the times I&#x27;ve ridden the bus in the San Jose area, there have been shouting matches between passengers, people with severe mental health problems riding around because they don&#x27;t have a better way to get in out of the elements.<p>If your choice is between slow, chaotic, and sometimes frightening bus, and your quiet private car, not too many will choose the bus. When everyone who has a choice avoids the bus, the bus ends up being a rough way to get around.