I feel sorry for the busses driving around on their route with no-one in them. Unwanted & lonely, they must feel. Are they resentful of cars? Like a walkman is of an i-pod... People still like music, they just don't like how you give it to them. People still like going places, they just don't like using the RSL-carpeted seats and safety bars to get them there.

Me, I quite like going on a bus. You don't have to think about traffic, directions, where to park when you get there. You are completely free to eavesdrop other peoples' conversations or cocoon yourself within your musical earplugs. If only the bus went precisely where I wanted to go and when. Aye, there's the rub.

And the empty bus.