In Canada, the bus is mostly used by the old, the young, and the poor. In other countries (except the US) it is a lot more common for all demographics. I worked at a school in Hungary for a year and when the time came to drive me to Budapest to fly home (about a 3 hour drive), they had to figure out which staff member was available AND had a car. That wouldn't be the case in Canada.
While living there, I would take the bus from the small town in the south into Budapest on weekends and there would be probably a good 10 buses a day that drove that route. The scope of bus service here is just so different to most other places in the world, it's hard to compare.
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