[alanfranzoni]

> Where I live, the buses cause significant traffic problems. > They stop in driving lanes to pick up and disgorge > passengers.

Is that really a BUS problem in your area? This happens in Italy as well. But the root cause is cars - cars that happen to be "momentarily parked" in bus stop areas, that force bus drivers to stop in the middle of the road.

> They are slow.

Very often, that's true, they're painfully slow.