[hunglee2]

in Hong Kong - especially in the New Territories - the mini-van is basically the main mode of semi-public transport.

The '小巴' basically operate fixed routes, seats about 13, pick up and move per stop, but don't stop on empty stops unless called to do so via open outcry from a passenger who wants to get off at that spot.

Somewhere in between taxi (entirely private, no fixed route) and bus (entirely public, fixed route). They're great, and generally missing from transportation systems in the Western world