> but they completely suck at use case "this one guy wants to come back home from a concert at 2AM".
Hmm, last week I was out til about 4am on Friday night, then got a 24 hour bus home. That's what I generally do when I'm out late.
> This means you need some personal vehicle anyway
Unless you're not drinking at this 2am concert, you're probably not using a personal car.
Buses are actually quite _good_ for this use case, in that they're much cheaper to run 24/7 than trams and heavy rail (whose higher capacity is largely useless late at night, and, particularly in the case of heavy rail, really _need_ maintenance downtime).
Hmm, last week I was out til about 4am on Friday night, then got a 24 hour bus home. That's what I generally do when I'm out late.
> This means you need some personal vehicle anyway
Unless you're not drinking at this 2am concert, you're probably not using a personal car.
Buses are actually quite _good_ for this use case, in that they're much cheaper to run 24/7 than trams and heavy rail (whose higher capacity is largely useless late at night, and, particularly in the case of heavy rail, really _need_ maintenance downtime).