How the American bus system broke down

It started with the Great Recession

A Miami city bus.
(Image credit: RosaIreneBetancourt 9 / Alamy Stock Photo)

The city bus ain't what it used to be.

Across the country, ridership dropped 13 percent over the last decade, according to Transportation Department data reviewed by the Wall Street Journal. Cities from Miami to Memphis to Cincinnati are reducing the number of routes and cutting the number of buses on those routes.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.