Back in the stone age:
We took the bus, because we did not have a car. But the bus and trolley system that was in place worked very well, there were reasonable schedules, you could transfer easy to get where you needed. I don't know what they did to the bus systems, but I know where I live you can't get there from here. We had to be at a hospital apt. at 5:30 a.m. and there was absolutely no buses connecting from the 3 cities we had to cross. We ended up in a cab that cost us $50 each way.