Like all monopolies, the bus companies of the developed world provide only the bare minimum of resources, and service is only as good as it has to be. As a result, buses are infrequent, and passengers have to scurry to the bus station to catch a bus. So used to being controlled by monopolies are the consumers of the industrialized world that they think nothing of carrying around bus schedules and fretting about missing their only hope of transportation.
Dito sa Pilipinas, bawat bus ay pag mamay-ari ng iba’t ibang tao, at ang resulta nito ay nagkakaroon ng kompetisyon sa mga bus at jeep sa pagsakay ng mga pasahero.