This story from the Washington Post should give us heart about the future of public integrated transport in the USA. Two youngies, at least one of whom intends to find a career in public transport, take a cross-country tip on Greyhound busses.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/07/19/greyhound-cross-country-mile-taylor/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/07/19/greyhound-cross-country-mile-taylor/