If they invested a mere fraction of what it would cost to expand the monorails, their bus system could put all other municipal transit systems to shame.
Their Magic-In-Motion system - combined with CCTV surveillance of each bus stop (to count heads), displays at each bus stop that display wait times for each bus loop, and perhaps even a box-o-buttons at the multi-destination stops (like at Resorts, where all park buses use one stop) where guests can hit a button to tell the system someone's waiting for the MK bus - could streamline and nearly perfect the bus system.
City Bus systems around the country can post fixed signs that say a certain bus will be at this stop at 12:47pm, and the bus will be there at 12:47pm! In the city of West Lafayette, IN (Purdue University), they put up LED signs that will tell you exactly when the next bus will be there. So, if you're sitting there and it feels like "forever", you will at least know how long it's really been.
Disney's system can do this, they're just under-utilizing it to the point of embarrassment.
It never stops amusing me how a place that was always considered cutting edge in technology has so many problems just doing routine stuff at this point.
Well Tom, your wish is WDW's command. They announced about 8 months ago that they are going to do just what you said..........Monitors at each stop to let everyone when the next bus for each destination is due..................camera's to count heads as you say, to redirect buses when needed
