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Even within a city, bus travel is usually much slower than a car. Because you have to wait to get on the bus, and then the bus is making many stops along the way to load and unload. And it probably also isn't going directly to where you need to go and probably doesn't stop directly in front of where you live, so you need to add walking/bike riding to the beginning and end of the trip.
I'm a big proponent of bus travel, but let's not kid ourselves here -- choosing the bus can easily make a 30 minute car ride into a 2 hour bus ride overall.
That's because you compare both in a car oriented setting. In a public transit oriented setting you won't be faster by car.
Are you also saying that walking and cycling in a city is impossible and cuicidal because you judge it also based on a car oriented city?
A city designed for PT can be much more compact. A city designed for cars has to be much more bloated. What you are faster by car you have to drive further.
The solution, as it often is, is to use more trains. Also, walking and bike tunnels. Weather is often a reason why I don't walk or bike.
The solution is a cohesive well integrated system, of a mix of modes (local/ mid range/ rapid backbone) in a city that is optimised for public transit, cycling and walking. Buses have their place in that, so do trams, light rail and heavy metro and heavy rail.