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It's a whole mess :/ I have been in that exact position, albeit with lower stakes, usually just trying to get myself home at night and missing the last bus. But one time it happened when getting home after a trip and my friend I was with was having a panic attack and it just broke me a little.
Plus, if I'm confused and screwed over by it, as someone who really likes transit and uses it all the time, how is anyone else supposed to get around like this? Its my biggest gripe is just how inaccessible/scary this kind of thing makes transit. If that bus driver just went "hey X bus is cancelled" or "hey what bus are you waiting for?" then you could have at least tried to get there another way. It's not the driver's fault, they don't get paid enough to be always-on customer service in addition to driving and everything else, but like... it'd be nice? Running all the scheduled trips more or less on time should be the bare minimum, not a lofty goal
My city does at least have a cool carshare thing, but thats an expensive bandaid solution.