Grants only seem to go for 'infrastructure' and the required 20% administrative support, of course.    

Operating costs of the actual services are only funded by local taxpayers (businesses for LTD).  Well, there is the minimal amount covered by the actual fares, of course.  

But one day, some day, in the great bye and bye, there will be all these hundreds and hundreds of riders begging to get on these buses.   I do wonder what color the flying pigs will be then and how many people will have their own unicorns.