How people work has changed. Not sure a bus is going to be more successful. Seems most bus have traffic to deal with, and they like to swerve and wiggle to multiple stops.
Probably not helping that the original route plan was longer.
Lack of service and the route not being as long as it was going to be will hurt ridership.
Some slides from Twin Cities-St. Cloud-Fargo/Moorhead Corridor Study Feb 2025