Founded in 1921, Kowloon Motor Bus Company operated 9 Ford buses on 2 routes in Kowloon. When it gained the franchise to operate bus services in 1933, it owned 110 small single-decker buses and ran a total of 18 routes in Kowloon and the New Territories. On its 80th anniversary of obtaining the franchise, KMB now has a fleet of 3,800 buses and operates 392 routes in the territory, employing about 12,000 people. It offers about 2.6 million out of a total of 12 million public transport trips per day in Hong Kong. That means 1 out of 4 to 5 people commutes by KMB on a daily basis. In addition to the railway, KMB is the most widely used means of transport in Hong Kong. These figures illustrate the profound development of KMB which is extraordinary when compared with public transport in other world cities.