Why is it hard for cities/towns to promote public transport over cars and freeways?
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Most American cities and towns simply aren’t laid out in a way that makes public transport a viable option. It’s one thing in NYC or Chicago where you have a very sense population and widespread public transit, but most part of the US were built out, not up. The major neighborhoods are a long way away from the major shopping areas, which are a long way away from the major office parks, etc. The end result is a sort of self-defeating cycle where people don’t use public transit because it’s undesirable (it would take me an hour and two transfers to take the bus from my home to my office, whereas I can drive it in ten minutes), so there isn’t the political capital to make meaningful investments in it.
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