Originally Posted by bragi

I agree that right-wing politicos are short-sighted in the extreme, but, honestly, they can't take the blame for the fact that public transit doesn't exist outside of large cities. The reason that public transit doesn't exist outside of large cities is simply due to the obvious fact that there isn't a sufficient number of riders to make it economically viable.

My complaint is that public transit isn't very good in that many large cities, either.