Originally Posted by mack_turtle

that was my experience with public transport in the UK. it was fast and efficient. the US has a car-dominated culture. not just the roads, but the whole urban structure revolves around each traveller being in this own car. buses and trains, in many cities, are an afterthought provided mostly for poor and desperate people who have no other way to get around. Some bigger cities on the east coast have better systems, but in the south, it's a joke.