Public transit is not a failure in the US, it's just very uneven and it's a big country. Moreover, the US especially suffers from the "lost decades" of urban de

Public transit is not a failure in the US, it's just very uneven and it's a big country. Moreover, the US especially suffers from the "lost decades" of urban decay through the mid 20th century. There was a sweet spot for initial public transit infrastructure investment around the turn of the 20th century and a lot of cities in the US missed it, with a much bigger hill to climb today.