There was the recent article about how ridership has risen, which signaled great public transport stuff in the US. Digging only slightly deeper, it was evident

There was the recent article about how ridership has risen, which signaled great public transport stuff in the US. Digging only slightly deeper, it was evident that if you took the massive rise in NYC public transportation out, public transportation in the rest of the US, including LA, actually dropped, despite the money being spent on it. The reason while not established, appears to be because instead of making existing systems more reliable, and better connected, the money has been spent on vanity projects. An isolated light rail here, and a Park and Ride which doesn't connect to anything there.