It's real (though flawed) logic that's been used repeatedly to stop the expansion of public transport from inner cities into more wealthy suburbs. For a long ti

It's real (though flawed) logic that's been used repeatedly to stop the expansion of public transport from inner cities into more wealthy suburbs. For a long time in the USA, the prevailing wisdom was that only poor people and criminals ride the bus/subway. That's changing now that more and more people, young and old, are gravitating to car-free city life.