Americans generally have an aversion to public transit for anything beyond a air travel. Just look at the current mess NJ Transit & Amtrak find themselves in w

Americans generally have an aversion to public transit for anything beyond a air travel. Just look at the current mess NJ Transit & Amtrak find themselves in with regards to the Hudson River crossing -- some century-old tunnels and an almost-as-old drawbridge that are beyond capacity. Replacements had been funded and ground had been broken, but that money was then diverted for surface roads and highways.