Not sure who "you" is here but nowhere in the USA is public transit expected to be profitable (excluding private coach and shuttle services, airlines, etc. as

Not sure who "you" is here but nowhere in the USA is public transit expected to be profitable (excluding private coach and shuttle services, airlines, etc. as those are not "public") or even self-sustaining. The general problem is like most government services they are money pits with incompetent, corrupt management.