The west coast epitomizes postwar American culture - car infatuation, suburban sprawl, and so on. Transit is growing in the west coast, sure, but transit needs

The west coast epitomizes postwar American culture - car infatuation, suburban sprawl, and so on. Transit is growing in the west coast, sure, but transit needs a critical mass of convenience for people to actually live without depending on their car (or choosing to own one at all) We're not going to see cities go all-in on transit while self driving cars are on the horizon. Maybe after cars drive themselves, when people learn traffic is still not getting better, more cities will get serious about transit infrastructure.