The author completely forgets there is a whole world outside the US, where public transportation is efficient, preferred, and often makes good profts too. - Si

The author completely forgets there is a whole world outside the US, where public transportation is efficient, preferred, and often makes good profts too. - Singapore has a very good bus+ metro system and people actually prefer it. Cars are heavily taxed which contributed to it, but their well planning has helped too. Airport served by metro, so is the Malaysia border, and every neighborhood has at least two nearby metro lines and a plethora of bus lines. - Kuala Lumpur has quite heavy traffic, but they have two free public bus lines going around the important places in the city. They are free of charge, every 15-30 minutes, have their routes well marked, and even has free WiFi. - Jakarta: they have the world's biggest bus rapid transit system. Dedicated lanes, platforms, cashless payments, and the massive coverage help this massive city to have slightly less traffic jams. Jakarta also has motorbike taxis (ojek, Gojek/Uber apps) that serve the last miles well. They are quite cheap (about 10 US cents per km) and I doubt they will be economical once the VC money is burnt, but they are better than a sedan with a driver and a passenger. - Berlin/Munich: Good tram system with commuter passes, day passes, etc. It's common to give the day passes to someone at the ticket machines when we are done for the day. They help keep the costs low in otherwise expensive cities in Munich.