At least in the US, deteriorating public transit is a major reason for the success of things like Uber. Obviously right now a lot of people are working from hom

At least in the US, deteriorating public transit is a major reason for the success of things like Uber. Obviously right now a lot of people are working from home making the issue moot, but over the past decade the NYC subway, Boston T, and Washington Metro have had many, many problems of reliability as decades of minimal maintenance have finally caused major problems in their infrastructure, and many people in big US cities have switched to ride sharing for trips that they used to use public transit for.