This isn't the only place where this happens in urbanism, of course. One such issue is busses. People with a choice will gladly ride trains and streetcars, but

This isn't the only place where this happens in urbanism, of course. One such issue is busses. People with a choice will gladly ride trains and streetcars, but busses are stigmatized. It turns out that if you design a bus line a certain way, busses are every bit as good a transportation system as light rail up to a pretty high throughput, and often cheaper (always cheaper upfront). But even places with really good Bus Rapid Transit lines, folks don't want to get on a bus to get them where they're going faster. This is HN, I suspect many of us have taken company busses. I've known tons of people making over 500k/yr who took a bus to work in the US. And that was a bus that gets stuck in traffic! People not wanting to take a bus is not fundamental to the mode, it's a perception thing. In much of the world, there's no stigma, and everyone will gladly take a bus if that's the best way to get where they're going.