European and Asian public transport planning can't be imported to America without the urban zoning needed to support the necessary density to make such networks

European and Asian public transport planning can't be imported to America without the urban zoning needed to support the necessary density to make such networks economically viable. Its not viable to just import EU and Asian transportation planning here ... it doesn't work because we lack density. I would be happy enough to fund the transport networks before the density exists, as long as the zoning allows density, as the density would follow as a natural course once the transportation links are established. But that can't happen if the local regulations forbid density. So this author is completely clueless. Uber is engaged in making transportation more efficient in an environment where we have screwed ourselves. The public planners have no choice but to figure out how to do microtransport, because we lack the density. Anyone who doesn't understand this is completely clueless, and demonizing Uber is popular, but ultimately idiotic. I'm a big fan of trains and I think Uber is a dead end evolution. But America needs to identify the right cause of our problems. Its not Uber.