That's why I'm saying in "cities and surroundings". You can absolutely build great public transportation infrastructure in rural areas. For example, in Switzer

That's why I'm saying in "cities and surroundings". You can absolutely build great public transportation infrastructure in rural areas. For example, in Switzerland public transportation is mostly public, and you can go to every nook and corner of the country reliably. As a stark contrast, in Ireland, a lot of the "public" transport is privatized and there transport options suck in rural areas. Now, I don't want to make this about private vs. public (even though I absolutely think public transport should be public), but just to show that it's just a matter of how you invest money and set incentives to build this infrastructure.