> I agree and it's really sad, because if you have the political will and finances to send a crappy bus by a tilting signpost once an hour, surely you can whip

> I agree and it's really sad, because if you have the political will and finances to send a crappy bus by a tilting signpost once an hour, surely you can whip up a tram network to rival Melbourne or Budapest's. This is very true. There are probably 20 cities in the US that are decent public transit away from going from ~1M population to 4-5M population, with all the opportunities (and problems) that go with growth. It's really sad, because the just continue to sprawl and sprawl, and quality of life goes down with congestion on the beltway.