I think a large reason of why people don't want to use public transit, which is often overlooked, is the social aspect: If you regularly use public transit, you

I think a large reason of why people don't want to use public transit, which is often overlooked, is the social aspect: If you regularly use public transit, you're bound to have encounters with antisocial people who basically ruin it for everyone. The encounters I had on some regional transit made me think its probably better to just eat the extra bills for the car, rather than getting stabbed by some crackhead who turned the train (station) into their new home to escape the cold of winter.