The capacity and throughout of public transit is dramatically higher and scales far better, so it's harder to hit limits and cheaper to scale them up. Yes, it'

The capacity and throughout of public transit is dramatically higher and scales far better, so it's harder to hit limits and cheaper to scale them up. Yes, it's technically affected - both in the "if you build it they will come" sense and that if transit becomes sufficiently congested people will change their transportation behavior - but cars have more liquidity and hit traffic limits much easier.