Public transit is not a viable solution. Requires riders to give up far too much autonomy. Covid shows us this unambiguously. We did not require people to mask

Public transit is not a viable solution. Requires riders to give up far too much autonomy. Covid shows us this unambiguously. We did not require people to mask up inside their own vehicles, while we did require them to wear masks inside public transportation. There were no serious efforts to require vaccination for driving a personal vehicle, but there were serious efforts to require vaccination to ride public transport. I'm permitted to carry a firearm inside my own vehicle, but this is often forbidden on public transit. A personal vehicle also provides you with a relatively robust protective exoskeleton, while with public transport you are much more vulnerable. Even worse, one encounters the the more frightening elements of society when riding public transportation at a much higher rate. When you combine this loss of autonomy with the increased dangers of riding public transport, it's to many Americans that private vehicles are a vastly superior mode of transportation.