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I know many don't like this but i'll say my opinion again:
Public transport should be built on the coastlines, which coincidentally also are blue states, because there's a high population density and public transport makes sense there because of the frequency.
Public transport does not and never will make sense in the midwestern and rural areas of US. The major reason for this is that people there simply largely (70% of people) don't want it. You can't get something through against the will of the local population. Just deal with it. You won't be able to take a train from the East Coast to the West Coast, you'll still have to fly (or drive) that distance.
All this 'public transit not work for the rurals' shit i keep hearing repeated just seems like something you say to make what has happened so far seem somewhat reasonable and just, a statement of hope and denial, not anything supported by history¹, not anything derived from deep analysis of available options and methods², and not anything an expert told you³.
Please stop repeating it without evidence.
¹because it's not. Quite the opposite.
²im not a serious transit nerd and theres shit obvious to me that you people miss every time
³because they wouldn't
there is evidence it doesn't work well in some rural areas of the us, specifically Nome Alaska, which had a railroad (last I checked the rails were still there in significant disrepair) that failed because the company ran out of money
I think the issue goes well beyond technical terms, where it would probably be doable.
The issue is of a fundamental nature: The right to self-determination. You cannot make states install public transport that don't want it.
That's just how a society works.
Desires are nit rational or immutable essential states.
I certainly dont tjink we shoukd kerp accommodating car brain. I think withouy all the road and oil subsidies, thry would like cars a lot less.