> mass transit, whether private or public, has generally been used mainly by an elite.
So does this article really apply outside of the US, RU, and other such places with vast swathes of low-density not-so-economically-integrated populations?
So does this article really apply outside of the US, RU, and other such places with vast swathes of low-density not-so-economically-integrated populations?
That sounds like a deliberate policy choice? Trains have became more expensive here during Covid, but back when I was using them extensively, a national annual subscription (lump sum, after which the rides were free) only cost a little more than double what insurance+plates alone cost for my car.