So why aren’t citizens of Austin using the train?
Because Austin isn’t NY or other rat warrens.
I have no clue. No media in Austin will report on it. The fare is supposed to be REAL inexpensive, from what I have been told. Someone needs to look into it. Don't know why this hasn't been done yet, except that the city is getting millions in Federal money and would probably squash whoever reports it. It is more important to lie about Garrett Foster than to report about an actual crime.
Because trains are germ infested annoyances is my guess.
Same reasons people don’t ride the Metro in Houston. In the first place they go where government wants them to go which means campaign donors use their influence to get routes and stops to their advantage. Where does all that sales tax money go? At the other end of the economic spectrum, the people who use them are not the people one would necessarily want their family to be around. Then there is the weather factor, hot and humid 4 block walks to one’s destination after the ride, or rain. Now you got the COVID. Oh yeah, have you ever seen a police officer actually on the bus with you and those thugs in the back. And you can’t carry legally on them. What could possibly go wrong?
Because Texans like to drive.