Once we get self driving cars, which are very close to being on the roads, the whole public transportation model falls apart. The biggest benefit of public transport is that you don't have to drive yourself, which is sometimes good, but often does not overcome the negatives of having several modes of transport to get to a destimation. But when we have self driving cars, we can go point to point, and still not have to drive ourselves. Plus, all the negatives of public transport are avoided.
If the incompetent (and sometimes malicious) government bureaucracy didn’t always get in our way, we’d have flying cars by now.
ZipCars eventually win.
“often does not overcome the negatives of having several modes of transport to get to a destimation.”
You are also not at the mercy of the political whims of the unions and the Dem Party.
Public Transportation, when FORCED, becomes yet another control measure.