[nuerow]

> Why is there no public transport? Because it's losing money due to low ridership. Why is the ridership low?

This certainly is not it, because public transportation is in general a public service whose main output is not turning a profit but positive externalities that boil down to quality of life. Consequently, there are plenty of cities around the world where their public transportation network is subsidized to the point where the service is completely free to use.

Let's put things in perspective: in the US, Texas wasted close to $3B dollars to expand a highway to a whopping 26 lanes[1]. Wouldn't it be far better if that cash was instead used to put together a commuter railway service that serves the same route, or even in Houston's appallingly tiny light rail network[2]?

[1] https://www.cntraveler.com/story/the-worlds-widest-highway-s...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/METRORail