Quote Originally Posted by Atticus View Post
I hear it all the time, from Amazon, from politicians, and from arm/chair city planners. I hear the same basic statement: “Sucessful cities have transit”.

They are correct. Successful cities do have transit. Here is what they often miss: Successful cities need transit to solve their transportation problems. The point is, transit is there to solve a problem... not just there to exist for aesthetics and to say “we have transit.” Identity the problems first, then find solutions to match.

Otherwise transit is just being built for optics, and not for a purpose.
Yes. All this x1000.

Transit in the U.S., in 2018, is MeTooism. Detroit needs a trolley 'cause Cincy got a trolley, etc. etc.

And, yes, [[most) successful cities have transit, but transit isn't a cause of their success; it's a result stemming from success.