American transit nightmare

How do you get people out of cars when the transit alternatives are bad?

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Hello from Denver! I’m on the last stop of my U.S. tour, which has wound from New York to Baltimore to Washington D.C., to San Francisco, and finally to the great state of Colorado. I haven’t had a car on this trip, so have relied almost entirely on public transportation and the occasional ride-hail service. I’ve bee…