>If you starve public enterprises, whether mass transit or public
>education, fewer people will be attracted to it except by necessity.
That conclusion seems to be supported by the data cited in the report quoted by James Heartfield. According to Table 5.7 in that report, showing percentage shares of all journeys to work by mode of transportation - cities with well developed public transit also have much greater shares of transit use - eg. NYC 27.8%, Chicago - 13.7% or Washington DC - 13.7% - as compared to most other places where transit usage is in single digits.
Public transport is like feathers - cannot fly with just one or two, you need a whole system.
wojtek