A lot of it has to do with what has already been mentioned. Too many people in rural areas. My county doesn't even have a taxi service and will never have busses. Can you imagine mass transit outside of major cities in states like WY, MT, MN, KS?

Is the monorail in Jacksonville even operational? I think it may have been back in 2010 or so. How long has the city been trying to get anything going on that project? And the busses there were not reliable and in some areas was almost non-existent.

American city governments like to pass the buck on unpopular issues and mass transit is exactly that. Europe isn't perfect but they got their [BLEEP] together a long time ago and built their mass transit solid from the start. It's hard to play catch up when you're so far behind.

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