>>1606596The context is that people pretend to like transit because they’re propagandized into seeing it as this cool, progressive thing, but that illusion is shattered when you actually ride it. All of the investment in transit during the Obama years paid off with ridership dropping to 2005 levels. It’s a fucking waste, highway robbery to enrich politicians. “National high speed rail” is just a code name for their One Last Job to fleece the American people.