Sounds like the movie theaters here in the states.
We
did have a pretty good public transportation system here in Washington State (well in the Puget Sound area anyways). But some idiot named Tim Eyman decided it would be nice to put forth some initiatives that took huge chunks out of the state budget. Now the state is in serious debt, and the damn road construction projects planned are all cancelled or seriously cut back. People around here want to whine and complain, but not fork over the money to fix the problem. It's like they want things done for them... lazy %$#@'s!
We really only have two major freeways around here, and both get insane amounts of traffic each morning and afternoon. Think of moving 2 million people in a couple of hours, and they all have to have their own cars and drive to the opposite end of the Sound. I really didn't mind the bus... except that it took longer and I had to wait on someone else to pick me up and be on time.