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[โ€“] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The biggest reson for this is probably area density...the areas with fewest cars per capita are the places where things are geographically condensed,which makes public transport a viable alternative. Most southern cities are simply too spread out for public trans to be economically viable, and so having more vehicles is more pertinent.

[โ€“] bluGill@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

While density is helpful ,US suburbs can support great transit for less than the cost of their cars. However they can't support bad transit, or even okay transit.