While mass transit is “showing signs of life” as the numbers start to rebound, cities across the country have historically invested heavily in transit linking downtown business districts to suburbs — but downtowns now are half as full as they used to be, he said. Meanwhile, newer projects built through lighter density neighborhoods tend to come with higher costs and lower returns. And Americans often choose to drive their cars whenever possible, Bloom added.

Gee, I wonder why. If we invested half as much in transit as we do car infrastructure then maybe people wouldn’t “choose” to take their cars everywhere.