How car-loving American cities fell so far behind their global peers on public transit

The US has fallen behind global peers in public transit, with most major European cities having well-served trains and buses, and it would cost $4.6tn to bring US transit up to par. Houston, the US's fourth-largest city, has a diminished train station that only receives intercity trains three times a week. This symbolizes the car-dominated US's lack of extensive public transport.