Danny Pearlstein

"We are, paradoxically, dependent on public transit and plagued by the congestion posed by millions of cars, choking exhaust, hundreds of annual traffic crash deaths, and the nation’s slowest bus service."

Congressional legislation does virtually nothing to encourage other Americans to reduce their carbon output like transit-dependent, cramped-apartment New Yorkers.

No matter what certain governors think, public transit doesn't need another billionaire disruptor with big ideas and a slide deck.