Here in Eastern Massachusetts (USA), our public transit system is called the MBTA (Mass Bay Transportation Authority) and it used to be cheap and reliable.  But over the course of a few years, they raised the rates - what once cost 75 cents is now $3.00.  I have a lot of friends I visit up in Salem, MA and if I took the MBTA it would cost me about $20 and almost 5 hours round trip.  It only costs me $5.00 in gas and 90 minutes round trip to drive.  I dunno, seems like there is something seriously wrong with their logic when it costs less for me to drive than to take public transportation.  Esp since the whole point of having it is to cut down on emissions and the number of cars on the road, and so people WITHOUT cars have a way to get around without draining their wallets.  Before I had my car I used to take it to and from work, if I did that now, it would cost me like 1/4 of my paycheck!  You'd think for the higher prices that they'd use some of it to improve the system - which they claim they are doing but instead buses and trains always breaking down, or being delayed for long stretches of time.  Just makes no sense to me.