I've been doing a bit of city hopping in Europe the last few weeks and I have such appreciation for public transportation. Especially coming from cities in Canada where there isn't anything to speak of.

In the small town where I live the public transit is pretty laughable though, and it sounds like it'll only get worse given the political leanings there.

And that's all with underfunded and underdeveloped privatized transportation systems. I can't even imagine how much better it would be if the transportation operators didn't need to charge for service and had much more flexible budgets for maintenance and expansion.

I'm also an introvert and appreciate my personal space but I'll gladly make the temporary exception for not needing to own a car and drive in a city.