Sure, but the "whole nation of Louxembourg just made transportation free" notion loses its shine when you realize it's equivalent to saying "mid size city US just made public transportation free". cool, i'm not advocating to get rid of private transportation. Are you asking how greyhound currently competes w/airlines? Or how lobbyists would throw a fit over a nationalized high speed rail system competing w/airlines?
well, it looks like d08 doesn't since he's asking how public infra competes w/airlines (or at least that was my argument, not sure why he focused on buses). Heck, weren't you trying to make the case that unions have sway in public transportation policy?
I think it's inevitable that population increases and climate concerns will probably lead to increased public transport or subsidized transport networks . Resistance also comes from the lack of public trust and the danger of a network being privatized further down the line.
Yes, this should be the case in Europe. In the US it would be more complicated, more like a patchwork of state policies, from the never in my state to this is a great idea state.
It speaks of the disfunction of the US election system. At least politicians are still elected but the electors are uneducated.