Black Coffee, Rail won't increase public transit ridership by much because the bus will continue to be the major component of the public transit system.  Rail will in fact inconvenience many current bus riders because many bus routes will be reconfigured to go to the rail line, and riders will have to transfer rather than go directly to their destinations.  

You claim that rich folks oppose rail because they don't want to pay for something they won't use.  However, rail is funded disproportionately by low income people because rail funds come mainly from the general excise tax, which is one of the most regressive forms of taxation.