Public transit is a very visible part of government for people who live in cities that have it, and it&#x27;s controversial because it&#x27;s partially financed with taxpayer money whether you use it or not.<p>I feel like especially in southern California, there are a lot of people in the suburbs who don&#x27;t use public transit and who feel like the money spent on transit (&quot;moving poor people around&quot;) should go to road projects instead which benefit them.<p>I was recently in Miami, and my friend who lives there said to use Lyft instead of taking the bus or the metro, because &quot;it&#x27;s only used by poor people&quot;. I compare this to Boston, where people complain about MBTA crowds and management, but in general if you&#x27;re near a subway stop you&#x27;ll take the subway over Uber of Lyft (when it&#x27;s running).