I love public transit when it works. I grew up partly in Europe, and I've also admired the transit in cities here that have clue.

Then again, I also rode public transit in the greater Los Angeles area for ten years. It was not enjoyable in any way.

In Orange County, where I live, the transit is so bad, and avoided by everyone but the poor or handicapped or restricted from driving or crazy, that it is called the "Shame Train." That's an evocative piece of slang, isn't it?