On the original subject of the thread, my professor pointed something similar out to that. Like she asked us, what we think occurred more often, plane crashes or auto accidents. And of course the correct response is auto accident but you would hear about an airplane crash a lot more than a car accident.
The simple fact is, car accidents are far too common, trying to make a car accident seem new is like saying it's gonna rain, it really doesn't seem to affect too many people. Now a plane going down that's a big deal. They have to see what went wrong to hopefully prevent it in the future.
It's similar to the 9/11, car accident comparision, in the fact that 9/11 was a huge deal because it was uncalled for, it wasn't an accident and was a planned assault.
On the issue of public transportation, take it from me, it wouldn't work no matter how much money your pour into it. I mean as far as I can remember the toll for it here has increased like 75 cents in the last 6 years or so. Which may not seem like a lot, but you factor in most people have round trips, and like 5 days a week, it really starts to add up fast.
Then you got to deal with delays, breakdowns, attacks and all this other stuff. The upkeep expense is just too much. Even in my city, I can only imagine the nightmare of a country wide one.
