Pretty good video, but the offered solution is just Run More Buses (aka driving air around the suburbs).
A typical 7.3 mi commute at 12 MPH urban local bus speed = 36 min, minimum, plus waits, transfers, walk to/from. But driving oneself will still be faster & easier for most! https://twitter.com/Indy_Austin/status/1319257464580247553">https://twitter.com/Indy_Aust...

Better service (coverage/frequency) alone can& #39;t make transit more convenient than driving.
TNCs drove SO MUCH air around; offered door-to-door service & arrived in minutes--yet only got <15% of trips, lost $billions, made traffic/pollution worse. https://sf.curbed.com/2019/8/21/20826611/tnc-uber-lyft-san-francisco-traffic-studies-fehr-peers">https://sf.curbed.com/2019/8/21...

Cities w good transit:
- put people closer to transit
- make trips shorter, with closer destinations
- make driving/parking slower & less convenient
Better transit NEEDS better cities/suburbs. But the video downplays TOD& #39;s role. At 8:16:

"most Americans live in places that were built for cars. if we want to change that in the long term, we& #39;ll have to build communities that look differently. Right now, Americans drive because it& #39;s the most convenient option...

"...But that also means you don& #39;t actually need to transform the whole country to get people to ride public transit. You just need to make it convenient enough that they want to."

Making transit (& walking! & biking!) convenient enough for people to WANT to will REQUIRE transforming where many Americans live.
That& #39;s OK! It& #39;s happening anyways! With good planning, that transformation can make things better! But we have to ALLOW it!

(this thread also subtweets the NUMTOT https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌹" title="Rose" aria-label="Emoji: Rose">s who claim to love transit, but https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💩" title="Dreckshaufen" aria-label="Emoji: Dreckshaufen"> all over any attempt to make biking better, driving slightly pricier or less stupendously convenient, or cities ever so slightly better/different)