From the late 1940s, into and through the '50s, there developed a complex interaction between the federal government, state and local government, real-estate interests, commercial interests, and court decisions, which had the effect of undermining the mass transit system across the country.
Noam Chomsky
on Todays Show Chandler Montley comes on to explain a little bit about The Transit System In America
https://humantransit.org/book
https://www.amazon.com/Human-Transit-Clearer-Thinking-Communities/dp/1597269727
https://americawalks.org/you-gave-me-your-word-how-good-city-planning-became-walkability/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw24qHBhCnARIsAPbdtlL377vRTIFcWg2T_OVv_lsEDU-0qjisEUdZBVV5EUs1H3TD7acKqT8aAoaCEALw_wcB
https://www.amazon.com/Walkable-City-Rules-Making-Better/dp/1610918983
https://www.strongtowns.org/podcast?gclid=Cj0KCQjw24qHBhCnARIsAPbdtlJGdF8tbHYMdcL03DTm-yEIioPPwj5yUuK5C_ZM9cY6xFYglITVH5saArVYEALw_wcB
https://streetsblog.libsyn.com/
https://www.brampton.ca/en/residents/transit/Pages/Home.aspx