Here is a link cited in today’s Trains NewsWire:
We definitely need better mobility than Uber. I can’t see why we can’t have a dedicated source at state and federal levels for transit. Don’t tell me about the National Debt…infrastructure investment that leads to increased mobility would help boost GDP making our National Debt more manageable. BTW, the National Debt is a cash flow problem not an Assets to Liability issue. We have exponentially more Assets than we have in the National Debt running total. Additionally we have an estimated $6-8 trillion in private cash on the sidelines currently not invested in markets…which could also be tapped for Infrastructure projects via Private Activity Bonds.
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“Rural suburbs “. Kind of an oxymoron.
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Maybe - but there is an active corn field a 30 minute WALK from my house, and a lot of other actively farmed fields just beyond. A 15 minute WALK in the other direction will have men ‘downtown’ where Main Street crosses CSX’s Old Main Line.
To coin a phrase:
“That’s so beautiful it breaks your heart to look at it!” 
According to the USDOT 20 percent of all Federal fuel taxes goes directly into funding mass transit systems nationwide. So roughly 5 cents a gallon on gas and 6 cents a gallon on diesel is used.
You are overlooking the MARC service on the Penn Line between DC, Baltimore and Perryville. While it is not the NYC Subway system or Chicago’s El - the Penn Line Service is mass transit.
What do those Mass Transit systems produce as far as increased mobility and the increase in GDP? Increased mobility means increased GDP, most Economics will tell you this. Even if the transit system is in another state you are benefitting and so is your wallet.
The Amish might have a different perspective, of course they do not use cars.
Yes. They do. How else do they get their puppy mill dogs to the pet shops?
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who cares
To be fair those trucks aren’t as shiny as yours .
Baltimore has horrible mass transit, yes. DC has better - weekday ridership isn’t up to pre-covid levels, but weekend service not only meets it, but exceeds it. And there are areas of DC that are exploding with new development. But a lot of it is more entertainment/hotel/restaurant based. Not traditional 9-5 office things.
With work from home/hybrid schedules - the traditional idea of mass transit as funneling workers to work weekday mornings and home weekday afternoons is outdated. Unfortunately MARC still subscribes to that mindset.
Many companies have returned to requiring employees to work at the company offices at least 3-4 days per week. As academia has found for many courses, remote work or learning are inferior to the benefits of in-person interactions.
Public transportation in the DMV area caters more to DC than to Baltimore. MARC operates the Penn Line Service between DC and Perryville, Camden Line Service between Camden Station and Union Station in DC, Frederick Line service between Frederick via Point of Rocks and DC, Martinsburg, WV to DC via Brunswick, MD. MARC also operated a Light Rail route between Hunt Valley (North of downtown) and BWI Airport (South of downtown). In addition there is the ‘subway’ that operates from Owings Mills (Northwest of town) and Johns Hopkins on the Northeastern part of town).
VRE operates their service between Union Station and Fredericksburg and Manassas. On top of all those services DC Metro operates all over the metropolitan DC area
You’re English? I thought you were from the US.
‘English’ is how the Amish refer to the non-Amish around them.
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Whew! I thought I would have to switch sides of the road if I ever vacation up there. 
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I never had them refer to me as English. Learn something new every day.
And besides I was trying to make a joke. Guess I’ll keep my day job. Wait I’m retired! Guess I’ll joke for tips since they won’t pay me.
I have heard that too. I’ve passed through Amish country a bunch of times on road trips. It was kind of interesting seeing horsedrawn buggies going down the main road of town while driving through Ohio several months ago.