Amen Cory, a trenchant and timely critique.

So IMHO the most optimal, non-enshittfied Public Transit possible will be Public Private Partnership, Green, mostly elevated (so 80% of trip itineraries are non-stop), express Personal Rapid Transit AVs - ie: #MetaLoop - where #TheStationComesToYou & there's #MoreYouTime for family, work, study, play, rest, sleep & you!

Bonus: City deCarbonisation and deCongestion, productivity gains, social cohesion from 5+ revenue surplus-recycling per Doughnut Economy ("read my lips (no really)...no new taxes").

https://x.com/ASYNSIS/status/1806215821364191741

Please check out our new video here (direct competition to Elon Musk's RoboTaxi - but more socio-economically beneficial and eudomonia-superior due to optimal geometric organisation per the Asynsis principle, as aligned with the Constructal law of thermodynamics as shared on TED further below):

https://thefifthestate.com.au/urbanism/infrastructure/the-future-of-transit-in-cities-is-point-to-point-mobility-that-mimics-nature/

https://asynsis.medium.com/metaloop-f5caa684d1e9

https://asynsis.wordpress.com/2014/08/23/asynsistedx-wanchai-aug-23-2014-4/