It has to be easy for people to get to work, and for goods to be moved. Build a metro station. I remember when no one wanted a transit stop in their backyard. Now communities fight over train stations. Trains and buses are good neighbors.
Transit is environmentally friendly.
If all the people who rode transit instead took cars, every year we'd see tons more pollutants. And we'd use another one and a half billion gallons of gasoline, which would increase our dependence on foreign oil. Transit reduces congestion. Six million people get to work everyday on buses or trains. Transit also ensures mobility for rural residents and those who are too old or too young to drive.