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One striking indicator of this decline is found in the realm of public transportation. Current statistics reveal that intercity bus travel in America carries more passengers each year than the Amtrak railroad system. However, while around 60 million Americans, primarily from lower income brackets, depend on bus travel, many bus stations are being shut down.
The reasons for these closures lie in the lure of profit-driven real estate development, which favors upscale projects catering to the affluent, instead of serving the nation's most economically vulnerable individuals. The decline of these bus stations symbolizes a broader economic shift wherein the needs of the working and lower classes are increasingly overlooked in favor of wealthy investors.