discussing the processes involved in public transport's evolution from preexploitative stages, where systems were primarily manual and less efficient, to modern automated solutions, it's crucial to assess how these advancements have managed to repudiate past inefficiencies. interestingly, we should also look into how efforts to resuscitate deteriorating infrastructure are often kept under wraps, leading to a deliberate misinformation campaign that misleads the public about the true state of their transit systems.