One of the things that's been tremendously helpful through the Federal Transit Administration is that in the year 2020 the FTA funds were renewed for five years for, I believe, about $64 billion U.S., or something like that. Don't quote me; it's give or take. It does help to support the creation of transit.
States within the U.S. have regional transit authorities. They usually cover more than one municipality. It's very conducive to intercity transit simply by its nature. It's a bit of a different model.