Seattle's growth in public transit ridership is the best in the nation (or at least was up to 2017) [0]. I remember one year Seattle and Minneapolis were the only two cities in the nation to have a drop in car commuters. NYC has way more density but it's a decaying system. NYC could start backing bus rapid transit to make it time-competitive with the subway and it would probably be both a better experience and save the city a lot of money.

[0] https://www.geekwire.com/2017/seattle-area-transit-ridership...