It started well with trams, then the 1950's happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFV4WMZUNc

Adelaide, South Australia, once had a good tram network. It's now a shadow of it's former self.

People want it back, and there have been some vague plans to bring some of it back. 10 years ago there was a plan to bring back the Prospect tramline. But it still hasn't happened yet. Instead, the government keeps adding lanes to highways.