@glent @thomasfuchs I am thinking more in terms of someone trying to get more and better public transport where I live, where transit agencies are always given low priority and run in fear of fiscal deficits.
Like, I could pressure them to cut bus and train fares to zero, but I think that would be extremely hard to convince them to do (when it's enough work trying to get cities and states to keep their agencies alive, let alone expand bus and train routes).