Public Transportation is a game about interacting with and interviewing people in a big city about the city’s transportation system. The goal of the game is to learn various characters’ opinions and perspectives about city transit decisions and raise awareness of those differing opinions in real life. A likely audience for Public Transportation is people in large cities, particularly cities with transportation systems or controversial budgeting.

Research suggests that city governments and people donating large amounts of money to projects are more likely to want new additions and development, rather than maintenance and upkeep of existing infrastructure. Consequentially, new developments will become controversial, as spending affects different people in different ways. Public Transportation intends to make people aware of the consequences and controversy of budgeting by including characters with different perspectives on various positive and negative aspects of urban transit systems.