Tuesday, March 25, 2014

How Transit Pays for the Automobile’s Sins

Dial-a-ride - Photo City of Delano
Streetsblog USA: "But here’s the thing. Comparing spending on transit with spending on highways per trip or per mile is an inherently misleading exercise. In part, that is because it fails to recognize an important fact: Much of the transit service we provide in the United States is designed specifically to cover for the failures of our lavishly subsidized car-centered transportation system."