What if your city were to implement free public transit. What could happen?
More people move in. The economy jumps. Other cities see it and want to copy. A race to the top ensues.
Simply stop welfare for cars by making buses free. Use the savings for more buses, better schools, and healthcare.
- Immediate savings from lower traffic congestion
- Parking enforcement could be abolished
- Police and ambulance costs would drop
- Labor market would be more fluid
- Deliveries would be more efficient
- Urban living would become more desirable
- Less noise, cleaner air, more space
- Less money exported for gasoline and cars
- Walkable neighborhoods start to blossom
- Street and bridge maintenance costs go down
- Parking lots turn into parks
- Medical costs of collisions would go down
- People would walk more and be healthier
- Many more good things
More people move in. The economy jumps. Other cities see it and want to copy. A race to the top ensues.
Simply stop welfare for cars by making buses free. Use the savings for more buses, better schools, and healthcare.
