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Study: Lifetime Cost Of Small Car $689,000; Society Subsidizes 40 Percent of This

Motor vehicles are costly, and every time somebody purchases a car they expect governments to provide roads and businesses to provide parking for its use. A new study totals these costs.

February 9, 2022 - Forbes

Why Transit is an 'Inferior Good'

In my last post, I suggested that transit’s “resurgence” is, ultimately, much ado about nothing. Transit’s increased ridership, while important for transit managers, will do little to change fundamental travel patterns of US urban areas.

June 25, 2008 - Samuel Staley

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