Anti-Smart Growth Group Debunks Transit 'Myths'

A group that considers Smart Growth as one of the "greatest threat to American mobility, affordable housing, and freedom," calls rail transit "a costly and foolish investment."

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October 27, 2003, 8:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In the last few decades, some two-dozen cities have spent around a hundred billion dollars building rail transit lines, and many other cities want to follow suit. Proponents say rail transit reduces congestion, cleans the air, and promotes economic development. Yet a look at existing rail lines shows that rail transit does none of these things." [PDF]

Thanks to Michael D. Setty

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