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."
"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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Published on Thursday, October 23, 2003 in
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