Smart Growth, Smart Voters: Searching For A Transit Solution

"...many voters--among them harried commuters and suburban soccer moms--are identifying with a powerful argument of the smart growth movement. They're catching on to the game of developers on the fringes of metro areas. They're starting to see that just adding roads 'out there' simply feeds sprawl and thickens traffic for virtually everyone else...ore voters want public transit, if not for themselves, then to at least get the 'other guy' off the roads. Transportation choice and channeling growth to cities and inner suburbs appeals to them. But they agonize about transit's high costs, especially for new rail systems."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan