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Public transport in the US is generally a failure because we try to build static systems in low-to-moderate density areas with dynamic population change. I.e.
by mattlutze 11y ago
Public transport in the US is generally a failure because we try to build static systems in low-to-moderate density areas with dynamic population change.
I.e. putting a $30 million light rail system in a "business corridor", then watching market forces move businesses away from it 5 years later and wondering why no one rides the trams.
- mattlutze 11y agoI should say hundreds of millions. This[1], for example. Munis sell these projects on the "expectations that the corridors will attract much economic growth," but the finished product has shown not to be a reliable multiplier of community investment and development. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_Transit_Initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_Transit_Initiative