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Metro cost a small, small fraction of what highways cost. It transformed a dying, dangerous city into the one we have now. There is no subsidy that isn't comp
by matchbok 8y ago
Metro cost a small, small fraction of what highways cost.
It transformed a dying, dangerous city into the one we have now.
There is no subsidy that isn't comparable to roads or bridges.
I don't own a car, yet my taxes go to highways, because they are essential infrastructure.
- dashundchen 8y agoYes, and even the most conservative of auto drivers won't even blink at a dropping a billion dollars on one additional lane in an interchange, doing nothing to alleve congestion. But if you even speak of spending that on transit, everyone starts screaming. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2015/10/12/heres-what-a-billion-dollar-interchange-expansion-looks-like/ https://usa.streetsblog.org/2015/10/12/heres-what-a-billion-...