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> most of the US government is designed to self-sabotage things like publicly run transit anyway What level of US government is sabotaging transit? The federal
by k_sh 8y ago
> most of the US government is designed to self-sabotage things like publicly run transit anyway
What level of US government is sabotaging transit? The federal government doles out at least $2.3B every year for transit projects[0], meanwhile state and local governments throughout the US are approving tax increases for more transit.
[0]: https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grant-programs/capital-investments/about-program https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grant-programs/capital-i...
- Cyph0n 8y ago$2.3b sounds like peanut spending given the scale of the US and the current state of transit in the country.
- crowbahr 8y agoAnd 41 billion by the federal government is spent on roads. 168 billion total from state and local. https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiatives/state-local-finance-initiative/state-and-local-backgrounders/highway-and-road-expenditures https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiative... Public transit on the other hand sees only 24.38 billion total. https://www.bts.gov/browse-statistical-products-and-data/transportation-economic-trends/tet-2017-chapter-7-government https://www.bts.gov/browse-statistical-products-and-data/tra...
- x220 8y ago>$2.3B every year At this level a couple billion dollars is hardly anything.
- seszett 8y ago> The federal government doles out at least $2.3B every year for transit projects That's about a fifth of what just Paris spends per year. For a 300-million inhabitants country, it seems a bit low.