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They get billions of the federal and state governments - I’ve always wondered why the federal government pours so much money into a transit system that such a s
by zxcvbn4038 4y ago
They get billions of the federal and state governments - I’ve always wondered why the federal government pours so much money into a transit system that such a small percentage of the country uses.
- eclipticplane 4y agoWould they not also pour billions into transit if everyone in NYC lived in smaller, rural towns? Just a spot check, but Montana received $491 million in 2020 (https://leg.mt.gov/content/Publications/fiscal/leg_reference/Brochures/Highway-Funding-2020.pdf https://leg.mt.gov/content/Publications/fiscal/leg_reference...) and has a population of ~1 million. NYC has ~8 million, ~20 million in the greater metro region.
- derefr 4y agoThe alternative is pouring the money into more highway spending for those same people. (Yes, despite highways being state-run infrastructure projects, the federal government mostly pays for them — this is why they're able to enforce uniform standards for road design + signage + etc.)