I loved when I could use public transportation, and the reality is when public transportation is available people use it.
However there are the pressures from the car dealers and auto industry that do not want a good public transportation, and the fact that to get a decent public transportation you must raise up taxes, and uneducated people about public transportation will see only the tax arguments, and nobody want lose an election for that reason.
It is very difficult getting over this stale position, you need a very convinced administration that must find resources without increasing taxes and reduce services, a very difficult challenge.
Since the 90’s american cities have been successfully passing ballot initiatives to raise their own taxes to fund transit. They don’t always pass but the tide has been slowly, painfully slowly turning for a while now.
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I loved when I could use public transportation, and the reality is when public transportation is available people use it.
However there are the pressures from the car dealers and auto industry that do not want a good public transportation, and the fact that to get a decent public transportation you must raise up taxes, and uneducated people about public transportation will see only the tax arguments, and nobody want lose an election for that reason.
It is very difficult getting over this stale position, you need a very convinced administration that must find resources without increasing taxes and reduce services, a very difficult challenge.
Since the 90’s american cities have been successfully passing ballot initiatives to raise their own taxes to fund transit. They don’t always pass but the tide has been slowly, painfully slowly turning for a while now.