L.A. leaving Atlanta behind transit-wise?
I sometimes console myself about Atlanta’s transit woes by comparing our city to Los Angeles. No one doubts L.A. is a great, world city, even though it does not have a comprehensive subway system like New York or Boston or London.
But now I read in The New York Times that Los Angeles is making SERIOUS investments in extending its existing subway system and also building a light rail system.
Argh!
In Los Angeles, Big Step Ahead for Mass Transit
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: November 25, 2010
The auto-obsessed city has embarked on the biggest expansion of its mass transit system in decades.
Read the story here.
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One Comment on L.A. leaving Atlanta behind transit-wise?
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SL-U on
Sat, 27th Nov 2010 3:35 pm
How come nobody ever expects highways and roads to turn a profit or pay their way? Roads are public transit facilities and so are buses, MARTA, and the Beltline. Transit facilities provide a public benefit whether rural or urban and should not be expected to “pay their way”.
Transit services are more complicated and the idea that the people know how to spend their money better than the government is not completely true. Individuals have a hard time with infrastructure and Atlanta needs to invest in balanced transportation infrastructure, not just HOV, Hot-lanes, more lanes or more roads.
TEA – Taxed Enough Already for roads. Tax me for transit instead, please.
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