Alex Marshall: Mass Transit Can Revive New York City

Alex Marshall, author of "How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl and the Roads Not Taken" expresses his views about mass transit.

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November 16, 2001, 7:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"When the World Trade Center fell to the ground, it knocked out train and subway lines and in doing so made the public aware of the incredible machinery that pumps people into our streets and buildings...Mass transit produced this city -- its unique scale, its marvelously high density and all the good things that entails -- and mass transit can revive it in a way that no other single thing can. "

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Alex Marshall on Mass Transit

Thursday, November 15, 2001 in The New York Times

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