Increase In Mass Transit Ridership Is An Illusion

The nation is building urban rail systems but mass transit has not made much difference.

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August 28, 2002, 8:00 AM PDT

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

"In recent years, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and transit agencies have been pumping out press releases about record ridership. At the national level, a recurring theme has been that ridership has reached a 40-year record...The news is out, and there is a record a record low...is that the nation has been embarked on an expensive campaign to build urban rail systems. The reality is that not even where the new systems have been built has transit made much difference."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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