America Always Gets This Wrong (when building transit)

[canada-man]

Why is it that in the US & Canada, we're always being told that we can't justify the ridership for transit projects? And why is it that when we do build transit, it's struggles to gain riders? It all comes down to what surrounds that transit line. Good transit requires good land-use.

 

[Ponderling]

In the US it is almost always federally funded, maybe a state kick in, but locals control the zoning and local approvals. St the project gets approved sometimes because the feds and the reps at that level want to be seen to be doing something, even if it is the wrong thing.

 

[canada-man]