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They don't realize that fewer people on the highways means less wasted time commuting for suburbanites and lower freight costs for businesses.
No study I have read has conclusively proved this theory. I can think of a few done in Europe that show public transit actually increases road congestion in the areas that it is built.
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"Jesus would still be alive today if he had a gun." -Homer Simpson
Totally true. I'm sad to say that I'd prefer Atlanta's MARTA to Philadelphia's SEPTA.
septa's rail system serves such a higher proportion of it's metro and Philly has such a higher transit share than Atlanta that I can't imagine why you'd prefer the smaller, less well utilized system. it's newer, I guess? they both have funding "challenges..."
To further refine what I was referring to, I was referring to the heavy rail/subway system. I'm not used to having to delineate, considering Atlanta's rail network is pretty much... the subway.
Looks like SEPTA may get even more funding than what Corbett initially proposed:
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Going even beyond what Gov. Tom Corbett has proposed for transportation funding in Pennsylvania, the state senate’s Transportation Committee has overwhelmingly approved a bill that would raise new funds for roads, bridges, and mass transit
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