tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post26794206979184647..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: The Federal Pies of EvilCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-47769825333831670732013-04-01T14:05:46.171-04:002013-04-01T14:05:46.171-04:00In a way, the federal largesse is just as bad for ...In a way, the federal largesse is just as bad for transit as for highways. Projects are rigged to satisfy FTA criteria. Projects that don't really make sense get built. Projects that do make sense don't get built.<br /><br />In the analogy, maybe the answer has to be: learn how to make your own damn pie. LA, for example, passed a countywide sales tax to fund projects. Obviously, that's not quite as good as say, a property tax that captures the value-added of transit (like Marohn proposes). Some projects are getting federal money as well, but in some cases, the county decided to skip that so it could build the project it wanted when it wanted. Not playing with OPM has meant there is a real incentive to get return on the projects, and sure enough, the city is looking at upzoning around Expo Line stations.LetsGoLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107329708370977966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-55801245991785636082013-04-01T03:02:44.250-04:002013-04-01T03:02:44.250-04:00I think you need to work on that metaphor a bit......I think you need to work on that metaphor a bit...alaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05334835705248693244noreply@blogger.com