tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post3964279815457264390..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: Such small portionsCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-15726386676588103182011-05-09T19:14:06.365-04:002011-05-09T19:14:06.365-04:00Depending on how much impact the transit funding w...Depending on how much impact the transit funding would have, it could sometimes be good to increase formula funding. The reason is that even at present road investment levels, there's too much underpriced road capacity in the US, more than enough to put a couple million floodplain dwellers underwater. The only long-term way to fix that is to both restrain car traffic and increase vehicle fuel economy; in both cases but especially the former, transit acts as a way to make traffic restraint politically easier.<br /><br />Now, obviously, this can also go the other way. But it's not obvious which way it goes without looking at the details of which transit is built and which roads are built.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.com