National Journal: Time For Feds To Fund Mass Transit Operating Expenses?
From National Journal:
Americans are using public transportation in record numbers -- taking 10.7 billion trips last year, an increase of 4 percent over 2007 -- yet because of declining state and local budgets, many mass transit systems are facing the prospect of raising fares, cutting service and laying off staff. Given the contribution that mass transit makes to relieving urban congestion and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, is it time to overturn rules that only allow federal funding to be spent on capital projects and not on transit systems' day-to-day operating expenses?
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1963 Get The Facts
“More than any single action by the government since the end of the war, this one would change the face of America with straightaways, cloverleaf turns, bridges, and elongated parkways. Its impact on the American economy—the jobs it would produce in manufacturing and construction, the rural areas it would open up—was beyond calculation.”
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Pennsylvania
Bill Green
City Councilman, Philadelphia
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