This op-ed deals with the Phoenix area’s proposed transit system, but the arguments are pretty universal.
Light rail projects invariably cost more than projected; cost more than equivalent freeway projects, carry fewer people; don’t help the environment; and pilfer passengers from buses rather than reducing the use of cars.
No wonder city bureaucrats love light rail. (Link via Reason’s Hit and Run.)
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