"In the 1930s and 1940s, the major car companies bought bus lines, rail systems, trams, and subways in dozens of American towns, then proceeded to tear them down. One bus can eliminate 35 cars; one train can eliminate 1000 cars, so car companies have solid incentives to kill other modes of transport. Our government sat on the sidelines w…
"In the 1930s and 1940s, the major car companies bought bus lines, rail systems, trams, and subways in dozens of American towns, then proceeded to tear them down. One bus can eliminate 35 cars; one train can eliminate 1000 cars, so car companies have solid incentives to kill other modes of transport. Our government sat on the sidelines while the car companies transformed cheap and clean mass transit systems into costly and dirty traffic nightmares- a rape of the public interest. 1956 the government intervened by underwriting a massive highway construction program with $70 billion of public funds away from public transit. Every time the government passes a law or chooses to stay on the sidelines, it affects the dynamics of markets." I quote Julian Ninio's The Empire of Ignorance, Hypocrisy and Obedience.
"In the 1930s and 1940s, the major car companies bought bus lines, rail systems, trams, and subways in dozens of American towns, then proceeded to tear them down. One bus can eliminate 35 cars; one train can eliminate 1000 cars, so car companies have solid incentives to kill other modes of transport. Our government sat on the sidelines while the car companies transformed cheap and clean mass transit systems into costly and dirty traffic nightmares- a rape of the public interest. 1956 the government intervened by underwriting a massive highway construction program with $70 billion of public funds away from public transit. Every time the government passes a law or chooses to stay on the sidelines, it affects the dynamics of markets." I quote Julian Ninio's The Empire of Ignorance, Hypocrisy and Obedience.