"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
The 50-Year Disaster of Government Trains, Buses, and Streetcars
Submitted by Westernerd on Thu, 2016-04-14 03:00
Proponents of light rail, streetcars, and other hugely expensive projects routinely overestimate how many people will use the line and underestimate how much it will cost to build and run. Decades of evidence shows that if you build it, people will still probably drive — and you'll still be stuck paying for it.
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