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Transit for the Public, not the planners.(Beware the AUTOCRATS)
America is a society built on mobility. With bold sailing ships, intricate canals, ambitious railways, and brilliantly engineered highways and airports, we have created the wealthiest large society in human history, and done so while spending increasingly less of our wealth on getting around. At the height of the rail era, notes Harvard scholar Ed Glaeser, transportation accounted for 9 percent of GDP, while today it represents 2 percent.
In this respect, our shift to ever more flexible and efficient engine-driven automobiles, trucks, and planes should be seen as a major technological feat. Yet instead of celebrating our successes, some policy, academic, and ...
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