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"Car costs are also baked into almost all the prices we pay: If you take the bus to a suburban shopping mall, the prices you pay include all the costs of the vast parking lot you didn’t use. If you drive to the mall, bus riders subsidize you."

@humantransit on the hidden costs of cutting public transit: bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

#TOPoli #ONPoli #TTC #Metrolinx #Transit #PublicTransit

Screenshot of linked article, with photo of bus riders behind a sign reading "Thanks for riding SEPTA". The headline reads "Should We Let Public Transit Die?" and the subheadline reads "Urban-rural hostility is fueling a public transportation crisis in US cities. But demands to abandon bus and train riders ignore the economic and social costs of cutting service." The photo is captioned "SEPTA bus riders in Philadelphia in August. The transit system faces a severe funding crisis. Photographer: Ryan Collerd/Bloomberg"
#transit #publictransit #onpoli #topoli #TTC #metrolinx @Jarrett Walker
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