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@Jasper: Except that, believe it or not, it's much worse in Atlanta. At least Virginia contributes some money to transit in NoVa. Georgia absolutely refuses to.

Without additional local revenues, NoVa has still gotten a lot of roads built because the state government seems glad to build those. The Silver Line, on the other hand, was funded in a gimmicky way that is unlikely to be repeated. Sure, maybe it would have just sucked up all the tax revenue instead of being built off of toll increases on the DTR. But regardless, I'm not seeing any obvious revenue sources for any transit building in NoVa beyond the small amount they contribute now. Is there something I'm missing?

And yes, I think the GA situation will be similar--but worse, given that the state hasn't even contributed anything like the small amount NoVa gets for transit projects.

by Gray on Aug 1, 2012 12:42 pm • link • report

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