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Lance: Yes, when we are talking about transit, there is often a larger up front public investment because the rolling stock has to be purchased as well as the right-of-way construction. But it is inaccurate to state that only transit is subsidized after that. Governments spend million of dollars maintaining roadways after they are constructed. And before you say all that money comes from gas taxes, it doesn't. Roads are heavily subsidized by income, sales, and property taxes.

When you look at total construction, operation, and maintenance, private vehicles are much more expensive both to individuals and society.

But we still need roads. Transit cannot provide access to every place people need to go or handle freight or emergency vehicles. That is probably why the report includes maintenance of existing roads.

by Stanton Park on Dec 11, 2008 12:25 pm • link • report

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