By: Chris Allen
The Guardian recently published a useful piece on how far American cities lag behind their global peers on public transportation.
One number from the article jumped out: bringing major American cities up to “world-class” transit standards would require roughly $4.6 trillion over 20 years.
That sounds enormous.
Until you compare it with the roughly $6.3 trillion the United States is projected to spend on highways over that same period.
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